Reply #17: Be popular for non political reasons [View All]

[FreeState]

Be popular for non political reasons

Seriously, Im surprised no one has said this yet. Look, in the current state of things in the US of A you can win any election if you are popular for non-political reasons. It does not matter what you believe in reality. Call me cynical, but IMO its the truth.

Does this mean Paris Hilton could be our next president? No - she is missing the respect. Be a popular respected person with money and you can get elected (just look at CA).

This is not always bad - if you look at Gore he has positioned himself just right. He finally has respect, he is popular for non-political reasons and he has a lot of money. He's also qualified and has awesome ideas and beliefs - but in reality your average Joe blow on the street could care less about that. All they care about is that he is "cool" now.

I like to call this the iPod effect. Market yourself as the in-thing and you will be the in-thing - it helps if you are capable, like the iPod is (IMO), but for the majority people buy it because they have been told its what they want.