Over the last few months there has been much discussion of the quasi-deification of Obama in popular culture. Primarily it has been tongue-in-cheek, and the McCain campaign even got in on the action, releasing a clever ad a few weeks ago called "The One" that humorously took on the phenomenon.
What I can say with confidence is that this is not the sort of thing that will help Obama. Voters, I think, have some degree of fatigue when it comes to celebrities using their fame to promote their political views. This video, though, takes the "Obamessiah" phenomenon to an entirely new and arguably inappropriate level, tosses in a healthy dose of celebrity worship for good measure, and the end result is an extremely bizarre and, in my view, off-putting production. The more this video is seen, the better it is for John McCain.
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