The reason I didn't expect more was because I had grown up seeing this sort of thing play out in the black Pentecostal church over and over and over again. The minister was skilled at throwing together a bunch of phrases and catchwords that would get the congregation very excited. Before long the people would be shouting, singing, and dancing in the aisles, not to mention giving him their money. There would be no realistic discussions of how anything would or could get done, just vows that God would be there, God would change your situation, you would come out victorious, but all you have to do is wait and put your trust in Him. And the people would get excited by those promises week after week. But when time passed, the wicked still prospered, bills had to be paid, they didn't get that job/raise they needed, they lost their homes, and so on, some folks would start to ask some very tough questions.
That is what Obama did, in the black Pentecostal preacher tradition, and that is what is happening, now.
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Date: 2010-08-11 07:17 pm (UTC)That is what Obama did, in the black Pentecostal preacher tradition, and that is what is happening, now.