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Re: David Brooks to Obama: Less of your shucking and jiving, please.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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.
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Hmmmmm. Don't you think the first 18 years of your life and the family system, socio-economics and local culture you were raised in brings some perspective or context to how you interact with the world around you and people in it today; or are you saying that all of the booze and drugs of college washes clean of that psychological baggage and we start fresh with our sheepskins in hand?
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