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I agree with the principle of the op ed, that it's always dangerous to turn any leader into a god who shits marble. Obama's skills in oratory, his photogenic appearance and his youth have made him something of a media darling for the moment so it's all too easy for an opponent to use his popularity against him, but he's hardly the first public figure in American history to have this double edged sword of Damocles hanging over his head. It took a whole decade to debunk the mystique surrounding JFK and most conservatives today talk about Reagan as if he were Jesus Christ. Obama gets my vote simply because the Supreme Court is just two justices away from becoming a Fascist rubber stamp for the next GOP administration. If he can deliver on one tenth of his campaign promises I'll be shocked but to be honest, I would have voted for any Democratic candidate against a ghoul like John McCain or any of the other reactionary creeps that the Republicans cared to foist on the electorate.
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