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To all hipsters who follow politics:

Please please PLEASE don’t let there be a sudden backlash against Obama just because he’s popular now. This isn’t the new Arcade Fire album, it’s the fucking presidency. It is NOT your sacred duty to declare everyone and everything “overrated” just to prove how discerning your taste is. We get it, you’re a connoisseur of all things. Now shut up and order something, will ya?

I’m delighted Obama won in Iowa. A little shocked, to be honest, but delighted. He’s been my guy since he first announced his candidacy, largely because his health care plan sucks less than the other candidates’ health care plans. The prospect of voting for a corporate shill like Hillary or a disingenuous used car salesman like Edwards doesn’t thrill me at all. I’d vote for either of them over a Republican candidate, but that would be the only reason — that they weren’t Republicans. Obama is the only viable candidate who seems to actually believe in what he’s saying.

Actually, now that I think about it, the same can be said for Mike Huckabee. Granted, what he believes is a little troubling (the leader of a major nuclear power really shouldn’t spend so much time talking about the end of the world), but he really does believe it.

I think that’s what people are voting for this time around: a lack of fakeness.

[Cross-posted from Blogtown PDX.]