LOL! Not unless Michelle talks him into it.

How will this play for King Obama in middle america?

Questioning his patriotism:

1.his church has a "non-negotiable commitment to africa"

2.he chose not to wear the american flag pin

3. he doesn't cover his heart during the national anthem

4. his wife's comments about not being proud of american in her adult life.

at face value, this doesn't look like a very patriotic nominee.  to run for president, you have to prove you would die for this country.  this is why the american public has always loved war heros as presidents.  

now each of these can be explained, but obama is gonna have to do it soon because when the GOP/press bring these issues to middle america, it will scare them into voting mccain.

"Its hard to believe that this is true."

Unfortunately it is true, and there is a long history of association with Farrakhan through Obama's church. It has certainly turned off a number of Obama's supporters who have come over to the Clinton camp. They have spoken about that being their reason for their switch, Farrakhan is simply unacceptable to them. All of the people who spoke of this to me (independently of each other, so it appeared to be more than isolated gossip) have been people of color, who found his racism unacceptable, and they did not want to be associated with a group that tolerated that kind of ugliness.

There is a real problem with the documented anti semitism that Farrakhan has spewed in the past, and this could threaten a real division in the Democratic Party.

Politicians cannot control whether they are praised or damned by others, be they Ann Coulter or Louis Farrakhan, so I am loathe to make any judgments about such events, but I do need to worry when there may be a more substantial association with questionable players, and I would really like to know more about this relationship, since others I have met seem to know far more about it than I do, and fled the scene.

I believe it would be well worth Obama's time to clarify his relationship with Louis Farrakhan and his brand of hate speech. If he can unequivocally reassure people about this he should. It is the kind of thing that could follow him for a very long time if he does not put it to rest. I am concerned that the rumblings about it are getting louder, not dissipating. It could provide some very virulent fodder for the Republicans, who will jump on anything they can find about this. They will do "guilt by association" to scare voters off.

While I do not support Obama, and have extremely strong objections to his stand on health care, my main issue, I do not want to see him unfairly and viciously harmed, the way the Clintons have been, by the right wing.