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By James Lewis
http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3756 wasn’t quite right: It’s not just Obama’s race that has made him the frontrunner on the Left. It’s his chic-ness.
It helps that Senator Obama is “international” and half black, but don’t ignore his youth, his sonorous voice and skinniness: He’s the fashion icon of the age. Shortly after Obama announced, he captured the gay vote with one photo op in a bathing suit.
If Senator Obama looked and talked like Charlie Rangel he would not be adored by millions of lovelorn liberals.
Have our greatest presidents have been chic just like Obama? There is George Washington with his wooden teeth, Abe Lincoln with his ole’ prairie lawyer drawl, and Ronald Reagan with this 1950s haircut.
Still, there is something about Obama that casts a magic spell over those of a certain mindset. At Salon magazine, Walter Shapiro gushed, “Unlike most presidential Dems in recent memory, the Illinois senator is at ease with himself — even while bowling gutter balls in Pennsylvania.” Even flubbing a couple of bowling ball tries reflects on the man’s cool. This man can do no wrong.
I have a friend who ran into Bill Clinton in the 90s one day, shook hands with the great man for a few seconds, and came away transformed. I asked him what came over him. “You don’t understand!” he said. “He loved me!” So my friend voted for the Slick One, and wouldn’t listen to a critical word in spite of all the scandals. True story. That’s what a celebrity handshake and five seconds of sincere vibes can do to certain folks when dealing with a charismatic pol.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/04/obama_chic.html