Barack Obama has a page on the photo sharing site called Flickr. On his profile, there are words of praise for him from fans far and wide. Here’s a few (these are comments that have to be approved by the user, i.e. Obama’s campaign, by the way):

zanalee says:
“Everywhere I go in NYC where I live, I feel this amazing spirit of support for you. I have never been so excited about a presidential candidate in my life! I wear my Obama button proudly. A woman on the train today told me I reminded her she should be wearing hers and she pulled it out of her bag and put it on right there! How amazing! What a wonderful feeling!

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Mark Klotz says:
“My self and many other Canadians would like to see Barack Obama become the next president of the United States. What great change this would bring throughout the world! I wish Barack Obama all the best!”

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single0tom says:
“i am a village guy from india .. i have been using internet for 8 yrs and finally i met a super power here. that is BARACK OBAMA.. he is beynd my all words..we can see the pic of his great support from inside and outside usa .. we all knew he is the right person for USA president”

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sarahfru says:
“Barack is the only person on my contact list that is going to save the world. Thankyou, Barack, now maybe I won’t have to move to France.”

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.Rabea. says:
“I am an Egyptian guy..
currently Usa is not my favorite country..
Yet, I really see the change glowing out from your eyes and you seem like a balanced, responsible, and strong person and leader..
I wish from all my heart that you win the elections and be a president,,
If you win, I hope you change the bad image of Usa in billions of peoples’ eyes..
and if you didn’t win You’d still be a great person in my opinion and many many others like me who believe in hope and peace..”

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Christian et Cie says:
“If I was American, I’d vote Obama!!”

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jazzman24 says:
“I can hardly wait for January 20, 2009, that’s when our country will rise to GREATNESS that it has missed for over two centuries!
Barack Obama will spend the next eight years making these United States Of America a place where ALL are created EQUAL!!!!!!”

Some might say, “Well, what’s the point? What’s the point of quoting these hyperventilating fans of Barack Obama? Their nuttiness has got nothing to do with him.” Well, I think it has everything to do with him. This kind of bizarre and unrealistic adulation comes straight out of Obama’s own rhetoric. “This is the moment. We are what we’ve been waiting for.” Etc. etc. He’s been quoted today as saying: “I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.”

The combination of his supporters’ inflated view of Obama with his own inflated view of himself is certainly funny, but perhaps it will become less and less funny as we near the real possibility of his being elected on this weird Salvation platform.

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