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Since you seemed to miss the theme of what I was trying to say, I'll summarize it here. We often mirror the people we are around. Haven't you ever seen someone make a face and felt yourself make the same face in response? It's the same with speech patterns. Some people inadvertently mirror the speech patterns of the people they're talking to. You probably don't care about that though, I'd still be butt-hurt about Hillary losing if I were you too. There, there. Maybe in eight years?
Why the constant assumption that Obama was only elected because he was cool? Most people who voted for him liked what he stands for (or what he campaigned that he stands for) and agree with him (or what he campaigned as) on most issues. His personality definitely did not hurt him at all, but it is not the sole reason why he was elected. Now, an argument can me made that his personality perhaps boosted him a % point or three nationally - and since almost half the country voted democrat in the previous two elections, one can argue that Obama's personality finally pushed the Dems over that half-way hump ... hense the statement "his coolness won the election" could at least be a half-truth.
I'd say most didnt know what his stances on most issues were.
My opinion (only my opinion now) is that most voted on the "change" mantra. That and that he wasnt a Republican.
I doubt many at all knew his actual stances.
His stances weren't exactly hidden. Us young folks know how to use the internet, ya know. Wikipedia, his own website, ontheissues.org. It's simple, you may scoff at those sites but they pretty clearly lay out his platform. Plus, he's a Democrat and most people know a Democrat platform versus a Republican platform. If his platform was radically different from that of the Democratic party that would have been a big campaign issue. People are talking about this like we didn't know anything about him, but for the most part we knew he was a Democrat, those of us who wanted to voted for him AND the Democratic platform he represented, and rather than voting for one of his competitors with an almost identical platform, we voted for the likable guy, the guy we could relate to, and the guy who inspired us. Geez, people act like we didn't know anything when we were voting but frankly it would be very easy to assume the same of all McCain voters because, after all, who would knowingly vote for the Republican platform?
It's not a conscious action, it's instinctive. Some people want to get bent out of shape about it but they should take it up with evolution...unless they're a creationist.
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