Tiger Woods and Fallen Dieties

Lisa Schiffren has an absolutely fascinating perspective on the Tiger blow up. Even more significantly, she points out the rather obvious implications for another American deity. Definitely worth a read.

"Ultimately, Woods is an exceptional golfer with a character problem. Barack Obama, by contrast, is not an exceptional, or even particularly competent, leader. But because so many politicians, interest groups and factions have an interest in his continued presence, no one is ready to reveal the man behind the curtain just yet.

But many voters from both the center and the far left who believed in the Obama magic are increasingly dismayed by watching the human god fall to earth. This is a major problem because, as Shafer notes, the impulse of the betrayed is to tear their fallen deities to shreds."