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"... 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 Obama" - Barack Obama... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://moses952.vox.com/library/post/is-barack-obama-the-messiah-4.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398dc6aae000500f48cfee5010001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry white memories dc black and white netflix jesus schools love kevin no sisters kennedy and young dear rfk illinois cartoon network like naked luck michelle iowa worship discovery t-shirts experience idaho 30 000 waving 2008 men and women well say d.c. bill keller said 64 paintings complete 17 25 perspectives cheers selfless obama in fact anywhere 37 this week 61 skeptics of course orchestrated rational you know december 22 sincerely faiths 000 words ceasar chavez i thought however january 01 january 18 february 16 february 17 february 22 mothers and daughters we can make it va. march 23 july 05 clearly resonant january 10 january 05 january 07 january 27 2007. tuesday february 12 february 14 pulsating february 21 february 24 april 9 in a way 56 january 25 january 31 oddly february 20 january 28 february 11 february 13 february 15 february 18 inclusiveness on the other hand april 14 executive salaries february 25 october 07 december 11 january 06 2008. 000 people february 23 new york magazine april 16 has not been doctored by this blog; (via "daily speculations" | what is the "transfiguration"?) thursday 2008 democratic presidential hopeful sen. barack obama failed to do. i asked her a few days ago if the timing of the debate coincided with the weekend of her play date which one she would pick. “the deba 2008 | matthew 18: 3-4 elsewhere: "obama babies" on youtube sunday 2008 "barack obama is the hope of the entire world" nation of islam minister louis farrakhan said sunday that presidential candidate barack obama is t who also had a white mother and black father. "a black man with a white mother became a savior to us " he told the crowd of mostly followers. "a black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift america from her fall." a spry farrakh tex. jam into the streets in front of the soaring state capitol with the usual obama-as-electoral-rave giddiness. university of texas guys with painted faces flash the longhorn symbol with their fingers one section spontaneously led the others in the "wave." "old" warriors such as longtime community leader rene martinez and activist roy williams marve it would be all right exultant roar with all the force and overwhelming power of a jet engine before take-off. “obama! obama! obama! obamaaaaaaaaa!” they chanted from f as they stared up at him with an almost mesmeric fervour. at one point in his speech delivered in the religious cadence of dr king never before seen during a presidential primary campaign nurses and accountants. no wonder he believes the white house is now within his reach. tim reid a motivated 2008 "obama will demand that you shed your cynicism" barack obama will require you to work. he is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. that yo audio @ protein wisdom) thursday 2008 "it was more like church . . ." maybe it was the representation of youth in the crowd that lends the oft-cited air of a rock concert that has bee " "scooter libby justice " "wiretaps crowd goes wild video footage wednesday 2008 "consumated by a handshake . . . the obama handshake" i felt the crowd down front tighten as many of us stood on our toes " to which she responded..."hey i am black. but at the moment we shook hands 2008. "politics doesn't even begin to describe it. a visit to an obama rally is a pilgrimage" david wright: we've been to dozens of huge rallies like make sure that everybody is praying and give me that protective blanket over it. wright: obama's true believers respond as though they've spent their they've almost lost hope. and now he comes along. obama: but we spend our whole lives caught up in being told what we can't do. and what's not possibl black people hoping he can finally achieve martin luther king's dream. white people hoping he can redeem america from the sins of slavery and segregat but it will be very interesting to watch. -- abc nightline correspondent david wright; video / mp3 audio (via scott whitlock @ newsbusters.org) "i'll " he said as he introduced obama last week in baltimore. "you do not get 13 and hold 'em barack and even a homemade obama valentine. the card shows a sketch of the candidate with the text 000 that didn't get in waited in the cold for over an hour to hear a roughly two-minute version of his stump speech. when obama finally took the stage screaming and crying obama routinely waits about 30 seconds to enter the arena. the excitement grows retired political science professor at ysu called obama a "phenomenon" . . . "this guy has drawn in a whole new layer of support drove all the way from ashtabula to see obama. jacobs obama must rouse new winds that will blow away drought 2008 "out of one ny daily news february 18 to create a vision of the nation as one big organism. . . . obama is charting a map of the future by mobilizing what is most valuable each self contradictory and refusing to be reduced to stereotypes a collective intelligence ready to process all of that diversity and arrive at shared solutions to shared problems. . . . think of the speech as a mas to use a word obama likes to talk about consider the shooting rampage at northern illinois university. despite a decade of school shootings chicago sun-times february 17 keller calls him "fascinating." from the audio transcript of the interview with ben keller if you watch what happened south africa the first black this and he would say inasmuch as the campaigns are extensions of the campaigner unit- the whole nation together - no more red states no more blue states connecticut this week the usual cynics and unbelievers are dismissing this as "phoney 2008. we have lost the understanding that in a democracy because barack obama is the only person in this who understands that. that before we can work on the problems 2008). "the obamapalooza is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle" it is not simply obama's crowd numbers that dazzle but also the fervor. many people the roar is often deafening. seattle times columnist danny westneat covered both candidates and tried to describe the difference. in a feb. 9 article "is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle." obama crowds pack arenas 9 months before election — will they mean votes in november? international herald trib " he says in that beautiful baritone of his. "it is not about rich versus poor is between the past and the future. the future to which he refers is him. he will take americans to a colour-blind 2008. wednesday 2008 "an agent of transformation ... he is not operating on the same plane as ordinary politicans" through some miracle of timing the instinctive bold decision in the face of totally new circumstances. some see barack obama as the long awaited champion finally come to slay the aw and also lifted themselves up out of a great depression. that's how pioneers went west when people told them it was dangerous "yes we can." that's how women won the right to vote how young people like you traveled down south to march and sit in and go to jail and some were beaten and some died for freedom's cause. that's what hope is. that's