On Harry Potter and the Incredibly Conservative Aristocratic Children's Club
"the sad, brave little creature Dobby literally expires with the name of Harry Potter on his lips. It’s like freedom is the gift of the chosen ones to bestow, and those thus benefited can die of gratitude and be 'properly buried,' which really, there is this long burial scene complete with Harry Potter and shovel."
Obama speech: "I got a letter -- I got a note today from one of my staff -- they forwarded it to me -- from a woman in St. Louis who had been part of our campaign, very active, who had passed away from breast cancer. She didn't have insurance. She couldn't afford it, so she had put off having the kind of exams that she needed. And she had fought a tough battle for four years. All through the campaign she was fighting it, but finally she succumbed to it. And she insisted she's going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt."
BTW - I'm a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, but not a fan of narcissistic elitist politicians.
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On Harry Potter and the Incredibly Conservative Aristocratic Children's Club
You appear to (incorrectly) assume that I hadn't already watched the entire speech. Ostensibly, this section of the speech is about health care reform - but notice how he always manages to turn everything back so that it's about him. "The chosen one" - unique vessel of our (the little people) hopes and dreams. (BTW - I agree with Jane Hamsher - the resulting healthcare bill has some positive features, but on balance it does more harm than good.) As South Park parodied in the Coon vs. Coon & Friends episode: "He [Cthulhu] promised everything would change if we worshiped him, but we're still sitting here smoking cigarettes like before. It's like Obama all over again."