I honestly don't think I have blinders on. I think the Clinton campaign has manufactured an "issue" and people are falling for it. Gosh, I wonder if they will try throwing dirt again? ;-(

>Support him if you must (I haven't decided yet), but at least take the blinders off Mike! :o)
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>>This is exactly the nasty seed the Clinton campaign wanted to plant, that Obama's views are the same as the minister's. I defy you to show that they are. What's next? Would he have to explain it if it came out that his auto mechanic hates honkies? It's ridiculous.
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>>>For a man who wants to avoid the race issue, he picked a doozie of a church/pastor.
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>>>>But Obama has steadfastly avoided talking about race. He was forced into this speech by the remarks from Geraldine Ferraro and all the hoo-ha about things his pastor has said. The not-so-subtle hand of the Clintons is clearly behind both of those "issues." Their negative politics are working so we should expect more of it. From listening to Obama for a while now I know he wants to keep race out of the campaign as much as possible. Unfortunately his hand was forced. And he observed enough of the 2004 race that he isn't going to let himself be Swift-boated by a bogus issue.
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>>>>Yes, race is still a factor in American life. But it is wrong to say Obama is the one bringing it up for his own purposes. He has tried to take the high road. No chance of meeting the Clintons there, of course. (The latest: statements by Hillary and her chief strategist and kneecapper, Harold Ickes, saying the delegates pledged to Obama from the states he has won aren't really pledged and can change their minds. The Clintons will truly stop at nothing).
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>>>>>For a time I thought I could support Obama. Early on it seemed that maybe he was the next JFK; an idealist with a fresh perspective.
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>>>>>But, here we go again, the injection of race into the process.
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>>>>>I am sick and tired of race being an issue as if we hadn't grown since the 1960's. Obama attends church for decades with a firebrand preacher who talks as if it's 1963 and Mississippi. He claims that the sermons never bothered or impacted him. I call BS on that.
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>>>>>I repeat: I am sick of hearing about race. And gender. The media orgasmed when Pelosi became first woman Speaker and, to a lesser degree, when Rice became Secretary of State. Why?? Why do they constantly point out the things were not supposed to pay attention to anymore?
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>>>>>I want a candidate who's American. I don't want to hear black and white or male and female. Obama has slid into the trap the media sets with compartmentalizing based on color or gender. Whoops.
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>>>>>Guess I'm voting for McCain. Or the Libertarian.
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>>>>>>Well worth the read:
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>>>>>>http://www.drudgereport.com/flashos.htm