{"id":5809,"date":"2009-09-25T09:22:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T13:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2009-09-25T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T13:22:14","slug":"the-deification-of-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-deification-of-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"The deification of Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cult_of_personality\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> is how it used to be:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A cult of personality arises when a country&#8217;s leader uses mass media to create an idealized and heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships and Stalinist governments.<\/p>\n<p>A cult of personality is similar to general hero worship, except that it is created specifically for political leaders. However, the term may be applied by analogy to refer to adulation of religious or non-political leaders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now we have the Cult of Obama as\u00a0 promoted in elementary school:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=InpA1cI-P6s]<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Song 1:<\/strong><br \/>\nMm, mmm, mm!<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<br \/>\nHe said that all must lend a hand<br \/>\nTo make this country strong again<br \/>\nMmm, mmm, mm!<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<\/p>\n<p>He said we must be fair today<br \/>\nEqual work means equal pay<br \/>\nMmm, mmm, mm!<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<\/p>\n<p>He said that we must take a stand<br \/>\nTo make sure everyone gets a chance<br \/>\nMmm, mmm, mm!<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<\/p>\n<p>He said red, yellow, black or white<br \/>\nAll are equal in his sight<br \/>\nMmm, mmm, mm!<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<\/p>\n<p>Yes!<br \/>\nMmm, mmm, mm<br \/>\nBarack Hussein Obama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Song 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!<br \/>\nFor all your great accomplishments, we all doth say &#8220;hooray!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hooray, Mr. President! You&#8217;re number one!<br \/>\nThe first black American to lead this great nation!<\/p>\n<p>Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans<\/p>\n<p>To make this country&#8217;s economy number one again!<br \/>\nHooray Mr. President, we&#8217;re really proud of you!<\/p>\n<p>And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!<br \/>\nSo continue &#8212;- Mr. President we know you&#8217;ll do the trick<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s a hearty hip-hooray &#8212;-<br \/>\nHip, hip hooray!<\/p>\n<p>Hip, hip hooray!<br \/>\nHip, hip hooray!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is how it used to be: A cult of personality arises when a country&#8217;s leader uses mass media to create an idealized and heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality are often found in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-deification-of-obama\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[2215],"class_list":["post-5809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obama","tag-obama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}