Politicians and the Internet – not necessarily a love affair. Look at Saudi Arabia, China and many other depressing nations. Even democratic countries like South Korea politicians hate the Internet and try to suppress freedom of speech and grassroots movement via the net.

Many American Millenials and Webaddicts love to praise their toys as the transformative element that pushed Obama ahead.

But the numbers simply don’t add up: Obama has a massive 144,000 followers on Twitter. This sounds pretty impressive for a generation that measures it’s self-esteem by it’s friend counts on Facebook and MySpace.

But compare 144,000 Twitter followers to staggering 231,229,580 people in voting age in the USA. Even compared to the meager voter turnout of 132,618,580 people it’s a joke. Most of them have never heard of Twitter or own an account on Facebook. Many won’t even own an computer.

Sure many of Obama’s political ads and related videos got millions of views on YouTube, but these figures reflect a global audience – not just an American one.

Obama’s real victory was not on the Internets, but based on good old fashioned neighborhood help. His foot soldiers knocked on many doors and inspired others to vote for him.

The Internet and all it’s gimmicks certainly helped a lot organizing the effort, but the battleground was still this odd thing called reality.

Mousetivism is a great thing, but not as effective as it’s followers claim.