She's still stuck in 2008 and thinking Obama is a visionary with character. I think she means that she thinks of herself as a visionary (with character) for supporting him. For Anja (and a lot of other people) Obama's a screen she can project her own feelings onto, a blank slate she can fill with her own musings.
Europe and the US are different. Diversity or exceptionalism cuts both ways. We agree to disagree on Obama and other topics.
They would not vote for him as Kanzler of their own country, though.
I have to laugh at this comment from a man from Kassel called Peter, age 65:
“If I were American, I would rather vote for Obama rather than for this millionaire. I don’t know if millionaires make the greatest politicians, but there are a lot of them.”
I guess the prolefeed that Peter subscribes to failed to mention that Obama is himself a
millionaire?