Is Robert Creamer an Obamian?
People want to be inspired. Inspiration is about making people feel empowered to be more than they are. They want to be inspired because they desperately want meaning in their lives. They want to be part of something larger than themselves and they want to feel that they can play a significant part in that larger purpose.
Meaning comes from being devoted to something outside of yourself -- to a cause, to a person, to a religion, to your art.
Creamer is making the argument that is central to Obamianity. Why is Senator Obama, a mere politician, inspiring people the way artists, musicians, and prophets inspire people?
Obama is on the way to making politics an object of intense cultural interest. He is laying the groundwork to popularize progressive politics. What will all this mean a year from now? How do we prepare for this in 2008? What are the central dogmas of Obamianity?
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