I don't think I can agree with that. I think that even if Bush was not such a boob, Obama could still be president today.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:58 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Barack Hussein Obama was elected president of the United States because of > one man....George W. Bush. > > If his time is office is a success, and the United States prospers in the > future because of it, this fact will, ironically, be the lasting legacy of > W's presidency. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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:287368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
