Opinion article

Is he an unstoppable rhetoric machine?

Barack Obama is the scariest person in politics today. I say this not because of his platform or of his past performance. He is not alarming because of his progressive message or his marketing presence. The reason is much simpler than any of these facets.

Everyone I know who listens to the man speak, without preconceptions or partisan bias, end up liking him.

In a culture driven by the rhetoric of lifestyle, where a product’s most important feature is its ability to improve or enrich a person’s existence, the most important feature of a politician is whether we like him or her. I offer an experience from yesterday afternoon as anecdote to this phenomenon.