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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Well, I don't think so...many Republicans (including myself) haven't been happy with Bush's Presidency, and are happy that we'll have an alternative. Most of us voted for Bush in the last election because of our aversion to Kerry.
So, nice try in attempting to marginalize this as a partisan thing, but it's not.
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It actually can be a partisan thing and just a human thing. There are still Bush loyalists. And before Bush proved to be a sucky President, there are people who swore that God sent Bush to bring America back to Christianity (and some other ideals that I won't get into).
The Obama Messiah phenomena is about timing, because people are desperately looking for something better, and about what people think change looks like. What better way to symbolize change than to have a charismatic, well-spoken, accomplished, and well-mannered
(read: "not like the others" and "not how we're used to seeing 'them'" and "not a loud Reverend like Jesse Jackson") black man who people around the world are going googoo over. I don't think it holds much substance below the surface, but on the surface it makes America and the world look like a great deal of change is on its way.
None of what I typed makes any of this any less humorous, of course.