You can’t spell Superhero without the “O” in Obama. Just ask many in the Democratic party, most in the media and a huge part of the electorate. They’ve created, reported and consumed the myth of a “head of state superhero” that will quell any evil, vanquish all villains and restore the populace with a utopian sense of self. Wrapping ourselves in the childlike belief of a Superman or Wonder Woman to “make everything all right,” we give them our vote and wait for the Great Protector to spring into action, sitting tight until they ride forth and save the day.

That’s a ton of hype for one human to handle.

So what happens when one can’t rise to the level they’ve been elevated, when the clairvoyant Chief Executive falls short of our lofty expectations, when the Providential POTUS fails to materialize? Our disappointment turns to disgruntlement while the many slowly turn on the man. When the delusional God King myth becomes apparent, when the hype proves hollow as the non-fiction slides into fiction, we never blame ourselves; too busy directing our anger towards the target of our projections, I suspect.

Truth be told, you can’t always blame the myth when things go wrong. Myths are manmade, crafted in our minds, invested with our energy, sustained by our hopes and fears. Even though some superstars begin to believe in the inflated claims, convincing themselves of their own eminence, we are the founders of our fairy tales, the makers of our myths.

With all that currently confronts our country from a sliding economy, oil gushers, terrorist threats and natural disasters we’d all be better of to remember that you can’t spell mortal without the “m” in Obama.

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