"I was mostly talking about the celebrity worship syndrome in regards to the deaths of Princess Di & JFK Jr, not his president father.

Really over the top and screwed up reactions to both occurred, IMO."

C'mon, Fantasma, who are you trying to kid? The main point of your opening argument, and sole reason for starting this thread, was to demean Barack Obama and his supporters. The fact that you posted twice before prompting a response from anyone else ~ that's what might be interpreted as "over the top," not the reponsses posted by the rest of us.

I do appreciate the wealth of interesting insights you passed along concerning the general topic of "celebrity obsession," which I find distasteful to an alarming extent, probably as much as you. But characterizing the enthusiastic response of voters to a political candidate ~ especially to one candidate to the exclusion of the others ~ was out of line.

After all, your girl Hillary has a very similar appeal to a different demographic, just as rabid if not moreso, but in somewhat smaller numbers ~ much to the candidiate's surprise and dismay.