As an Obama cult member, I'll tell you what Savior Barack means to me.

[Guaranteed]

He's not Clinton.




We all have our own reasons for supporting Obama, but that one's mine.

[HughMoran]

1. Well, that's somewhat shallow

To each his own I guess.

[JVS]

3. I've met BullGooseLoony, and he is not a shallow individual

He even helped me get a car-battery. Salt of the earth, I tell ya.

[Guaranteed]

7. :P

Thank you friend.

[HughMoran]

10. Yeah, well I carry 8 cylinder engine blocks

That's pretty salty :D

I still think that decision by inverse default thinking is somewhat shallow :P

[seriousstan]

20. I remember helping a buddy carry a 396 Chevy engine 100 feet, without the heads of course.

The things you do when you are young and invincible. It made carrying my 383 Mopar seem easy.

[HughMoran]

22. I fucked up my elbow carrying a junk 5L block recently

Arrgggghhh!! It pisses me off, now I can hardly slam the gears (it figures it's my right elbow :( )

[tavalon]

25. More like sad,

and that is said as another of the against HRC voters.

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[Guaranteed]

6. Oh, so either I'm totally in love with him to the point where I'd kill

myself for him, or I am totally without principle.

LOL.

[Arkana]

9. Fruity.

[Cha]

4. To me that 's a monster

perk but Obama came out against the bogus war on Iraq in 2002 and that's a damn good start. Vision and conscionable intelligence..

<snips>

"What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of Al Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the President today. You want a fight, President Bush? Let's finish the fight with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings. You want a fight, President Bush?"

http://www.barackobama.com/2002/10/02/remarks_of_illinois_state_sen.php

I post this a lot but it's for the people who haven't seen it. It means a lot to me that my candidate has the courage of his convictions with these qualities and leadership he has shown in Chicago and D.C.

[Guaranteed]

8. For sure. I'm selling him short- lest I be called a cult member. nt

[Cha]

11. You're way too funny..

We now own "the cult" moniker so we can do what we want with it.:P

[ananda]

5. If tomorrow's salvation were today's hope..

.. we'll all be living in peace and
prosperity by this time next year.

[John Q. Citizen]

12. As an aging koolaid kid, that's also one of the many things brother Obama means to me.

But I think your reason is fairly salient around the country among the giant growing throngs of Pilgrams to the Polling Places.

It hits the nail on the head.

"Non- believers just don't......... get it."

[Justitia]

13. Technical question: If I'm still an official "Howard Dean Cult Member", can I join a 2nd cult?

Or would I be spreading my cultish self too thin?
Or does being a member of one cult automatically preclude membership in an addt'l cult?

I like to be precise about such things, ya know.
:silly:

[Guaranteed]

14. I've still got MY tattoo.

I get to see the good doctor's face every time I get out of the shower!

Ha ha!

[Justitia]

15. Your tattoo beats my life-size cardboard cutout in the living room. You win. -eom

[Guaranteed]

16. Do you sleep with it?

That's what I'D do. :silly:

[Justitia]

17. Flat Howard? Sometimes I pin him up to the ceiling above my bed....

http://dean2004.bmgbiz.net/CutOut.htm

So I can speak to him directly at night and tell him all my fervent Democratic Desires.

[Guaranteed]

18. Ooooo....

Wish I'd thought of that.

You can take him to work with you too, and even get to use the carpool lane.

[Justitia]

19. LOL, the Good Doc is eminently practical, no?

:loveya: Howard Dean :loveya:

When we win in November, I'm going to inflate those 1000 'Dean for America' balloons I still have and fill my house with them.

[Guaranteed]

23. WHOOHOO!

I've yet to meet the man, but he, more than anyone, is responsible for the recovery our party has seen over the past several years.

A true leader.

[Yael]

34. You two are cracking me up

:D

[tavalon]

27. Link please

Er, picture please.

[tavalon]

26. I believe the cult book states you can be a member of multiple cults as long as they don't

contradict one another. Otherwise, your head will explode. Or so I've been told by my moonie friends.

[IndieLeft]

21. One of mine too!

I'd for for almost any Dem except for Clinton at this point.

[tavalon]

24. Yes, I'm embarrassed to say that's the reason I caucused for him today

and I feel shallow and petty but because I believe the DLC anointed HRC as their chosen monarch and I don't care for monarchies, it was a reasoned choice, but really, I would rather be caucusing for someone rather than against another.

[Yurovsky]

29. As a Kucinich supporter, I can identify ...

but the more I learned about Obama, the more I liked my choice. Sure, he's not as progressive as Dennis (few elected officials in DC are), but he doesn't play fetch for the DLC either.

By your sig line I'm assuming you're an Edwards supporter, and I certainly hope that Obama would make use of Edwards' talents in his cabinet (AG has been mentioned by several other DU posters).

The GOP tagline of "Clinton Fatigue" should really be renamed "Clinton/Bush Fatigue". I'm just tired of the same 2 poltical dynasties running this country for what seems like an eternity.

[tavalon]

30. I was an Edwards supporter and I just haven't gotten around to getting rid of this current sig line

I think my next one will be mocking of the Repubs since that's my mood. I know how awful it's going to get around here when the Dems figure out they've been played for fools for the nth time but until then, there is the sublime pleasure of schaedenfreude (sp). I intend to enjoy it to it's fullest extent.

[Yurovsky]

38. I don't see the Dems getting bamboozled this time ...

and I really don't see the GOP making it close enough to get "creative" with the counting a la FLA 2000 or OH 2004.

And don't discount the potential bloodletting in the GOP this year. The far-right whack jobs reeeeeeeally don't like McCain. Not sure why (perhaps he won't agree to cut the income tax rate to 0%). But when you get vermin like Ann Coulter & Rush Limpdick saying they'll vote DEMOCRAT if McCain gets the nomination ... wow.

I think we could see a 1964-style landslide if the pieces come together for us.

[rug]

28. Neither is McCain. Have fun with your dilemma.

[Guaranteed]

33. Are we SURE about that one? I've wondered... nt

[cooolandrew]

31. For me it's that, he was right the first time on Iraq and is more constitutionally..

...aware.

[Guaranteed]

37. I agree with that as well. nt

[jonnyblitz]

32. I understand that reasoning because I voted for Hillary in

the primaries because she is NOT Obama. :hi:

[TexasObserver]

35. I was on the road to Damacus when I saw this bright, blinding light

It was Bill Clinton with a flashlight. He said "TO, why do you persecute me?!"

I replied "you know, Bill, that shit is really getting old."

[Guaranteed]

36. LOL!

It is.

[Bright Eyes]

39. He cured me of leprosy!

[Guaranteed]

40. HA! nt