Talkin' 'bout my (LAZY) generation!

I can't for the life of me figure out why (excluding enclaves of Christians, etc.) "my generation" is so largely liberal. I can't figure out why they would "go" for a candidate like Obama. I can only posit that there is a great deal of laziness involved. First of all, I'm OK with Obama's race, his middle name and even his lack of experience. Fine. But I suspect the reason so many (white) liberals are (soooo) excited about him is that they like to "solve" their own discomfort with large sweeping gestures that preferably do not require (hard) reading (like history) and involve large groups of cheering people (i.e. Woodstockian gatherings). Obama is perfect for this. If you "love" him there's a good chance you don't know (or care) that much about his positions. He's for "change" and, heck, what's wrong with change? He's a leftist? Well, he believes in Jesus an gun rights, so I can trot those qualities out to show he ain't a nutcase. And who said he was? I'm only saying he's primarily a SYMBOLIC candidate (we'll get to Hillary later) and my generation LOVES symbolism (especially in lieu of hard work). "Loving" Obama makes the average white voter cleansed of their race's sins, past and present, of racism, institutional racism, invisible racism, cultural racism, etc. Reborn if you will. As a Woodstockian "movement" you get to ride the happy train (wave signs, etc.) without doing too much more than that. OK, so maybe you're an organizer for Obama. Fine. As a SYMBOLIC candidate who might become a SYMBOLIC president, we (my lazy generation) are throwing hope (which is cheap) at problems (which are complicated). We HOPE that a SYMBOLIC president will (OK not magically) but symbolically move to the world off its current stalemate (hating America, growing disaffection of the second and third worlds).
We're HOPING that our Great Black Hope will show our enemies that we (1) hate Bush and all he stands for; (2) are willing to entertain radically different notions of our place in the world; (3) will understand the people of color better; and (4) not defend dated American notions of free trade, democracy, etc. Our new concerns will be global warming, "positive" globalization, "sharing" power, consensus, understanding and diplomacy, especially with the countries our silly old Texan called the "axis of evil." We're done with that silliness. We know that even if we are attacked (by freelance terrorists, say) we know it's not the whole world or a specific country attacking us, but a group of bad guys that can be rounded up and brought to justice without Guantanamo and without waterboarding, etc. Try it. Hit us, see how little we do!
Our lack of response will be SYMBOLIC, like our president.