Obama Mania

I'm not an Obama maniac. I don't think that he can do no wrong, and I don't think that McCain is totally evil. I just attended an event in support of Obama, and what I found was that most of the people there are Obama maniacs, and do think that McCain is totally evil.

Several of them spoke disparagingly of actions that Bush had taken in 2000 or 2004. I wanted to shake them and say What does it matter, what Bush did then? How does that affect what you're trying to do now? But I doubt they would have listened. One woman said that she thought McCain was a dishonorable person; I got the impression that she didn't want to see him just defeated, but cast out of the Senate, and possibly made to live on a barren rock with worms. My wife said that she thought he was both honorable and experienced; she replied, exasperated, 'What has he done that's worthwhile?' I got the impression that anything short of 'Healed the Lepers, Raised the Dead' would not have qualified as worthy. Another said that Colin Powell clearly knew that there was no good reason to invade Iraq, but he supported Bush anyway; perhaps he should be made to live on that rock, too. Still a third is furious that Clinton did not drop out much, much sooner, thus distracting Obama from supporting others running for office; he admitted that she had the right to continue to run, but he clearly thought it was bad form, to say the least. I asked if it was possible for Obama to shift his position on something without being seen as waffling, and they grew uncomfortable.

I get the feeling that I am in the minority. They're willing to accept me because I do adhere to the One True Faith, but thats about it. This saddens me. It also makes me wonder: am I wrong in not being so intense, so dogmatic?