“We’re only human”

Lana just ran across this video. It’s SNL’s opening skit from last Saturday’s show, focusing on the media’s love for Sen. Obama. It’s part funny and part sad; this presidential election really is just a glorified American Idol.

Right now it’s okay for everyone to worship Obama because he is the perfect target for America’s romantic notions of secular messianism (the underdog – the wonderful, unknown person who rises from obscurity to be the best we could have ever hoped for). If he had come into this race being the projected frontrunner, I don’t think he would be riding the wave of emotions that he’s benefiting from now.