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[ricardienne]

What would an election be without the weird historical analogies?


(1) Obama as Augustus. The parallels are certainly there (I saw them before I hunted down this post) -- nation divided by partisan strife, young unknown initially dismissed by political establishment defeats veteran soldier/politician and his much-vilified female ally from exotic location, promises to restore greatness and unity, is hailed as savior -- but the blogger rather inexplicably seems to think that Augustus was an uncontestably Good Thing...
(2)Barack Socrates Obmama. This one, I just don't get. Socrates was a controversial figure among his contemporaries, so is Obama? I think you need to try a little harder.

(3)And, of course, Voting for Obama was like fighting for Henry V, in a way. Actually, this one I do endorse. (Yeah, I am proud to have voted in this election, and I am going to tell my grand-children about watching the returns!) (more about that analogy (old.)

Comments

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

Great, now I'm imagining Reverend Jeremiah Wright as Falstaff. Which may not be precisely what anyone had in mind.

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

I think it is, though, just not in its logical conclusion of Falstaff (and not a vague and inappropriate mentor-figure).