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Originally Posted by Halx
What that means is the election may be swayed by the candidate with enough people who think he's "cool" instead of the issues themselves.
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When Arnold Schwarzenegger became the governor of Kallyfornea in 03, it was probably factually safe to say we as Americans are living in strange, strange times. Barack seems to be a standup guy - for a clean, black man - but I question his experience. He is a very green, clean black man. He is a gifted orator, which matters. Americans dislike listening to the rape and pillaging of the english language on a daily basis, I know I do. Obama is also a pretty man, which also counts with voters, especially gay men and women. It is kind of weird that a person with so close a name to earth's most notorious terrorist would show up on the scene of the American presidency, but I try not to get too paranoid about that. I've never in my life ever met a "Barack" either. Maybe he was born Barry Osbourne and changed his name for show business. Google
Allen Konigsberg, for example.
Barack's website is like a dream. A dream of Hope. It is extremely well designed, with pleasantly subtle use of color, shape, font, and graphic. I don't like the usage of a square inside a circle on the front page, but such are the limitations of video-in-a-box on the internet. The thing Obama seems to do most on his website is smile, he has a tremendously effective smile; a smile that could perhaps melt the heart of the most insane theocratic mullah in Tehran for instance. He says all the right things for a Democrat in America circa 2007, such as "Protecting Our Homeland" and "Honoring Our Veterans", and he does it in such a way as not to needlessly worry people about terrorism. Points for that. There is even BarackTV, which caused my browser to crash.
President 2.0 is looking fine. If I have one complaint, it would be the lack of perspective. You are imprisoned inside the candidate's universe for the duration of your stay. It is like being in a casino or at DisneyWorld. There are no clocks or windows or any other reference points to the real world. We of course do have wingnuts at their posts 24/7/365 to sift through the muck and debris like mississippi river catfish.
Presidential candidate weblogs are a marvelous American invention. The experience is so much more richer and informative than it was even 10 years ago. I don't necessarily think the candidate with the best weblog will win the election. I see weblogs as the ketchup on the french fries of our presidential happy meal.