Comments on: Barack Obama: Invisible Man http://themoderatevoice.com/23347/barack-obama-invisible-man/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:26:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lotusflwr http://themoderatevoice.com/23347/barack-obama-invisible-man/comment-page-1/#comment-157952 lotusflwr Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:28:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/society/minorities/blackafrican-american/23347/barack-obama-invisible-man/#comment-157952 Brief glimpses into the man, like his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU"excellent race speech addressing the Rev. Wright scandal</a>, his book and personal stories he has told on the msm's biography shows or the bio before his DNC acceptance speech have shown remarkable authenticity and self-awareness though. His game-face is to be implacable and largely invisible, above the fray essentially, but even when he becomes less "invisible" he is quite masterful. There is plenty he's shown of his personal side during this election and the fact that it all reinforces the image of himself that he projects, which is a very powerful one even just through the television, lends nothing but a sense that he's the real deal.<br><br>He works both sides of the coin, using mystique and the high road as well as drawing on his unique story. He seems lofty but more in a "larger than life" sense that many of our most famous presidents have had than the "elitist" tinge his opposition tries to paint him. Brief glimpses into the man, like his <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUU”excellent race speech addressing the Rev. Wright scandal, his book and personal stories he has told on the msm's biography shows or the bio before his DNC acceptance speech have shown remarkable authenticity and self-awareness though. His game-face is to be implacable and largely invisible, above the fray essentially, but even when he becomes less “invisible” he is quite masterful. There is plenty he's shown of his personal side during this election and the fact that it all reinforces the image of himself that he projects, which is a very powerful one even just through the television, lends nothing but a sense that he's the real deal.

He works both sides of the coin, using mystique and the high road as well as drawing on his unique story. He seems lofty but more in a “larger than life” sense that many of our most famous presidents have had than the “elitist” tinge his opposition tries to paint him.

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