As it appears, NARAL, the largest Pro-Choice activist organization in the US, has decided to back Obama over Hillary! I couldn't believe it either until I read the original article and got the opinions from bloggers that quickly caught wind of it. I previously backed Obama myself until I realized what would happen if he got the nomination. After I had my realization, I started backing Hillary.
Andrew Austin blogged this:
Kate Michelman came out for Obama a long time ago. NARAL is following her lead. Michelman's endorsement, published in the Huffington Post, is, frankly, embarrassing. She sees Obama as a messiah figure.
I know this will sting, but this is typical of Obama supporters (followers, really): it's about how Obama makes them feel not whether he's right on the ideas or whether he can be elected.
When Obama's handlers were test marketing their product, they knew right away they had a shot at the prize when they recorded the emotional way liberal Democrats responded to the glittering generalities the Obama campaign were pitching (they even test marketed and devised a logo fit for armbands and banners).
Clinton has all the right ideas for Democrats, but she doesn't make them feel good. Hard-nosed, practical people often lose out to the vacuous and charismatic (charisma is a manufactured essence).
To be blunt about it, the Obama candidacy is a personality cult. Those who will put McCain in the White House (likely with a mandate) are impervious to the manufactured magic of Barrack Obama.
The bottom line is that we need a smart and experienced politician with the best ideas, not an "extraordinary leader" who makes us feel good.
One would think that there are enough scary analogs in history of politicians supposedly worthy of unquestioning devotion, the most recent example of which is George Bush.
I guess I should be happy Obama won't win, but that means McCain will, and a McCain presidency will be a disaster for working people, minorities, and women. I can't be happy about that.
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