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This was written on September 5, 2008

Symbolic imagery is very important when political campaigns are largely mass media driven. For instance in the old days a candidate would travel from town to town on the railroad giving speeches at every stop. By doing that people got to see and hear the candidate and get a feel for his strengths and weaknesses first hand. Today seeing a candidate in a small venue almost never happens. This is why symbolic imagery has become so important in mass media campaigns.

Barrack Obama picked an older man as his running mate partly for the symbolism. The Obama thinking was an older man who was more experienced in an area where he was seemingly weak would cover his bases as being mentored. However in light of the John McCain pick, who basically instinctively picked Palin, failed to choose the right candidate in Joe Biden. Obama just didn't think of all the possibilities as to who McCain would pick. The correct choich would have been an older woman other than Hillary. It was not an impossible decision to come to. On the very face of it without delving any deeper than a cookie sheet an older woman would have grabbed the women who voted for Hillary.

What does this indicate about Obama himself. It reveals that he doesn't have any sense of what a father son relationship is. Why, because he would have realized that virtually any pick of a younger person by McCain would play into that symbolism. Picking a younger woman was pure instinctive genius by McCain. Obama simply didn't see it coming. If he did he would have chosen the only possible counter that would resonate on stage as VP candidate, and that would be an older woman. Insurmountable advantage McCain.

The question now arises, what about Barrack Obama and his lack of knowledge about a father son relationship. It creates a deep emotional sink hole, which he avoids by keeping himself intellectually engaged. This keeps him in effect from coming back down to earth and makes him appear to be aloof. To what point does this intellectual aloofness cause Barrack Obama from being an effectual person in day to day matters. From what one can tell through the mass media, he can't hold a conversation that is grounded without a Mother of a teleprompter telling him what to say. That fact alone also will cause to come into question exactly who ties Obama's shoes in the morning, his wife Michell "MAMA" Obama? Is she the practical brains behind the operation? Does she help little Barry Obama do his homework at night so that he gets A's from the media? One thing is for certain the people of the USA better find out the answers to those questions before they pull the lever to elect Barry Obama to the Presidency of the USA.

BTW: If one hasn't figured it out, this author is not a Barry Obama fan. The "Bitter Clinging" statement is what started this author to thinking. What is behind such intellectual arrogance? Why is he so intellectually arrogant? Nothing to bring him down from his intellectual aloofness. He tries to stay in a state where nothing tugs or will move him emotionally. Icarus tried to fly too close to the sun and fell to earth as a consequence.