From the 6/4/08 issue of "Capitol Fax" written by Rich Miller (a newsletter that covers the Illinois General Assembly political scene): ( Read more... )
That article you quoted from? Big boo hoo to that guy. let's call the waaaaahmbulance. My view is let's hope Obama gets wrapped up and perceived as The Candidate. Otherwise he gets eaten up. Perhaps he gets eaten up anyway. But that's none of our business. That's his business and the business of those who are close to him.
Our business is to evaluate what he says and does with respect to how he proposes to lead the country (and the effect it will have on the rest of the world).
The rest is just personal reaction. Understandable in the case of the guy who wrote the boo hoo article ... but it lies in the personal realm.
I don't think you're being too harsh, but I do wonder if there's any way to "evaluate what he says and does with respect to how he proposes to lead the country (and the effect it will have on the rest of the world)" if all we're seeing is a one-dimensional, sound-byte version of Obama (or any candidate). It's not that I'm worried that Obama will lose his soul or his friends -- it's that I doubt any of us know who or what we're voting for besides a party platform. And since the way the parties come up with those documents are dominated by the extremists, I'm not sure we know anything.
You're3 right, of course. And you think I'd be used to it by now... There is a part of me that thinks the primaries are too much like a reality show where the media acts as producer/editor and only shows us what they want us to think. So-and-so is whiny, so-and-so is "nice," and we just nod and call it our civic duty.
That article you quoted from? Big boo hoo to that guy. let's call the waaaaahmbulance. My view is let's hope Obama gets wrapped up and perceived as The Candidate. Otherwise he gets eaten up. Perhaps he gets eaten up anyway. But that's none of our business. That's his business and the business of those who are close to him.
Our business is to evaluate what he says and does with respect to how he proposes to lead the country (and the effect it will have on the rest of the world).
The rest is just personal reaction. Understandable in the case of the guy who wrote the boo hoo article ... but it lies in the personal realm.
Sorry to be harsh!
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Though at the moment mostly I'm just vexed with Hillary Clinton.
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