[Ghoulish Delight]

Obama is very much like Paris Hilton in that he is very good at presenting the media with the image of himself that he thinks will garner him the most success. Paris is far more intelligent than her media persona lets on. I'm not saying she's a great philosopher, but she's no dummy.

I prefer the reality of who Obama is outside of his media persona, as much as can be gleened by looking beyond the surface fluff that media presents that defines that persona, over the reality of who McCain outside of his media persona. The fact that he's using his media persona to present an image that's a little more appealing to the people who need to like him to elect him is fine with me.