I have gone on elsewhere on this blog about how the media depictions of Comic Con skewed heavily toward the minute percentage of folks in costume. Turns out it's not just the Comic Con. At the Obama rally, near the entry door, a guy with a camera was collecting video bites of people saying what, specifically, they like about Obama. Having had 2 hours with nothing to do but try to fight off hypothermia, I had made a reasonably detailed survey of the people surrounding us in line. We had a group of 3 middle aged African American women, a pair of Swiss tourists with their American host, two white suburban-type two-kid families, and a flock of college students. Most of us were dressed for the weather (or slightly, regrettably below the weather), with heavy coats and winter hats over sweaters and slacks.
So who does the guy manning the video camera pull out to give a video bite? Points to everyone who guessed "The boisterous college kid with The Blues Brothers wardrobe." Who needs the opinion of any of the sea of normal folks in scarves and mittens when you've got a guy in a dark suit and fedora?
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Another thing to mention: I cannot recall another time we have seen so many college-age people at ANYTHING political. We were very much middle-aged compared to the other people at that rally. Very surprising.
--Emp. Peng.
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