Obama cautioned our nation's youth about what they say and do on Facebook. He is definitely right. Monitoring your online exposure will be critical in the future. However, I think that we will more toward a future where people are more accepting of the shortcomings of our leaders. I think that since Bill Clinton the world has become more desensitized to the fact that our politicians our not perfect.
You shouldn't have to be the picture of perfection to be a political leader. And, frankly, if I couldn't find someone in social media (a future candidate) depicted in some less that wonderful way… I would think that is strange. Because, if someone makes every effort to be not depicted in a certain light, they are probably too "stuffy" and "boring" to relate to people anyway. So, hey, lighten up. Politicians don't have to be pictures of perfection. It shouldn't be that way. We shouldn't expect that of them. Besides, you can only control so much of your social profile online. You may not put a certain picture up… but others might!
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