Barack Obama, Rev. Wright, Proper Context, & Taking Things Way Too Personally

[jesus_h_biscuit]

Obama Speech: 'A More Perfect Union'
Full text here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWe7wTVbLUUI've become a party to taking things a lot more seriously and personally than could ever be good for me to do. I believe that Barack Obama would be better for our country as

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[pulsecub]

You know, I may bite my proverbial tongue while saying this, but not all Republicans are/were evil. I mean, Nixon was a decent President overall, barring Watergate, of course. And Ford picked up the pieces nicely, but didn't have the "oomph" to win the election. We've just had some doozies of Republican Presidents in the last twenty years.

I think the problems you outlined are all valid, and all attributable to the sources you name as well. However, I have to point out most of those decisions were made when the Republicans also controlled the Congress, and/or by Republican-appointed nominees who now have no direct Congressional oversight. All-in-all, I think it's a perfect example of why we need to have different parties in control of the Executive and Legislative branches.

I agree that many of the reddest states won't shift at all; I wouldn't expect that in a Presidential election anyway. But seriously, until we get rid of the electoral college, the individual vote is practically worthless when it comes to the Presidential race. I will continue to vote Democratic for everything else; my vote will at least count there - it's how we got a Democrat elected to the U.S. Sentate in Utah, after all (even if, as they say, he's a Democrat in name only). :)

But yes, I suppose we will have to agree to disagree, and I'm okay with that. :)