what hope is. that's what hope is shaking her head and grinning. when obama addressed the crowd of 16 000 on the eve of primaries which he is tipped to win in maryland a clinton devotee. "oh " she said. "his mother said so." linda hollidge 2008. (jim young/reuters) "change we can believe in" change we can believe in it started moving in whispers have the cynics thrown you astray? we'll be the voice to determine our fate. we've got a chance we'll be patient ” i questioned heart-whole passionate stunned and almost unbelieving but desperately wanting to believe him adoration. the obama cult: both ugly and beautiful (eyewi 2008 "obama is the 'new wine' but many women at the rally questioned whether other americans share their passion and pride in someone they see as a mo for the old vessels simply cannot withstand the power of that which is still fermenting. marc fisher february 09 " malabuyo said. "it makes me feel like something will actually change. so i'm speechless. i love him. i love everything he stands for. i love everyth who worked for 30 years at the state department in washington i think the biggest thing is he is like a key. he's going to unlock a door that's going to allow us now to pass and finally be able to do some things 10 feet away" seattle–the key arena doors opened just before 11 a.m. and cynthia keze was one of the thousands hoping to see barack obama. when she our highest visions and our deepest knowings" just go to any college campus around the nation our highest visions and our deepest knowings of who we are as a people our boomers of which we're all a part; and he's simultaneously speaking into that field. in that collective vibrational field exists a longing for the more of who huffington post february 5 ” said mr. matthews. “i’ve never seen anything like this. this is bigger than kennedy. [obama] comes along february 02 really want change 2008 disciples share "obama conversion stories" . . . but the clincher came on march 17 " said mack " ganz said. "that's what dropped out of democratic politics sometime in the '70s or '80s." [...] "just follow barack's lead and be honest with them " [obama's] site advises. "you don't need to debate policy or discuss the day's headlines. you have a very personal reason for investing your time and by john hill. january 31 which stayed with me for days" it was the day before the primary presenting himself as the conduit through which people’s yearnings for national transformation can be realized. obama spoke for only twenty-five min i walked outside and found five hundred people standing on the sidewalk and the front steps of the opera house but not wisdom. when and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved. i have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me but for a new generation of americans. a president like my father and it is from republicans it is from democrats but more importantly you and i together we will transform this country sc. january 25 2008 obama to disciples: "you will experience an epiphany" "my job is to be so persuasive that if there's anybody left out there who is still not sure perspiration over inspiration" the senator was fond of telling audiences that "at some point in the evening obama makes a passing reference to our diminishing individual liberties got so excited that even his warm-up speech sounded southern fried. “we’ve been told too many times to wait 39 percent to 30 percent. edwards ran third with 16 percent. at a morning rally " he told a crowd of about 300 ivy leaguers--and 2008: inside the gym with iowa as his witness obama is he starting to sound like he believes the prophecies january 08 obama spoke quite openly about his belief in jesus christ not a political one you can practically hear the angels sing. it's not his own resurrection obama preaches but that of the country flashes that smile "the new kennedy." the tabloid bild went with and truly. with such grounding in self-awareness obama gave himself something that can't be gained from the outside: the ability to evolve personally and the flexibility to adapt quickly as the times " and amazingly enough political persuasions but the triumph of word over flesh" . . . obama's finest speeches do not excite. they do not inform. they don't even really inspire. they elevate. the and your role in it. he is not the word made flesh able to call us back to our highest selves 2008. progress! tuesday another tall thin native of illinois (who became our greatest president) once said. "as our case is new and then we can save our country." as abraham lincoln experienced in his time a leader with real character who calls upon each and every one of us to heed what his predecessor from illinois called "the better angels of our nature" and not our basest fears. noble qualities are unleashed from the very depths of the human spirit. when they do not the choice is ours to make. unlike other candidates opened the rally with a description of her husband that could some more experienced and better known and benefited from fortuitous domestic scandals that sidelined two opponents and left him facing a republican widely seen as unable to win. “i would ” mr. rush said was divinely ordered whose followers moved en masse to this small iowa city more than 30 years ago. the maharishi’s transcendental meditators an international student adviser at the maharishi university of management. “the memorable part for me about the connection we have to each other a creative writing professor from nearby pella who was a kucinich delegate. “that’s not something we’ve heard from the other candidates.” "oba by ben smith. politico july 5 values and poverty at the george washington university in washington june 4 2007 "this guy was god before i was" when morgan freeman comes over to greet obama 2007 cult of personality or the second coming? is this a messianic movement? a cult of personality? or just good ol' fashioned politics? widespread ph repair thi...  "the collective representation of our purest hopes...  christopher matthews: "this is the new testament"  jfk . . . mlk . . . our highest visions and our deepest knowings . . . he's our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence." -- eve konstantine "this is blessed and highly favored. that’s not routine. there’s something else going on. i think that obama was divinely ordered. . . . i know that that was god’s plan." -- bill rush heretics and unbelievers (or barack obama is not the messiah) • obama messiah watch @ slate • obama's cocky messianism" by glen ford. counterpunch january 19 2008. • i'm immune to the obama swoon christine m. flowers. philadelphia daily news february 15 2008. • america starts to sober up from a heavy dose of obamamania by jacob m. victor. the harvard crimson february 27 2007. george soros is seated to the right of the stairs. (published in "how barack obama struck fund-raising gold february 28 d-ill. ohio – as barack obama got into the meat of his speech monday at a packed arena it's exactly what's needed." victor iseli recently told the washington post. "he's all things to all men. at least that's how i put it." the canadian press 2008 "i have a pint-sized obamaphile" . . . i have a pint sized obamaphile — or should that be obama-bhakta (bhakta in sanskrit means devotee) in de he is included in j’s morning prayers which is an honor normally reserved for things and people closest to her heart. she has been following his fortunes in the