Needless to say I was stunned and I had to take a look at the back cover to see what exactly it was about and this is what I found:
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he wasn't quite like anybody else, but through his journeys he found the ability to listen to Hope and become what he was meant to be: a bridge to bring people together.
I don't know if anyone else has run across this literary masterpiece or if folks find this as disturbing as I do, but I thought I would throw it out there for discussion.
On another note - since the change to the new forum I can't figure out how to substitute a single word for an entire link. I apologize for the long link and ask for guidance to do this right the next time.
I don't know I think it's worse than that. Someone or ones have decided to put this man as a talking head for there on purpose. See my sig line. Personally I am quite concerned of this election. I have never seen the amount of pressure put on the public by the media and other pundents ever before. I am 60 and I have seen a few elections. The amount of trechery at the voter registration is unbeleveable. If this turns out to be an Obama presidency this country may never be able to return as it once was. Just my thoughts for what it may be worth.
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
Theodore Roosevelt
This, the 'hope' icons with his face, and the rest just makes me want to shake the nearest obamot hard and ask "DOESN'T ANY OF THIS OBAMA CULT OF PERSONALITY NONSENSE FREAK YOU OUT AT ALL!!!! EVEN SLIGHTLY???!!"
Love the review by William Rhea: [Emphasis my own]
1.0 out of 5 stars The Cult of Personality Goes to School..., October 18, 2008
By William Rhea (MD USA)
I was genuinely disturbed when I read on the Barack Obama website that the campaign was encouraging children to draw images of the senator to present as gifts to their parents and teachers, and moreso when I saw the suggestion that they bold 'Barack sleepovers.' These are tactics unworthy of a candidate in a Democratic system. But when I walked into Borders and saw this book on the display rack, my jaw, quite literally, dropped. And then, I just had to buy it.
I like to think of myself as a reasonable, rational person- not given to alarmism. I didn't vote for John Kerry, but I understand why many Americans were and are disaffected with President Bush. And his personal failings aside, Clinton did a fair job of reinventing the world after the collapse of the Cold War system.
Yet this, this is a travesty, a cult of personality rarely known to such grotesque degrees in American politics. The cover art should be titled 'The Apotheosis of Barack Obama'- a deification of man. God, yes, the literal God Almighty, speaks directly to the weeping titular character in this foul manipulation of children's literature, saying that the hope within him will last America throughout his life.
Playing on racial and class sympathies and the genuine ills these beleaguered communities face, and riddled with the fallacy of good intentions, this book offers up our friend Barack as a messiah-figure, a modern Moses leading the American people out of the wilderness.
There is no doubt that children ought to be educated about the political process, and should know something about the lives of the candidates. But this is not a life- it is a celebration, a glorification of a mythic figure who only exists in fairy tales. Perhaps that is why it works so well as a children's book- the cult of personality surrounding the glorious, the illustrious Senator Obama has generated perceptions of the man so outlandish that they can only be genuinely expressed in an illustrated fantasy.
I would say quite the same if John McCain supporters published something this disturbing- I have, indeed, said as much regarded the perverse adulation of President Bush by children in the well-known documentary 'Jesus Camp.' But the fact is, this book is a good and timely reflection of precisely what is wrong with American society- looking to the state and political leaders for salvation- and what is wrong with the kind of campaign Senator Obama is running.
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