Letters to the Editor
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Kathy G
You OBVIOUSLY don't get it, at all.
Most Americans don't vote based on policy positions. Most Americans don't read, let alone populate thoughtful websites and write for TPM. The poor slobs who voted for Bush like him because they could "have a beer with him" (as if that's his primary job, to have a beer with YOU), or in the words of my illustrious, brilliant city councilwoman, who was Bush's Southwest Ohio Chairperson for Re-election in 2004, he's a "fatherly figure" who will "keep us safe." I'm not making this up, watch "So Goes the Nation" and there she is in all her glory, Leslie Ghiz).
Most Americans don't take time to learn the positions of their candidates. This is what sets Obama apart from Clinton: he's capitalizing on how to hog the media limelight with style over substance. He clearly gets it and can manipulate the media and give rousing speeches. Clinton is BORING. Who wants to hear some old broad drone on about policy and how she's had all that experience? Besides, Black don't crack; White get old real quick.
He's taking a page from the play book of the Republicans.