primaries for a while now a i will grudingly admit i can't wait for this to be over so j can go back to being the kid who loved high school musical and waited all week for friday to come along so she c never outrightly endorsed obama but spent most of the nearly two-hour speech praising the illinois senator. "this young man is the hope of the entire what’s not to like? a touch of cockiness is discernable in his manner now; he is like a gambler convinced his every dice roll will come up double si a candidate letting his confidence show new york times february 24 and yet the television images showed dallas' reunion arena and a long line of silhouetted people already gathering for an event not scheduled until no 000 in houston. barack obama was coming to town. . . . inside the arena indicating he was witnessing something he never expected he would live to see. parents had taken their children out of school because they were keenly inspirational tone and continual reference to hope. many wonder if that wonderment and glorified exuberance can last through the rest of the campaign. star telegram february 24 clapping at this adoring crowd organized "religious right" has flexed its considerable muscle in both electing candidates and shaping american public policy. but what if god is tryi not entirely. it was more like church – not the stuffy kind when the rally ended: "why didn't he do the biggest hit not performed. life of the party: obama's supporters rock reunion arena dallas morning news february 21 " obama said. out came a kleenex (or perhaps it was a hankie) and he wiped his nose. the near-capacity audience at the reunion arena broke out in a slightly awkward applause. john mccormick give it up." we then shook hands. she then turned to the person next to her and shook hands. this chain of hand shakes went on for about five or six m consummated by a handshake and signifying some unspoken agreement presumably about barack obama and his core message of unity! i call this hand-shake it takes a bit of obama's name and it's the sound of a collision obama's congregation seems to be growing. if you've never been to an obama rally before go early. think springsteen concerts but the tickets are free. first come a few weeks back it couldn't have been more than 15 degrees out. but outside taco bell arena early on a saturday morning everyone waited patiently because inside-- obama: if you arrive together young lady. are you okay? why don't you sit down though. wright: politics doesn't even begin to describe it. a visit to an obama rally is a pilgrimage he's winning them over. for you she is the past where that spirit of hope has to come through. wright: from the looks on their faces they're yearning to hear stuff like that. as though they've waited for so long i'm stepping out of my pew because i've been inspired. obama: thank you the bar is so high even the believers are starting to doubt he can pull it off. stein: we know we're being fooled can achieve all that obama attracted a crowd of 19 wis. four days earlier trying to touch obama as he passed. during both speeches almost cocky smile. the campaign works hard to cultivate the rock star image. after he's introduced 2008 "it was like barack obama was inside her head" for christena weatherspoon of struthers this is the most significant political event of their lives." as if to prove binning’s point who said he will be 18 in time to vote in the november election 2008. "the source of new hope on a parched land -- as rain from a kenyan cloud" barack obama . . . has come like rain on american politics. his campaign theme - 'the source of new hope on a parched land' is a cleansing agent in a land weighed he insists on the freedom of a collective american messiah who has come to mobilise all disillusioned children of american democracy to open up a new the sublime challenges of conducting political rain on a scale as grand in terrestrial and human space daily monitor allafrica.com. february 20 linking together a range of individual experiences most precious in the nation's past. in doing so he is constructing a shared mythology which speaks to us across historic divides in our national consciousness. nothing could be further removed and walt whitman 2008. sunday we are never prepared for the horror of someone opening fire on innocent people adults with the power to make a difference are still arguing over the merits of gun control. obama is surging ahead because a lot of people are tired sees "unmistakable" similarities between the campaigns of barack obama and nelson mandela whom he covered. asked about obama was the kind of speaker who didn’t dwell on the details of his ten-point program to a degree transcended race. colin powell used to use this line when people used to try to draw him into conversations abot race and what it was like not a comparison of the men themselves. however we suspect keller may be simply tuning into an already-present obasmic vibe permeating the ranks of his followers. consider: • a mural of martin lut he's doing it because he wants to and the youth; they appeared in a state close to rapture watching obama speak. here and there one could see women crying and the some men wiping away or even "physiological coincidence". true believers will recognize this as yet another heavenly-bestowed opportunity for obama to reveal his benevolent compassion -- or 2008 "we have to fix our souls - our souls are broken" michelle obama wife of us democratic presidential candidate senator barack obama (d-il) but we have to measure our greatness by the least of these. that we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. that old — seem almost in awe and they often talk of being part of history. some shout "i love you" as he talks. a few quietly weep. when he takes the stage he says cbcnews.com february 14 and inspiration. we don't only deserve those things we long for them. we want to be led and we want to be lifted and anyone who doesn't understand that simply doesn't understand us. michael sietzman experience of the past is worthless because it is a barrier to the breakthrough gesture ready to restore an honorable and respected place for america in the world. and they are right. i see barack obama as a leader for this transcendent m as a figure uniquely qualified to open the door to the 21st century and to convert threat to great new opportunity. gary hart huffington post february 13 "yes we can." that's how slaves and abolitionists resisted that wicked system my grandmother staying at home with a baby and still working on a bomber assembly line—how that greatest generation overcame hitler and fascism madison. that moment when we shed our fears and our doubts. when we don't settle for what the cynics tell us we have to accept. because cynicism is a state by state. that's what hope is. there's a moment in the life of every generation 2008. american revolutionaries -> manifest destiny -> slaves/abolitionists -> suffragettes -> the labor movement -> the greatest generation -> the civ 2008). "the new hope" tuesday said on cnn tuesday night. for clinton the feeling most people get when they hear barack obama's speech. my i felt this thrill going up my leg. i mean i don't have that too often. no 2008. women scream for obama! college park interspersed talk of foreign policy with recollections of his childhood and even poked political fun at his republican adversaries. he did not flinch but obama didn't take the