I dunno, Tamar.

An argument could be made that he associated with these types of folks because that's what one did as an up and coming Chicago politician. OTOH, why does he get a bye associating with a black separatist for 20 years when, if the tables were turned and McCain revealed a 20 year association with Bob Jones University McCain would be toast and excoriated.

A good friend, and someone we all know, calls Obama the "Manchurian Candidate". Maybe so.

See, here's another argument: In a crisis do you want touchy-feely Obama (giving him the benefit of the doubt) or crusty old McCain who, as recently as 2002, was still not trusting the Vietnamese.

I have no doubts as to McCains's qualifications and drive to safeguard the defense of the nation. I can't say the same for Obama. Case closed for me, even though McCain was far down my list of favorites going into this.


>>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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>Did you listen to the speech?
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>Basically, race has been the elephant in the room since day 1. The speech was a call to change that and focus on common problems and goals.
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>Tamar