This is a must read by Jim Geraghty on the state of many voters in this election cycle (including the media) who are willing to embrace the opposite vision of what this nation was founded on.

They want to believe in a political leader who they can describe in Messianic terms. They want to touch hands that have touched him. They want the face of their leader staring down on them on posters in public places.

They want to indoctrinate their children about his greatness before they can think for themselves, as we saw in the “children singing” video.

They want to sing songs about him, and credit him for “healing people’s souls.” They want to get together in groups of tens of thousands and chant their leader’s name. They want to make that silly “O” salute.

Cam, you and I have talked offline about the Founding Fathers and their vision of what a citizen of the new nation would be: fiercely independent, largely self-reliant, skeptical of government power, fearful of the passions of the public at large, and modest in his national ambitions. A large swath of the public is the exact opposite of this.

My words are not political hyperbole like some might believe, but they reflect the state of the nation if Senator Obama is elected.

As I have stated before, God help us.

Posted by Paul Seale on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 9:14 pm. Filed under 2008 presidential debates, Barack Obama.