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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
That's kind of an interesting comment, actually. Do you mean that the internet may actually polarize debate, much as it does on message boards, where people hide behind their anonymity and abandon any effort at civil discourse and instead spend their time flaming people who feel differently from them?
You may be right--but if you are, we're all screwed--aren't we?
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My intuition says that Bush would have been hated if he was President at any point in history. He was very popular at points and won re-election solidly, but by the time he exited office he had alienated pretty much everyone with either incompetency or his insistence of doing everything in secret.
The right wing is going after Obama hard, but I really doubt it's sticking with the American people at all. At this point they trust Obama and are confident in his abilities. Obama is trying to be as transparent and as available to the American people as possible. He knows his image inspires confidence and calm in the public so he's getting out there as much as possible. He is trying to be in touch with the masses, and that means embracing the new age of communication, no matter how ridiculous facebook, twitter and text messaging are.