"His Hopeness"

David Brooks writes one of the rare witty columns you'll see in the NY Times (worthy of the Daily Telegraph, I'd say):

At first it seemed like a few random cases of lassitude among Mary Chapin Carpenter devotees in Berkeley, Cambridge and Chapel Hill. But then psychotherapists began to realize patients across the country were complaining of the same distress. They were experiencing the first hints of what’s bound to be a national phenomenon: Obama Comedown Syndrome.

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Up until now The Chosen One’s speeches had seemed to them less like stretches of words and more like soul sensations that transcended time and space. But those in the grips of Obama Comedown Syndrome began to wonder if His stuff actually made sense. For example, His Hopeness tells rallies that we are the change we have been waiting for, but if we are the change we have been waiting for then why have we been waiting since we’ve been here all along?

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If he values independent thinking, why is his the most predictable liberal vote in the Senate? A People for the American Way computer program would cast the same votes for cheaper.

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The victims of O.C.S. struggle against Obama-myopia, or the inability to see beyond Election Day. But here’s the fascinating thing: They still like him. They know that most of his hope-mongering is vaporous. They know that he knows it’s vaporous...

Mark C.

Update: O.C.S. awaits Mickey I. (via Paul Wells):

Hope in America, Hope in Canada

...I'm for Obama...

Upperdate: 'Twill be interesting to see how long "Obamamatopoeia" lasts. More (via the Wolfman).

Posted by markc at February 19, 2008 12:41 PM