A Messiah in Our Midst?

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A Messiah in Our Midst?

By Jonah Goldberg Friday, June 6, 2008

Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

Before we answer that question, let me vent for a moment. In 2000 I was cruelly denied the Pulitzer despite being the only columnist in America to ask the pressing question: Is Al Gore an alien? The evidence was there for all to see. He was born nine months after the mysterious alien sighting at Roswell, N.M. His weird syntax and verbal rhythms are otherworldly. He often refers to "earth" or "this planet" as if he's just passing through, and he once angrily complained to the Washington Post that it had printed a picture of the earth from outer space "upside down."

There is no "upside down" in space - unless Gore had his childhood view in mind.

At least I'm not in the wilderness this time. Lots of people have pondered the possibility that Barack is our Divine Redeemer. There are Web sites dedicated to the question "Is Barack Obama the Messiah?" Google that question and you'll get more than 35,000 hits. (Enter just the words "Messiah" and "Obama" and you'll get nearly 10 times that.)

But there's more concrete evidence. Since Obama declared his candidacy, there have been remarkably few biblical plagues. And lions and lambs seem open to bilateral negotiations.

Obama's apostles are hard to dismiss. Oprah simply calls him "The One," because "we need politicians who know how to be the truth." (Jesus says in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth ...") Oprah goes on to say Obama will help us "evolve to a higher plane," which would put Obama in the role of our Intelligent Designer.

According to the New York Times, Obama's volunteers are taught to eschew discussions of the issues and instead "testify" about how they "came to Obama."

For many, he's no retro-redeemer, but a 21st century savior, a Matrix-messiah and Neo for our modern-day Nineveh. Self-help guru Deepak Chopra dubs Obama "a quantum leap in American consciousness," while prominent "leadership coach" Eve Konstantine assures us that, "He's our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence."

Obama willing, I will never be stuck next to these people on a plane.

Michelle Obama is arguably Obamanity's greatest evangelist, even though she has a streak of Old Testament smiting and wrath to her. She insists her husband has redeemed the entire nation (hence her newfound pride in America). She proclaims her husband is the sort of leader who will fix our broken souls. But don't hope for grace on the cheap. "The change Barack is talking about is hard," she insists, "so don't get too excited, because Barack is going to demand that you, too, be different."

Those of you who thought we had a Second Amendment to keep government from fixing your soul are so 20th century. Evolve already.

And then there's the Gospel according to Obama himself. In January, he told Dartmouth students that they will know to vote for him because "... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany, and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Barack."

When asked in an interview what sin is, Obama defined it as "Being out of alignment with my values." Apparently, the editor failed to capitalize the "M" in "My."

But such mistakes can be forgiven, for Hillary has been cast out and the nomination is nigh. So we can get cracking on fixing America - and ourselves.

"I am absolutely certain," Obama proclaimed in his victory speech, "that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs for the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal. This was the moment - this was the time - when we came together to remake this great nation ..."

Now, if you're under the mistaken impression that sick people had some care, or that a few jobs were to be found prior to June 2008, or that maybe - just maybe - the oceans don't rise and fall with the election returns, or that America itself doesn't need "remaking," you're not one of the "ones we've been waiting for."

But you might be one of the ones Al Gore has been waiting for. You'd understand if you realized "Earth in the Balance" is a cookbook.

Jonah Goldberg is editor-at-large of National Review Online.

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Hopefully, a lot of voters are going to make a last minute decision before they pull the handle.

[427 S/O]

Maybe this will get some traction??

'O' NO!

[trularin]

Oprah has a rather inflated view of herself.

[Scott S]

Originally Posted by trularin

Oprah has a rather inflated view of herself.

Why should anybody take the opinion of Oprah seriously?

What if she is as successful at choosing presidential candidates as she is at picking the right diet?

Scott S

[Wes Tausend]

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Perhaps McCain is symbolic of Saint Peter. He can let us all in or out.

Hmmm. He is about the same age.

