Why Barak? Why?

I'll tell you why.

Here's a short list of reasons why someone might decide to stay a member of a congregation even when they know the leader is batshit crazy:

1. Easy to park
2. Close to home
3. Great casino night
4. That hot redhead you want to meet goes there
5. Your boss goes there
6. You like the choir
7. You play on their softball team
8. You want your kids to be able to enroll in their school
9. It's your family's congregation
10. Their seats are more comfortable
11. Their service is typically over before the game
12. It's somewhat entertaining
13. Your Ex doesn't go there
14. You've already paid your money
15. They've put you in a leadership position
16. You like the charity work they do
17. You like the people
18. They use a better text
19. They do a great fish fry
20. Their special services are incomparable
    

We always tear candidates down for making every decision in their life based on what it will mean to their eventual electability. Here's someone that hasn't exactly done that and we're getting him for not doing it. We suck.

People pick religious institutions for a myriad of reasons. The sermon is only one tiny factor in the decision and I believe it really does have to compete with parking. Would we be giving Obama a hard time if the church's parking lot overflowed into the street?

Pick pick pick. Grow up.