The Cult of Obama

It started with this twitter from obama's campaign:
"BarackObama: In Columbus,MS & wondering how somebody who's in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who's in first place. Vote Tues!"
Hil-a-rious!
All things lead to YouTube and this message was no exception. In the links that followed on the reply twitters, I came across this video:

I'm a die hard obama supporter. I think the guy is awesome in many, many ways.
But that video freaked me out. That video is so singularly cult like that its not even funny. This follows on the heels of a piece I heard on NPR (podcasts) where the Wait, Wait folks make fun of Obama comparing him to Scientologists and got hordes of angry letters from the Obama supporters. Kind of like when they made fun of Scientologists and got hordes of angry letters from the Scientologists.

Edit: Kristin sent me this over IM:

Translation:
To the candidate who is Barack Obama
I sing this corrido with all my soul
He was born humble without pretension
He began in the streets of Chicago
Working to achieve a vision
To protect the working people
And bring us all together in this great nation
Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
Families united and safe and even with a health care plan
Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
A candidate fighting for our nation
It doesn't matter if you're from San Antonio
It doesn't matter if you're from Corpus Christi
From Dallas, from the Valley, from Houston or from El Paso
What matters is that we vote for Obama
Because his struggle is also our struggle, and today we urgently need a change
Let's unite with our great friend
Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
Families united and safe and even with a health care plan
Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
A candidate fighting for our nation

My take: OMG.