Obama Zombies

Trying hard to understand the inexplicable appeal of Barack Obama, I ordered a used copy of Jason Mattera'a "Obama Zombies" from a seller on Amazon.

To his credit:

1. Mattera reveals even more instances of Obot religiosity. The Bowdoin students singing "Amazing Grace" on election night 2008 speaks libraries about the new denomination and its zealots.

2. The influence of empty-headed celebrities is revisited in even more detail. It's hard to imagine the likes of Dave Matthews shaping the opinions of more than half of the voting public in say, 1976. Unfortunately, things are different in this century.

3. In the Golden Age of Sycophancy dirty lips rule the day. The irony of media-sanctioned "satirists" like Stewart and Colbert providing a steady rain of pubescent flattery for The One has been discussed in a multitude of forums. But the revered and respected and lauded and praised Joe Klein comparing Obama to a rainbow...will bring the reader to tears of either laughter or sorrow.

Unfortunately Mattera did not have enough nuggets of Obama worship to fill a book. At some point he goes off-track and recites the party line on a host of "liberal vs. conservative" issues, like global warming, health care, jihad, etc. "Obama Zombies" goes generic and we are treated to the not exactly surprising opinions of an Ann Coulter wannabe.

On a scale from 1 to 5, I give "Obama Zombies" a 2.