Via Jonah, a brilliant site which asks the question: "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?"
As might be expected, some ardent Obama supporters have showed up in the comboxes praising the site unaware of its true parodic nature.
Here's my favorite bit so far, from a commenter:
And so it came to pass in the time of Bush II that a new voice was heard throughout the land. And this voice spoke change - first with a whisper and then with a shout. And the people listened. And the people responded change is good. And the people worshipped this new leader and called him Obama. And Obama told the people to go forth and exercise their vote. And the people responded and called themselves Obamacans. They were young and old. They came from the cities and towns. They came from the country and the ghettos. They left their Starbucks and their Nordstroms to follow this great new voice of change. They came to hear Obama speak and were struck with awe at the words they heard. Change is good. It's time for change. America must change. Our time has come. The people repeated this mantra and believed. The scribes repeated this mantra and believed. The royal family of America repeated this mantra and believed. A great wave began in the country's farmland - change. This wave moved south - change. The wave moved north - change. Soon this wave crossed the
entire country and came to that great golden state in the West. A place of the country's greatest hopes and its greatest fears. A place of the American dream and of the American nightmare. And Obama spoke of change and the people were sorely amazed and believed. His garments of gold and silver glistened in the Western sun and the listeners were struck dumb with awe at this vision - save one young boy who gazed at this new and great leader in a different way. "Mother", he said, "Why is that man wearing no clothes?"
"We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
ReplyDeleteI caught that on Super Tuesday. Is there really anything wrong with this statement? Or does he mean that we are going to be we-ing on the individual?
Curious use of language.