There's got to be a song in here Ohhhhhhh
Do we want a Muslim? do we want to punt? Do we want John McCain? or do we want a woman? --- John Koziol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed is right. Charisma and the better communicator > count for a lot. > Reagan was known as the Great Communicator. Kennedy > was very > charismatic. A lot of people vote on what they feel > about a candidate > rather than what they think of the issues. > > Can you imagine the chaos, though, if Obama wins the > delegates by vote > but Hillary gets the nomination through manipulation > of superdelegates? > We then get the crazy old man for President, with > possibly Lieberman for > VP. > > > -------------------------------- > It's hard to answer when you frame the discussion > in terms of > "falling for". Talk about loaded verbiage. > > Obama and Clinton do not vary wildly in their > positions. They > both share a vision that is very close to my own. > They both have ties to > the current sewer system that is political funding, > but that's a given > - no one can get that far without such ties unless > they are a Perot or > Bloomberg. > > I find Obama to be a much more believable person. > Hillary > strikes me as a more calculated persona; I > automatically find myself > discounting her words as being poll-driven. But > these are both acts, as > are all public faces of politicians. > > What tipped the balance for me was the vision of 4 > or 8 more > years of Limbaugh-esque levels of discourse in this > country. Hillary is > such a third rail for these brainless but vocal > goons that my fear is > that no amount of good intentions and hard work will > overcome the mud > being constantly heaped upon her. While I don't > think that Obama will > get a free pass on this front, I don't see the > levels as being anywhere > near what Hillary (and thus the enitire country) > will have to endure. > > And don't discount the charisma factor. Look what > it did for > Reagan and Bill Clinton. > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
