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Originally Posted by buggyone
But on a realistic view, American voters want someone they can recognize.......
.... Basically, it is just looking for the best star power - as Richie pointed out earlier when he mentioned the Kennedy-Nixon Debate when Nixon had a stubbly 5 o'clock shadow and sweat on his upper lip. That lost to the well coifed hair and smiling teeth of JFK.
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It's ALL about looks and personality 1st, and knowledge/skill 2nd.
I wish that voters overall were not so shallow, valuing only the superficial things, but they
are shallow and superficial. This is why I think Santorum does not stand a snowball's chance of defeating Obama. Obama smiles and promises free stuff, and people eat it up.
George Carlin did a standup routine on that once, how Americans like their B.S. with frosting on it. B.S. is what we get.