obamessiah defined

Updated to go with the new poll where the obamessiah outranks actual people that exist or have existed. I cannot believe folks fell/still are falling for this crap.

November 21, 2008

Messiah complex: a state in which the individual believes themselves to be or destined to become - the savior of the particular field, a group, an event, a time period, or in an extreme scenario, the world.

OBAMESSIAH: "I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal!!!

Messiah complex: This could also be the state in which a group views an individual as a messiah, such as followers of a cult leader. The cult leader doesn't have to claim to be a messiah, but if he is treated as such by his followers, it can also be classified as such.

Robambots: O-baaa-ma! O-baa-ma! O-baaa-ma! O-baaa-ma! O-baaa-ma!

Chris Matthews: "this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. No, seriously. It's a dramatic event."

Ezra Klein: "He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh"

Oprah Winfrey: "We're here to evolve to a higher plane"

Dinesh Sharma: "Many even see in Obama a messiah-like figure, a great soul, and some affectionately call him Mahatma Obama."

Spike Lee: "You'll have to measure time by `Before Obama' and `After Obama' & "Everything's going to be affected by this seismic change in the universe."

Mark Halerperin: [The obamerized press have a] "hidden desire to see [obamessiah's] face etched in stain glass and on Mt. Rushmore simultaneously.

Messiah complex: People with a messiah complex tend to see themselves as saviors to a specific group of people or a specific field, making claims of their own glory, or claiming a self-awareness of their own gift and how that gift can affect a group of people or a field of life.

OBAMESSIAH: "We've got a righteous wind at our backs!"

OBAMESSIAH: "... a light will shine through that window, a beam of light will come down upon you, you will experience an epiphany ... and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama"

Messiah complex: In the most extreme cases, people with a messiah complex may see themselves as spiritual/religious messiahs with transcendent powers who are destined to save the world.

OBAMESSIAH: "We are the ones we've been waiting for."

OBAMESSIAH: "We are the change that we seek!"

OBAMESSIAH: "...this is our moment. If you will organize with me, if you fight with me... we will change this country and we will CHANGE THE WORLD!"