stage until 1 p.m. in the interim danced to motown tunes and hip-hop hits. "he's electrifying spread across and spoken by our youth what many missed born in a country of immigrants opportunity - he lives the american dream change - we can believe in we are the ones we've been waiting for the movement grows from home to home change - we can believe in “i felt it.” so we continued to wait. then it was time for the doors to open. suddenly the vast mob broke and raced pell-mell for the doors. no mo and do-rags. . . . [...] the crowd grew more than restless there he was. i had moved all the way to the back of the convention center " said pam lockridge a special education teacher at washington-lee. "because of her girls have hope. that's important. but there has been a change. people want something new. obama is like the new wine." the bible like american voters wash. about two hours-drive south of seattle a 31-year-old engineer said she couldn't name any specific accomplishments that qualified obama to be president but pointed to his career of "serving the underserved" in chi said he hasn't seen a political leader like obama come along since president kennedy. [...] asked what the senator has accomplished that makes him fit cruce said: "well repair this world and make this time different than all the rest - yes. we. can. barack obama whoops and hollers. but listen more closely and you'll hear something intangible 2005. christopher matthews: "this is the new testament" "i’ve been following politics since i was about 5 and he seems to have the answers. this is the new testament. this is surprising." - christopher matthews (as quoted in primary scream new york observe you know?" said young a woman who said she originally backed clinton but was drawn to obama over the last year. "people really and you feel it. you don't just hear it -- you feel something coming from him." obama draws throngs to target center wcco.com. february 2 who you’re fighting for you might be able to pick off a few folks recruit even some republicans into the fold. if you’ve got the votes you will beat them and do it with a smile on your face.” it was a summons to reasonableness yet obama made it sound thrilling. “false hopes? there’s no such thing. this country was built on hope i couldn’t recall a single thing that he had said which stayed with me for days. george packer even in the darkest hours. i know what america can achieve. i've seen it. i've lived it--and with barack obama i stunned myself when i came to the following conclusion: that in addition to keen intelligence integrity and a rare authenticity inherit it outrageously rich in its possibilities. yet unleashing the glory of that future will require a difficult labor and those around the world who still believe in the american ideal; and who can lift our spirits by carolyn kennedy. new york times january 27 if you crave the kinds of changes that america is ready to see happen 2008 (video) friday 2008. reuters/robert galbraith (united states) us presidential election campaign 2008 (usa) thursday that a light will shine through that window by andrew romano newsweek january 31 a short white guy with glasses and a goatee ” he screamed. “that our time had not yet come!” [...] when the senator did arrive he gave a pitch-perfect stump speech who edged out clinton for second place in iowa you will experience an epiphany … and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for obama " he told voters in lebanon. • cnn cnn newsroom. aired january 7 vote for obama. my job is to help him do his job. so i am going to try to be so persuasive in the 20 minutes or so that i speak that by the time this and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for barack 2008: an obama event is not a friendly place for cynics too. tuesday he's talking to people about salvation as well. but this time it's our salvation but across the country. obama's sermons setting forth his own transcendent leadership are not accidentally christian in nature. he's internalized this 2008. hope! sunday obama!!!" ... the berliner morgenpost over the weekend ran with the headline 2008 saturday we will wake up and begin the journey back to self-awareness as a people. . . . if barack obama makes it all the way to the white house 2008 "he is not the word made flesh but the triumph of word over flesh over color to the place where america exists as a glittering ideal its honored inhabitants seem capable of achieving it 2008 obama the "next lincoln"? "the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present and act anew. we must disenthrall ourselves 2007 obama "radiates truth and goodness" . . . for his part he serves as a catalyst to awaken the better part of ourselves. his campaign is about calling america to exercise the noblest human qualities on behal 2007 "we need politicians who can be the truth" "i give all praise and honor to god at moments have been a description of jesus christ. "we need a leader who's going to touch our souls. who's going to make us feel differently about one another. " she began adding that she was "stepping out of my pew" - television – to engage in politics. it isn't enough to tell the truth winfrey said. "we need politicians who know how to be the truth." "i do believe i do today we have the answer to miss pittman's question – it's a qu by ben smith and david paul kuhn. the politico december 11 obama shared the floor with the church's pastor and said he hoped to be "an instrument of god." "sometimes this is a difficult road being in politics " obama said. "sometimes you can become fearful turned out in large numbers in the town’s traditional green square to hear the illinois senator deliver his stump speech on the night of july 3 — ‘oh my god ’” said nancy watkins ” said keith ratzlaff he tells the senator to win it. "i will " obama replies. "that's why i'm running." men's vogue april 2007. friday of no immediate concern? discouraged even obama himself? -- discuss. 172 comments monday but ..." portsmouth n.h.—brenda bladen was trying to explain why she liked barack obama so much—he was authentic before talking about the senator's humble beginnings. . . . barack starfollowing obama through new hampshire 2006. subscribe to: posts (atom) "we are the ones we've been waiting for. we are the change that we seek." - obama 2008. • barack obama: the mania and the mirage 2008. • barack obama is not jesus talking points memo february 5 by jake tapper. abc news. february 7 by geff elliot. the australian february 9 by kyle-anne shiver. american thinker february 11 by william kristol. new york times february 26 february 19 is barack obama the messiah? "... 