Why is the left (as in the political spectrum) so infatuated with “cults of personality”.  Even Castro at 82 years old is still shown to be vibrant in his jogging suit.   Although the only thing I can think of is a Saprano with bad hair.  I can sort of understand a little bit of the cult of personality for Obama.  I don’t agree with it, I can only understand it.

When was the last time a leader with cult of personality status said “With me in office, you will be free to fix it your damn self”. They haven’t for a very long time.  The cult of personality leader usually says something along the lines of “With me in office, I will fix it for you”.  How do you expect to get anywhere telling people that you will do less for them then the next guy?  It is a wonder that any real conservative gets elected but that’s another post entirely.

In the book Don’t Think of an Elephant! by George Lakoff (I will put it on my book list soon) he comes up with a theory on why people have liberal or conservative view points.  And I have to agree with him despite being on the other political isle.  Liberals tend to come from strong maternal role households or those that value nurturing.  Conservatives tend to come from strong paternal role households or those that value self reliance.  Think of it this way.  Your mom would tend to the scraped knee while your father would “tell you get up and stop crying”.  Using that understanding it becomes very easy to understand why the left values cults of personality so much.  These leaders are mommy promising to fix stuff for them. 

I don’t know about you but I left my house and parents so I could make my own decisions.  I did not exchange a personal relationship with my real mother for an impersonal relationship with a government acting like a mother.