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Originally Posted by Penske 2.0
For tourists you are correct. Have you spent much time on any of the islands living with locals or do you know many people who grew up there? There is a tremendous economic stratification. Further, media and retail culture were different when he grew up. there was no internet and not every town had a starbucks, walmart and mcdonalds.
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True. Still, objectively, he is not an exotic person. Anecdotally, I've a relative in the news business who's met him casually and said he's pretty much exactly what you see on TV - direct, a bit full of himself like any politician, but generally just a typical guy. This, of course, is expected. Obama the candidate grabbed a whole lot of voters for the same reason Bush did - seemingly like a person with whom you could have a beer and shoot the shit. Any diversity he brings is not significant.
Oh, and he's lived in the Continental US since college. I think that washes out any Hawaiian uniqueness.