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 obama" - barack obama lebanon feb. 27 in san marcos texas. (ap photo/rick bowmer) 0 comments tuesday 2008 "he's running a theological campaign . . . at some point 000 at reunion arena in dallas and 18 " said the rev. jesse jackson a 77-year-old retired general motors worker from dayton he will do as president " said mr. iseli 2008 monday 2008. "a band plays 'obama-alujah' and thousands stand in the chill night ready to be rapturous" mr. obama is on an electoral roll polls show him pulling closer in ohio and texas a band plays “obama-alujah” and thousands stand in the chill night ready to be rapturous. . . . on center stage obama basked in the outpouring of affection as his followers stood in awe of the man whom they had waited so long to behold. he was well into his spee 2008 "... an almost mesmeric fervour ..." mary tyszko a white he appeared in a mexican-american enclave of western san antonio and drew a crowd as big as that which greeted pope john paul ii when he visited the s eloquent senator from illinois who is turning conventional american politics on its head? that food for thought will form the basis of sunday's sermon . . . van sloten admits he's become an unabashed fan of barack obama after watching his tv speeches and reading his book the audacity of hope. "i know " van sloten says. "but unless you have ideals 2008. friday in four years from now campaign speech at ucla (links to video because it's a fundamental element of crowd psychology that the expectation of "electricity" creates it. . . . the main event " "change " "kennedy 'yes we can'?" she asked a friend stretched our bodies forward while reaching out to barack. i noticed that a six foot tall guy who was standing in front of me had stretched far enough "you shook his hand didn't you?" happily the guy said "yes." i then said of people coming together! "the "bam"...the obama handshake!" my.barackobama.com (campaign website) supporters reach out to touch the hand of democrat texas february 20 first serve. in boise we will remake this country and we will remake the world. wright: --inside a few people literally faint. obama: [montage of obama reacting to fainting]: is somebody okay? did somebody just get faint? it looks like we have som is it even a close call between him and hillary clinton? second obama supporter (female): not at all. because as he said this is a movement to change the world hyperbole seems to be the rule even for some of hollywood’s biggest names. "he walks into a room and you want to follow him somewhere " actress halle berry said to the philadelphia daily news. "i'll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear." [...] the true believer runners for obama jog for him they bet on him. in chicago "i want to barack your world." last week rally the day before supporters leaned perilously over railings "i love you." this happens fairly frequently and obama is always ready with a smooth answer. "i love you back with a quick " says avila. "part of it is just beyond explanation." lisa lehrer politico feb 20 weatherspoon said she was speechless. she said "it was like he knows what i want." she was not alone in the crowd of about 6 800 supporters who packed beeghly center for obama’s first campaign rally in ohio and responded enthusiastically to his message of "hope and change. but refuses to be tied down as just another "black candidate" pushing primarily for the restoration of justice for african-americans by reminding whit as he now does as the united states of america. may his rain come down to sprout a union of africa. to which some nigerians say "amen." okello oculi many rise to believe again" opponents want to dismiss that optimism as "false hope" because they think - or pretend to think - that barack obama repre as the writer albert murray has observed a music of confrontation there are at once many americas and one america it will be including a shotgun? why are people walking around armed to the teeth? the only reason i can think of is that too many people have lost hope. we are l the new york times bill keller compares obama to nelson mandela: the executive editor of the new york times he said in a podcast interview on the paper's website. the interview kindly via ben smith @ politico: you want to be careful about drawing historical parallels between societies that are so different that are unmistakable in the obama campaign. one is the inspirational quality of it. mandela although he wasn’t always the most riveting public speaker as obama does. and the other thing is that both of them the first black that but that he didn’t grow up as preoccupied by race as a lot of other african-amercans who rose to prominence. and something of the same thing can be the whole world is having. barack's going to be the next person to take us to -- the next spot. barack's going to bring the whole unit- a podcast interview in which obama "discusses his tour of robben island prison where nelson mandela spent 27 years of his life and still maintained hi in which washington correspondent geoff elliott recalls: it was early 1994 when nelson mandela gave a speech in a slum outside cape town and spoke in in the eyes of some something akin to a messiah 2008 "become one with obama" obama fan poster ... er women! fainting rallies by krs601 in the news this week at five different campaign stops 5 different women fainted (see james taranto's "we shall be overcome" wall street journal 2/14/08 for a precise chron manufactured campaign theatrics" as one youtube.com post captioned the event: "obama saves" (girl from hyperventilating and dehydration!) friday watches him as he makes his remarks at his "super tuesday" primary election night rally in chicago we have a mutual obligation to one another — that we cannot measure the greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us we have to fix our souls. our souls are broken in this nation. via "michelle obama's vision of america" (hugh hewitt women in particular young versus old. and it is not about black versus white." what voters are really choosing the agent of transformation in an age of revolution they said precinct by precinct it's part of reporting this case " said lolita breckenridge after hearing democratic white house hopeful barack obama address a packed rally at the university of maryland on monday. a dedicated supporter which including retirees " said tamil lloyd of capital heights 'how could anyone not vote for him?'" lloyd who arrived with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law at the arena at 7:30 a.m. - five hours before obama took the stage - said the family was still wo at um maryland february 11 not since the days of jfk and martin luther king have we been inspired to hope and dream this way! so you have to look at yourself part cult. supporters wearing t-shirts with an andy warhol like pop-art image of his face testify to that. but then they - him - were once easy to dis you know something special is going on. the atmosphere at his events is such that one wonders if obama is about to walk out with a basket with some lo “who was that?” she’d been one of those who pushed herself up toward the suv. she turned to me as if i were out of my mind from which vantage "no one after drinking old wine desires new wine." but in matthew and mark 2008 "he is like a key. he's going to unlock a door . . ." jody klein of centralia was near tears as she recounted her obama experience. at age 20 she'll vote in a presidential election for the first time. "there's just this amazing excitement that's here whoa … how important a time this is for us. it was really exciting." [...] seattleite wendy malabuyo managing records 2008. "i was 10 feet away from him " said keze february 08 and ... i felt something ... something that i can only describe as an overpowering sense of hope." - actor eric christian olsen (via joel stein) febru 2008 tuesday february 05 repair this world ..." we are the hope of the future; the answer to the cynics who tell us our house must stand divided; that we cannot come together; you will hear passion replete with energy and the hunger to live it. eve konstantine 2008 masses break out in hymn to obama saturday 2008 "you feel things coming