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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: When you bury your head in the sand you leave your ass exposed to get kicked [View all]Phoenix61
(16,950 posts)4. All good points
I think one of the reasons Obama was so popular had to do with his age. He wasn't so old that the 18-28 year olds saw him as ancient and he wasn't so young that older people saw him as a snot nosed kid. Right or wrong, ageism is alive and well. I definitely agree with the importance of being a very effective public speaker. It doesn't matter how good your message is if you don't inspire and motivate people to act.
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When you bury your head in the sand you leave your ass exposed to get kicked [View all]
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
OP
Charisma has nothing to do with positions or how nice you are or are not
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#21
Not at all...you're just probably assuming charisma can only be positive
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#22
Nothing like the media take over or Comney interference ever happened before .
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#28
Russia meddling in and of itself isn't the issue, because that is what they do
NoGoodNamesLeft
Jan 2017
#30