> ChuckG wrote: > > By the way, I was one of the 59 million. But it wasn't because I was a fan > of Bush.
I think Judah, as usual, stated the cynical political motivated reason for the "messiah" talk. But clear away that silly debris and there is an interesting sociological question there. My 2-second, 2-bit thought is that Obama was a nexus of multiple things: 1- Great speaker. Bush isn't one. 2- Soaring hope speaker. We really don't have one and haven't for at least a decade, but probably more. 3 - Black presidential candidate. Have never had a reasonably possible one of those and that possibility touches more than black people. 4 - Charming young guy with young family. This brings a sense of renewal. 5 - Not Bush or Bush-like. 6 - Not a baby-boomer or wearing the Vietnam ball & chain. 7 - tech savvy 8 - legal scholar, and constitutional scholar, and overall genius 9 - has spent his professional career serving his country through his community rather than through business or the military 10 - International background, broken family, married a ghetto girl So I think there's a lot for people to identify/like with in him and that's a large driver of his popularity. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287359 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
