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So here it is:

Belief and Reality

Obama will be the next president of the United States.

As I have guessed for quite a while now, barring any extraordinary event, Obama will win by a landslide. The guy is turning red states blue which is predictable given the endless war, massive debt, and rough times brought about by the Bush administration. So the voters of this country will throw the scoundrels out.

The great majority of this country will be elated November 4th. A minority president! No more Bush! Progress! I am anticipating a frenzy similar to the one I witnessed in Chicago when the White Sox won the World Series. I expect to see some people cry out of sheer happiness.

But why?

Because he is the first minority President? Because he is a Democrat? Is it the change that he promises? Is it the hope he brings? What makes them believe in this man to such an extent?

The belief in him might vary within his following. Some might believe he will bring about a fraternal order of unity among all of country. Others might believe he will bring healthcare to everyone suffering without health insurance. Many will believe his success will be either the proof of, or progress towards, racism’s defeat.

However, their admiration and devotion to the man always stems from...belief.

What these well intentioned people don’t know will be the end of their tragic hope. They don’t know his biggest financial donors are big businesses and big banks that have benefited greatly from the bailout that the vast majority of all Americans opposed vehemently. They don’t know he has voted for the Patriot Act, consistent funding of the war, the bailout, and warrantless wiretapping. They don’t understand that universal healthcare is impossible with a government that is more than ten trillion dollars in debt even with their flagrant accounting. They don’t recognize that all “rescue plans” are doomed to fail no matter who proposes them or how many leaders gather.

These voters follow Obama because of a belief. They do not support him based upon concrete voting records and rationality.

In cases in which I have tried to present this knowledge, I have either been scorned or ignored.

This is sadly not a case of “what you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Unfortunately, they are following him off of a cliff. Even if they believe they can fly, just as they believe all his promises, reality and gravity will bring them down to Earth when the political messiah enters office. They will succeed in getting him into office; they just will not get what they had hoped for.

I can only feel a mixture of anxiety and excitement as I wait for the day when they realize and the hope I cant stop hearing about becomes despair. Perhaps then, and only then, will they attempt to know.

- Brad Groesch