IMHO, after the #TeaParty manifestations in September 2009, #Obama’s error was not taking advantage of his #cult of personality, nascent #mobile #video technology of iPhones, #socialmedia, and #townhalls.
The strategy shoulda/coulda/woulda been to just go on the road and let the Creepy Weirdos out themselves on camera in front of friends and neighbors.
There was a reason that hoses used on people at Selma radicalized the #American public through their TV sets.
#History could have rhymed.
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