At least some people understand that Sen. Obama is the smartest candidate. Maybe not smart in an evil devious Rove/Clinton way, but smart in a real intelligence kind of way, which if elected could allow the country to actually get back on the right path and make America thrive. Fear and divisiveness can’t continue. Our children and grandchildren will be paying off the debt from from Bush for a long time.

My main point was about that sly little crack – “hip-hop music blared across the sports arena” – and its subliminal racial stereotyping. “Hip-hop music,” “blare,” and “sports arena” all serve to trigger subconscious associations. Don’t be disingenuous and deny it. And more to the point, what I have particularly noticed about Obama’s music at events is how diversified it is, how inclusive of a variety of musical styles. I’ve heard old Motown (my personal favorite), rock, country, alt-rock, and yes, some hip-hop too. But it is only one of a number of musical genres that surface at his events. As a music lover who comes from a family of musicians, it has really impressed me how wide-ranging his selections are – much more so than the usual one-or two-song belaboring that most pols do at their events (remember Clinton’s “Don’t Stop Thinkin’ About Tomorrow”? Bush’s Lee Greenwood endless loop? Puh-leeze).

He has positives, attributes and vital qualities no one has before.

Other than saying “hope” and “change” a lot, what new ideas (as in different from what Democrats have been saying for 20 years) does Barack Obama actually have ?

And how is someone who has been a Senator for only two years qualified to be President ?

And I say that as someone who voted for him in the Virginia primary.

Although that’s insulting to actual morons.

You people are revealing far more about your insecurities than you are about Sen. Obama. You think he has no particulars, just vague hope and change promises? Check his website – he has position papers on every topic you can think of, and more. You think women are only voting for him based on sexual attraction, and you say “is that what this country has come to?” Hey, my mom voted for Reagan because he was “so handsome, and I liked his movies.” There will always be twits who vote based on looks (FYI, throughout filmed election history the taller candidate won all but one contest; ditto the better looking candidate – that’s the media age. What, we should vote for an ugly midget?).

But if you think Obama’s appeal is based on sex appeal, then you seriously need to evolve. You’re stuck in your first chakra, you’re at the bottom of Maslow’s needs hierarchy, or as my mother used to say, “get your mind out of the gutter.” People flocked by the hundreds of thousands to hear the last Pope speak. He looked like a white prune. Was that based on sex? No, it was because they were inspired by his message. The people of America are hungry for hope, inspiration, new ideas, a new direction – all of which Barack has. Americans are not hungry for sex; we’re innundated by it, drowned in it, bombarded with it to the point that we’ve become numb to it – we don’t even see the gross impropriety of walking our children past Victoria’s Secret display windows in the mall. Americans are not swayed by superficial appeal – they voted for that the last 2 elections (although not in winning numbers, no matter how the vote got fixed) and look what it got them? A president they’d “like to have a beer with,” but like the average guy you’d have a beer with he had NO CLUE what to do when presented with real problems and turned to his unhinged Uncle Dick.

So. Americans are flocking to Barack Obama because he is BRILLIANT, he has NEW IDEAS (and very specific ones if you can spare the energy to look them up instaed of boorishly parroting false criticisms), he is INSPIRING, and he offers hope without illiusions. Americans are tired of the empty sizzle we’ve been sold for too long. We want the steak, and Barack’s got it.

And too bad for you if you find him so attractive you can’t see beyond that.

Being an inspiring speaker isn’t about sex. It’s about finding that rare public person who has a heart and a soul as well as an intellect, and who has managed to integrate them into an authentic whole. And it’s about how grateful we are that he has finally come along. If you can’t appreciate how desperately necessary it was to find someone who possessed exactly these qualities to lead this country out of the bleak wilderness it had become, then you’re not smart enough to realize how bad things are. Wake up, and smell what Barack is cooking.