Barack Obama’s iPod

Wired’s Listening Post blog has an item about what’s on Barack Obama’s ipod. Now, I think I’m quite rational, and try to weigh a candidates merit based on his interpretation of the issues. But there is an old saw that all politics is personal, and things like this article really reinforce that for me. I’m ok with Barack Obama and his ideas, except for maybe some details of his healthcare plan (pdf download). But somehow knowing that he likes Dylan’s “Maggie’s Farm”, and the Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” makes this man more appealing as a candidate. I get it, it’s a big sales job, and today I’m buying. Humans are good at investing rational enterprises with emotion, and not so good at the converse. By the way, my favorite Dylan song is “It’s all over now, Baby Blue”. As for the Stones, I’d go with “Gimme Shelter” too.

~ by ashok on June 28, 2008.