from him" jan young said the size and diversity of the crowd was unlike anything she had seen in politics in her lifetime. "it's almost like the messiah and the look in his eyes was worth 1 now a regional field organizer. obama hugged her and whispered something in her ear – she was so thrilled she doesn't remember what it was. [...] "v read obama's books last spring. "i've been a voter for 40 years " she said. "i feel like i've been needing to hear these things for 40 years." - "obama basic training" almost too much in the manner of martin luther king: “in one day’s time.” it carried him through health care what your values are recruit some independents into the fold ” he cried. “we don’t need leaders to tell us what we can’t do—we need leaders to inspire us. some are thinking about our constraints and others are thinking about limitless possibility.” at times craving more. as he was ending as if news of victory in the pacific were coming over the loudspeakers. within minutes we can do it again. excerpt: ted kennedy's endorsement of barack obama january 28 2008 "in the civic religion that is democratic politics race or gender and something i don't see in other candidates. that something is a creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom. wi i wondered and some may be so frightened of its birth they will refuse to abandon their nostalgia for the womb. there have been a few prescient leaders in our pa to tie that belief to our highest ideals and imagine that together we can do great things. in those rare moments when such a person comes along we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. . . . i want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articula and those around him to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the american dream i believe i have found the man who could be that president — not just for me " said scarborough. "it is from conservative republicans it is from independents if you vote for me i will not just win 2008 "believe in obama" democratic presidential candidate barack obama speaks during a campaign rally at the university of nevada january 09 2008: reading the recent flurry of stories about barack obama--the clinton-slayer! the youth candidate! the next kennedy!--it'd be easy to imagine tha for example “at some point in the evening a cnn/wmur poll found obama with a nine percentage point lead over clinton the democrat said in hanover. clinton has tried to turn the tide by emphasizing her record as a change agent get you to the polls so that those of you who are still wavering...will suddenly come to the conclusion -- a light beam will shine through -- will light you up -- and you obama was describing to the crowd how his speeches generally work: “at the end—or maybe somewhere in the middle—a shaft of light comes through a pundits began to speak about his ascension to democratic frontrunner in terms of a veritable movement. but witnessing his campaign stops here by lauren sandler. huffington post january 8 2008 "the hour is almost upon you" "a nation healed . . . a world repaired . . . "believers flock to see obama in the flesh" barack obama is nearly tw and says in that instantly recognisable baritone: "good afternoon 2008 germany: "lincoln "this black american has become the new kennedy!" an editorial in the frankfurter rundschau went one historic president better with a headline that re " adding that "hope and optimism" are "the source of the nation's strength." ... barack obama's popularity soars - in germany and those who have met him personally come away believing that he knows himself deeply people from all walks of life it will represent a quantum leap in american consciousness and a promise to restore america's position in the world. deepak chopra contracted around you at his best and where we by ezra klein. january 3 this nation is again at a crossroads. we again need a president who is above all authentic who points us confidently toward that future obama is an inspired leader. he is authentic and truthful. he radiates truth and goodness. he possesses charisma and exercises sound judgment. for thi " obama began. "look at the day the lord has made." obama's wife i feel compelled to stand up and to speak out for the man who i believe has a new vision for america and we're here to evolve to a higher plane . . . the reason i love barack obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to ron carpenter. the senator from illinois asked the multiracial crowd of nearly 4 sometimes you can seek power just for power's sake instead of because you want to do service to god. i just want all of you to pray that i can be an i let’s say his election to the senate all other explanations failing. “i’m a preacher and a pastor; i know that that was god’s plan. obama has certain qualities that — i think he i along with vacationing pilgrims from the east coast than had come out to greet a sitting president. “i saw him and i thought 2007. monday june 04 2007 "faith getting a little ahead of his own bio. next and inspirational. he was restoring her faith in politics. "i'm not comparing him to jesus christ but … " she said many rise to believe again"  "the most powerful remobilization of historical an...  obama - "a gift this country needs"  martin luther king = as a figure uniquely qualified to open the door to the 21st century." -- gary hart "barack obama is our collective representation of our purest hopes 2008. • "name one accomplishment by obama" hannity & colmes. february 4 2008. • obama's first coming 2008. • obama's politics of collective redemption 2008. • death of an obasm redstate.com february 15 2008. • the audacity of hype: just what else has obama wrought? by david brooks. new york times february 19 2008. • delusional hope: the obama rapture by joel s. hirschhorn. atlantic free press february 22 2008. • the ron paulization of obama new hampshire. january 7 2008. tuesday november 04 2008 poster credit: ray noland ("cro") obama - the transfiguration obama at fund-raiser at steven and judy gluckstern's home 2007; photo-credit: michael edwards (note that this is the actual photo as published by new york magazine and grew wings dayton he's averaged crowds of 14 000 at the toyota center in houston. many had come just to hear him speak. some cried. others just waved their hands. "he's running a theological camp who ran for president in 1984 and 1988. "at some point " said nicole baptiste said mr. obama is more than a hope peddler. "what he says who spoke to mr. obama in a native indonesian language after a rally."many hopefully devoted to obama the dallas morning news february 26 2008. "he's all things to all men" . . . scattered attempts so far to take a detailed tough look at obama's career have "barely caused a ripple." they " noah norman i keep an eye on cnn for the latest on obama because j’s need for information on him is insatiable. . . . obamamania has done what the combined indu ” she explained like it should have been self-evident to me. and it is not only debates she likes. she has had me dig up old obama speeches from you 000 people at the annual saviours' day celebration " he said. "this young man is capturing audiences of black and brown and red and yellow. if you look at barack obama's audiences and look at the effec those people are being transformed." farrakhan compared obama to the religion's founder fard muhammad on friday evening fitted his hoped-for-narrative. fifteen-thousand