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I Liked Obama Before He Was Cool

By wt

Now the complaint is that Obama is TOO cool.

I don't know when we started to feel weird supporting you, but: My friend Hanna thinks it started with that "Yes We Can," video. I mean, last week I was totally crying watching it. Now just thinking about how choked up I got gives me the creeps.

. . .

Maybe if you can be more of a jerk or play hard to get or something? Maybe you could uninspire some of your fans? Maybe then I could believe in you again. I'm hopeful. Or at least just hopeful enough to still be cool.

At first I though this is was a joke, but I'm not at all sure. This article takes it seriously.

And now there's a website devoted to this instinct -- IlikedObamabeforehewascool.com.

But Obama isn't the next cool band that you discovered 5 years ago in Berkeley. He's running for office. In a country where majority/plurality rule exists.

So I think asking that his candidacy be so cool it's under-the-radar might be just a little self-defeating.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on February 16, 2008 (boomark / email).