Seriously, we've got some good, but completely opposite, candidates here. This should be interesting. And I thought the '60's were interesting times to live.


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[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by 427 S/O

Maybe this will get some traction??

'O' NO!

Actually, that's a great idea and I'll be using it. Here's a gif image for use by anyone here.......

[cobra de capell]

Here's something interesting, a web poster channaled MLK, stating.....

Dear Barry,

I've been watching your campaign with great interest. I am proud to see a black man win the Democratic nomination for the presidence. I regret to inform you, however, that I cannot endorse you.

While on earth, I had a dream that a man would be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. Barry, you are a great dissappointemnt to me.

Look, back in the 1960s, we had the KKK. It was a horrible organization that did horrible things, but at least they made no bones about what their intentions are. Today, more than 40 years since I marched for civil rights, I am shocked to find that there is racial venom in so-called black "churches".

Instead of preaching peace and reconscilliation, they are preaching hatred and division. And you, Barry, were right in the thick of it. What's worse, you raised another generation to perpetuate that hate by bringing your daughters into this caustic environment.

What's even worse, you've played both sides of the race card. After embracing this utter "religious" trash for more than 20 years, you suddenly disowned your church and pastor for the sake of your political career. That's character? Is Grandma next?

Let's not forget your shady associations. You know that I preached non-violence, so why do you maintain a close personal relationship with an individual who used bombs instead of discourse to achieve his goals, and wished he'd done more?

Barry, I put my life on the line every time I spoke, and I was unafraid to defend what I believed in. You, on the other hand, lasck courage in the face of confrontation. When moderators started asking about issues of character during a debate with Hillary, your response was to cancel further debates.

Barry, you have a soaring rhetoric that brings people to tears. Unfortunately, your words don't match your deeds. I did not intend my dream to degenerate to simple rhetoric, therefore, I cannot support your candidacy for the President of the United States.

Martin
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[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by Scott S

Why should anybody take the opinion of Oprah seriously?

What if she is as successful at choosing presidential candidates as she is at picking the right diet?

Scott S

LOL... right diet.

Why should she be reckoned? To coin the Utube video reference...

"In one 45 minute (daily) episode, she influences more people than most pastors would in a lifetime (combined)."

[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by cobra de capell

I am laughing at the additional Jim Jones reference...

[GlynMeek]

Originally Posted by J. T. Toad

LOL... right diet.

Why should she be reckoned? To coin the Utube video reference...

"In one 45 minute (daily) episode, she influences more people than most pastors would in a lifetime (combined)."

Isn't that statement alone a sad and sorry reflection on 21st Century America??????? What HAVE we become that a television 'celebrity' should have THAT much influence. I KNOW we are mirroring the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, but for all their latterday decadence, even THEY held actors in LOW regard! We are unnaturally obsessed with mediocrity in the media. Nothing against Oprah in particular, as she is merely a symptom NOT a cause, and in all honesty does more good with her riches than 99% of the other celebrities that our society has created. We have hardly chosen the intellectual elite to be those we 'worship'! My beef is with the fact that WE, the American people, have created a multitude of these 'false idols'...(and I am not even religious...lol), and allowed the media to completely control us.

Wasn't it one of the 7 Signs of the end of the world that are described in detail in The King James III version of the Bible, Revelations II, Chapter 7 verses 5-7?

5. Behold, said the burning bush, the next sign shall come when a woman of color shall speak forth in tongues and predict the coming of the books of the months, and all shall be well in Canaan.
6. And she shall give away gifts to the poor of the earth and shall affect them strongly in their decisions and opinions, and they will form graven images in her likeness on papyrus and pictures in oils and in gold that they shall worship.
7. On the seventh day, the angels and the archangels and all the host of Heaven shall watch from their electronic boxes and shall judge all the peoples of the earth by their worship of these false idols and the Lord shall not be pleased. And in his anger, the Lord spake and fire moved the Earth. "Come forth, come forth", spake the lord, but she stumbled, came fifth and lost all her beer money.