I agree wholeheartedly about the media. Last night i commented on a thread mocking his “You Didn’t Build That” line, saying that a good spoof would be a picture of him in the Oval Office with the words “You Didn’t Earn That”, “Somebody Else Did It For You” and at the bottom have symbols for all the major MSM organizations.
Yet on top of that i do think he is at least a very good salesman. After his speech at the 2004 convention i remember thinking ‘uh oh, this guy is going to be trouble for Republicans some day’. I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly though.
Let me put it this way: if he had been a Republican with fairly conservative views, i think many here would be thrilled at the thought of him running for President or at least being picked as the running mate. He has the voice, he has the charm, he is able to sound as though he means every word he says. He’s vastly overrated in most other respects, but i don’t think he is when it comes to salesmanship.
Take him off-script and sure, you can see it’s all smoke and mirrors, but when he has his spiel down pat there aren’t too many better in my opinion.
You make some good points.