Posted 1:38 PM by Scoobie Davis

Who Has The Messiah Complex?
Since Barack Obama hit the national scene, critics on the right have accused him of having a "Messiah complex" and claimed that his followers are like members of a cult. I have pointed out (here and here) the irony of people in a political movement that receives heavy funding by a megalomaniac who literally believes himself to be the new Messiah, who was sent by Jesus to fulfill JC's unfulfilled mission of redeeming humanity. Also, there is the issue of Reagan worship in the ranks of the contemporary movement--e.g., the creepy "What Would Reagan Do?" talk among the right that mirrors the WWJD armbands that evangelical teenagers wear.

The other day, there was the revelation in Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin that she sent a mass e-mail to friends announcing the birth of her baby Trig:

When Trig was born, Palin wrote an e-mail letter to friends and relatives, describing the belated news of her pregnancy and detailing Trig’s condition; she wrote the e-mail not in her own name but in God’s, and signed it “Trig’s Creator, Your Heavenly Father.”

One final note, those of you familiar with this blog know that I have two blogs that addresse Amway Global (also here). Here's a YouTube video of Birdie Yager, the wife of Amway kingpin and bigoted reactionary Dexter Yager explaining why she is the "Bride of Christ."