[robowombat]

Yes, I think BO’s arrival in Chicago was long anticipated and planned. It was there that a cadre was already well in place to maneuver him through the maze of clout city politics always with the goal of creating the American Mahdi, the ‘expected one’ who would be sprung on the national stage at a strategically opportune moment.

[okie01]

... the American Mahdi, the ‘expected one’ who would be sprung on the national stage at a strategically opportune moment.

I still have my doubts but assuming, for the moment, that we are confronting a "grand conspiracy", consider the scope of the audacity.

In order for it to succeed, they had to count on the press giving the project their full support -- and totally avoid any potential damaging glimpses into Obama's past.

Which, in their enthusiasm for "The First Black President", the media gleefully complied.

If the plot is ever exposed, it will also expose how the media was used!...and used in a way that should embarrass them deeply, ignorantly playing the role of the "Useful Idiots".