Charisma is Fool's Gold

FARRAKHAN ON 'NIGHTLINE':

Clinton 'did less for black people than other presidents'
Thu Mar 08 2007 17:40:20 ET

Tonight on ABC News Nightline, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan sits down with Martin Bashir to discuss his health, '08 presidential politics, Iranian President Ahmadinejad's views on Israel, and why he says he is not the same man he used to be.

Bashir: Hillary Clinton was, her husband, Bill Clinton, was described as a black president. What does that make her?

Farrakhan: Really, not much. Although black people looked at Bill Clinton as a black president, he did less for black people than other presidents. We lost the safety net, under his administration, for welfare mothers. We lost a lot. But his charisma, no one can take that away from Mr. Clinton. His ability to use language in many ways has attracted the hearts of black people. And the more the establishment beat up on him with his inappropriate behavior, the more black people understood his weakness, and forgave him, and came around him. I loved Hillary, excuse me for saying Hillary, loved Mrs. Clinton, for her standing by her man, even though she was hurt, and maybe even slightly embittered. She showed the strength of a woman who could forgive her husband and keep going to present to America a family image: a mother, a father, and a daughter.

Well, according to the online dictionary:

cha·ris·ma (k-rzm) KEY

NOUN:
pl. cha·ris·ma·ta (-m-t) KEY

A rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm. Personal magnetism or charm: a television news program famed for the charisma of its anchors.

Christianity An extraordinary power, such as the ability to perform miracles, granted by the Holy Spirit.

Please, please, please tell me that you are NOT going to vote for the next President of the United States based on "charisma" alone...

(I say "alone" because I know that you cannot discount it entirely; you are enslaved by it.)

I know this personally because I have women friends who are hysterically against George W. Bush because he is not eloquent, but who are swooning over Barack Obama because he is (big smile plus charisma equals great President...or so they sincerely, but stupidly, believe.)