You are freaking me out.

I do hope that you are correct in your prediction for the election. Even with the decline (and hopefully the fall) of Obamunism, there will still need to be a whole lot of undoing of damage in the years ahead, or the standard of living in the USA will end up resembling that of Vanuatu.

One of Obama’s most potent campaign slogans was “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” While many have since noted the not-so-hidden narcissistic megalomania encoded in the slogan — Obama was asking us to vote for him, after all, not for ourselves, so by “We are the ones” he really meant “I am the one” — but it was the second half of the sentence which disturbed me even more. “Waiting for”? The implication is that Americans have been pining for a messiah to rescue them, as if that was our default position.

Interesting post zombie. Unfortunately, I think you may have misinterpreted Obama’s quote. I think that Obama was not speaking to the entirety of the American people. He was speaking specifically to his fellow vanguards. The second “we” is informative. He was speaking to all those who share his vision to fundamentally transform America. The first “we” emphasized that he and the other true believers would accomplish what all those others, FDR, Wilson, Carter, Clinton, etc. had failed to – to finally banish capitalism from America and permanently add the US to the list of socialist countries. Certainly, Obama is a narcissistic and naive megalomaniac, one would have to be to have such ambition after living such an unaccomplished life, but he does see himself as part of a team who will impose their will upon the rest of society. After so many failed attempts, he and his buds would make it happen. Obama’s action have certainly made clear that he doesn’t much care whether the American people want a messiah or not. Ever since the advent of popularly elected governments, the power hungry have justified their actions with unfounded claims that what they want is really what the people want.