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Originally Posted by PhiGam
Its a subconscious thing, people's minds naturally seek association. If they start to associate the military with things that they view as positive (female accomplishment for example) and they associate the military with a certain presidential candidate (a war hero) then they ARE more likely to vote for that certain candidate then they were before. Admittedly, it does take pretty abstract logic to grasp the concept.
Basically
If Military= good and McCain=military then McCain=good.
Its a classic logical fallacy that political experts (which the military has plenty of) know how to exploit.
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Just to throw something else out there...
Isn't it somewhat likely that at least one person might look at this and think:
Woman = Good
Not just a white male world anymore
Women and Minorities = Good
Obama = Good
Personally, I don't think it was a political move because the result is so flimsy. None of us will ever know though.
ETA: Just to clarify, I don't actually believe it was done to help Obama.