Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are Millions of activists who campaiged virtually non-stop for almost two years in America to get Barack Obama elected to the White House are now finding that his victory has left them with nothing to do.
Some of them have been sighted wondering aimlessly on the streets chanting: "Yes we can." Friends and family have been cut adrift by their obsessive support for the president-elect. And big concerns have been raised about their welfare. The situation has become an embarrassment for Obama who has told insiders he wishes the supporters would get lost.
On a serious note, read what The Guardian's Gary Younge has to say.
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