people maybe 20 red-white-and-blue beach balls bounce through the crowd the unprompted crowd was yelling "o-bam-a! o-bam-a! o-bam-a!" a full 90 minutes before the candidate would appear. and just like at sporting events there in days gone by based on what i saw clutched her hands. “he has given me hope. i really believe in him. and i just trust him.” then mr obama took to the stage. the noise was deafenin a long mr obama’s image could be seen from the farthest reaches of the stadium mr obama had to blow his nose. “obama!” they chanted and clapped again the times [uk] february 23 by graeme morton uninformed – you have to stay at the seat at the table of democracy with a man like barack obama not just on tuesday but in a year from now in eights years from now you will have to be engaged. michelle obama but roof-shaking soul church where people testify and dance in the aisles when the spirit's upon them. "it's electric! can't you feel it?" said one ma which i have heard before. i just sat back and felt the key phrases wash over the crowd: "new " she agreed. she was a little disappointed the illinois democrat announced that he had to take a quick break. "gotta blow my nose here for a second which his campaign said totaled 17 the baltimore sun | obama blows his nose he is the future and the present. you know you have to move forward. obama: there is a moment in the life of every generation oprah. and i love you. wright: at this point but we kind of like it. i can't get off his ride it's too good. wright: the potential for disappointment is as big as texas. people's hopes have been raised so high. young people hoping that obama ca a mere human cummings' sentiments weren't all that unusual. because when it comes to obama not the exception. his charms seem tough to resist paper and even in animated videos. on etsy a crafts auction website 000 to the kohl center in madison more than 18 000 voters filled seattle's key arena to see him. the 3 until his entrance is perfectly timed with the soaring chords of u2's “city of blinding lights.” "i can't really verbalize exactly what it is abou jared jacobs "i’ll never forget this. it’s one of the best moments of my life." obama brings message of hope which drought will not depart without a fight. . . . barack obama is uniquely placed to support the fruition of this dream knowing 2008. monday sense impressions than edward's talk of 'two americas.' in obama's version delivered with the candences of martin luther king. think of it as thus a new synthetic mythology for a new kind of knowledge culture. it may be the m 2008 obama - "a gift this country needs" if you're wondering why sen. barack obama's message of hope has resonated with so many voters across the coun then taking his or her own life. how is it that we live in a country where a young man can get his hands on four weapons many parents of college-aged students have had to turn to their faith. on the stump 2008. (via say anything). * * * school shootings = hopelessness obama = hope obama's presidency = school shootings martin luther king = nelson mandela is on the subject of keller's young adult biography of nelson mandela like obama nelson mandela and obama barack by an artist circa. the cnn democratic debates. from the interview with the artist (mp3 download): [artist:] "we wante one nation." [in response to the question: what does obama do that you feel warrants a comparison?] "nelson mandela and martin luther king were both r he gives me chills. when you listen to him 2006. • obama's first coming (the australian february 9 2008) make the transition to a political frontrunner - president even - where disappointment will soon crush what seemed to be a journey to a promised land? the mandela magic i'd seen before was there too. black and white february 5 "with a speech packed with policy specifics and a certain intangible steeliness that signals she's got what it takes to be president." but "the obamap " he wrote huffington post february 14 and good fortune barack obama has seized the moment. his mantra of "change" has been largely co-opted by lesser figures. he is in fact an agent of tra and this makes him seem elusive to the conventional press and the traditional politicians. his instinct for the moment and the times is orders of magn the instant response in crisis somewhere is willing to hope. somebody is willing to stand up. somebody who is willing to stand up when they are told "no you can't" and instead they county by county 2008 "a metaphysical force" "barack obama is a metaphysical force in american politics "where is the joy? campaigns are supposed to be about joy." brazile added it may now be difficult for clinton to stop obama’s "wave of support." ass seriously. it's a dramatic event. he speaks about america in a way that has nothing to do with politics. it has to do with the feeling we have about o maryland - you can see it in their flushed-face smiles and hear it in their screams. they say the phenomenon is difficult to describe " she admitted. "but hearing him live..." she trailed off virginia and washington he carried himself with his habitual worldly confidence and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of "i love you obama!" with a reassuring: "i love you back." women 'falling for obama' news24.com feb he's going to vote for him of round hill " she said. "our country hasn't felt it in a hell of a long time." . . .!" obama gets rock-star welcome in baltimore kelly brewington and tom pelton. baltimore sun february 12 2008 "believe in obama" democratic presidential candidate senator barack obama (d-il) speaks at a campaign rally at the university of maryland in coll the spark of a movement. he is the son of a kenyan get off the couch - join me in harmony! (sing it with me) change! we can believe in it's time - don't get left behind change! we can believe in and the youth; they appeared in a state close to rapture watching obama speak. here and there one could see women crying and some men wiping away tear without prompting 2008. a big black vehicle came past “how do you know? all the windows were darkened.” she replied just like the young people in droopy pants i could see him pretty well. he gave the same speech he gives everywhere. i paid no attention to him but watched the crowd. those faces. it was raw february 10 but i don't know how much everybody else loves her is of two minds about new wine. luke suggests that the old is good; after all the emphasis is on putting the new wine into new skins washington post columnist february 10 " she said. "when he was talking about hope we were in this huge crowd outside in the rain and he came out in the rain and talked to us her voice still raw from cheering. "i was 10 feet away from him my hand embraced in his super tuesday february 5 to any stadium or large venue where barack obama is speaking....and listen. first you'll hear voices or vq is a measure of all the intangibles. it's what's electric and as a country. we've surfaced him out of "the field" and charged him with the task of riding this wave on our behalf. . . . obama has tapped into h heard the unvoiced and the disenfranchised. he's our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence february 04 of maple grove when she met the democratic contender face to face. she describes how he lit up the room with his wide smile shook her hand and thanked her for volunteering. "he looked at me participants in the saturday morning precinct-captain training were already adept at telling their obama-conversion stories. libbie coleman a 61-year-old microbiology teacher at mcclatchy high school 2008 "i couldn’t recall a single thing that he had said except that this was music. then came the peroration: “if you know who you are obama almost seems to be trying to escape history listening to his last words in silence you exhibit something that has nothing to do with age was the last time this country was guided by such a leader? someone whose moral center was un-embargoed? someone with courage instead of mere ambition 2008 carolyn kennedy on obama: "i believe!" sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselv joe scarborough used a very interesting metric to evaluate the popularity of barack obama: blackberry buzz. "my blackberry starts going off like crazy and do you know what they say? 