While likeability is an important commodity under normal conditions, for many voters on both sides of the isle this election cycle is different. Perhaps one can compare the issue to a mathematical problem: the class can be divided into those students who “get it”, and those students who “don`t get-it”. I`m not being pejorative by implying that this too, is related to intelligence. For many of those who “don`t get-it”, it’s not for lack of evidence, but rather that the evidence they see doesn`t make sense. Who would have believed in the aftermath of WW-2, that the Philby’s – Britain`s top spies- were on the payroll of the Soviets?
Likewise, there are some, who no amount of evidence would suffice, in convincing them that Mr. Obama`s enemies include anyone falling under the category of “colonialist”: (be it Winston Churchill, the Evil British Empire, or the Zionists).
Not only did the naive liberal-minded U.S. electorate give Obama the power to “enact his father`s dream”, by undoing the dominance of the fading colonial powers; but in the absence of an effective Congress, and supported by the tail-wind of the most radically-liberal Supreme Court in U.S. history, he exploited every possibility to undermine the economic-power and military-prowess of the U.S. and the West, while transferring the balance of world-dominance to the Soviets, China, North Korea, Iran, the Islamists, and the Third World.
For those Americans who “get-it”, the last thing in the world they`re looking for to remedy the crises (if there`s still time), is the candidate`s likeability. Putin isn’t likeable, but is respected equally by friend and foe.
And for those Americans who do “get-it”, Hillary is almost as bad. Not because she`s an Islamist (which she is), but because of her narcissistic self-righteousness, which obscure her recognition of the problem, and impairs her integrity to address it.
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