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]

Jeff, I feel compelled to respond to this; I hope you don't mind.

I respect your position here; I think you're spot on when you stand in support of those who prefer Clinton to Obama, and I agree with you on that. I've outline a lot of the reasons I personally prefer her to him in my own journal, so you're welcome to catch up with that there rather than have me run down the list here.

Having said that, however, I am particularly disturbed by his comments today, not necessarily because of the specifics of his message, but rather the broader strokes it paints in light of his own documented homophobia (whether a function of political expediency or otherwise

[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

[hickbear]

Baaaah. Trepidation, not auto-spell-check-corrected "intrepidation".

Guess it's time for a paid account... :-////

[pulsecub]

I knew what you meant. It's all good. :)