'i believe.' i've never seen anything like this before." huffington post january 27 nobody can stop us from creating the changes that america needs. if you stand with me i will not just win an election and we will transform the world!" - barack obama. florence or is still not clear who they will vote for 2008. there is some dispute as to the original version of this divine prophecy. following are the results of our investigation (-- the obama seminar): with rainbows and starshine bursting from the tailpipe of his tour bus. obama both lampoons and slyly encourages the perception. in new hampshire and a light is going to shine down and you will have an epiphany and you’ll say but hardly ever in his stump speeches. at an early-morning rally the day of the new hampshire vote you will experience an epiphany ‘i have to vote for barack.’” • obama mccain win new hampshire's first votes cnn political ticker 10:23am january 8 obama praised the student volunteers working for his campaign and gave them one last mission: to persuade undecided voters to cast their ballots for h as a senator and as first lady. ... the original quote was removed entirely from the article in later publication but we offer as evidence this reposting of the cnn article in full on january 28th by blogger 'fair proxy web'; as well as cited by roberto davila-loy 2008 1:16 pm et responding to original with this commentary: "my job is to be so persuasive that if there's anybody left out there who is still not su " the democrat said in hanover. the above words by senator obama as reported by cnn are troubling as they show senator obama believing that he has the ) when a divine manifestation (the star of bethlehem) announced the birth of the baby jesus. this version of the quote is likewise attributed to cnn c 2008: "there's something stirring around the country " obama said in a stump speech today. "it started in iowa and now it's happening here in new hampshire." "i'm going to be so persuasive that a light w by the looks of it or the chronically unimpressed. this is revival-tent stuff. the senator from illinois used the metaphor of a religious conversion: "i am going to try 2008. obama is campaigning on the eve of the january 8 new hampshire primary. source: reuters/jason reed (united states) after obama's speech on the n this movement seems less like a political one than a religious one. earlier in his campaign and the messiah's word he's spreading is his own. and it's this godly fervor which may well be galvanizing the grassroots youth effort not just in new hampshire and that of ourselves. his litany on hope has basically nothing to do with politics and everything to do with incandescent inspiration. obama recast a believers." and they do believe: teenage girls pressing against the crowd control barricades to take pictures with their mobile phones; middle-aged co getting an early lesson in politics. everybody wants to say they have seen obama - up close . . . believers flock to see obama in the flesh suzanne go new hampshire. the guardian january 7 by nicholas kulish. international herald tribune january 6 2008 "a quantum leap in american consciousness" sen. obama has written eloquently about his search for identity and ethnic backgrounds believe him. . . . obama made himself both lighthouse and lightning rod. (i imagine some part of himself quakes to think on wha huffington post january 5 january 03 and thus of sharing in its meaning and transcendence. . . . "obama's gift" " that young "inexperienced" politician " she said echoing biblical passages. winfrey also touched on christian themes that had not been highlighted in iowa. "it's amazing grace that brought me here and we're here to evolve to a higher plane " she said. "the reason i love barack obama is because he is an evolved leader who can bring evolved leadership to our country." source: messianic rhe he is the one. he is the one!" "we're all here to come together – to appreciate our uniqueness and to treasure our diversity you witness a very rare thing. you witness a politician who has an ear for eloquence and a tongue dipped in the unvarnished truth... - oprah winfrey ( 2007. sunday september 09 2007 "his election to the senate was divinely ordered" mr. rush has an explanation for mr. obama’s emergence after the dark days of 2000 as a politi chuckling. “that’s not routine. there’s something else going on.” what was he suggesting? “i think that obama a streetwise veteran schooled a bold young obama by janny scott. new york times september 9 2007 obama wows maharishi mahesh yogi meditators obama had positioned himself in alignment with the rotation of the earth in accordance with the teachings of the maharishi mahesh yogi guide our vote" u.s. senator and presidential candidate barack obama (d-il) speaks at a presidential forum on faith the senator begins bowing down both hands in worship. "this guy was president before i was " says obama referring to freeman's turn in deep impact and a nod to bruce almighty: "this guy was god before i was." (okay tolerated accepted or perhaps fostered by obama's campaign 2006 "i'm not comparing him to jesus christ by john dickerson. slate december 11 ...  "he's running a theological campaign . . . at some...  "he's all things to all men"  "i have a pint-sized obamaphile"  "barack obama women!  "we have to fix our souls - our souls are broken"  "the obamapalooza is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacl...  "this promise moves obama's by christopher beam. slate january 6 by thomas sowell. jewish world review january 22 2008. • "and obama wept" by joe klein. time magazine february 7 2008. • he's got obamaphilia joel stein. los angeles times february 8 by charles krauthammer. boston herald february 15 by john dickerson. slate february 15 by james bone. times [uk] february 25 2006. • it’s all about him and contrary to the claim of william lowther @ telegraph makes remarks during an outdoor rally wednesday february 26 he took off his arms he sounded more like preacher than politician. "my bet has been paid off. my faith in the american people has been vindicated " he said as a few audience members yelled "well!" and "preach brother!" throughout his ohio tour 000. he had 17 he took off his arms and grew wings." "he's very inspirational and he's very credible a 26-year-old dayton resident who works for an information and news database company. "in our country ” she replied. “why?” i asked incredulously. “because it is so interesting. play dates are all the same addressing an estimated crowd of 20 crowds show him the big celebrity love