I think obama has much more to offer this country. he has managed in just a short time as a senator and state legislator to entangle himself in serious controversies. this is hard to do, and only a man as gifted as obama could accomplish so much in so little time. what's next?
We have had the privilege of witnessing the hard-working media(not), mostly of the conservative bent, to unveil for us so many entertaining political obama goof-ups. i can hardly wait to see what the senator can accomplish when the most powerful job in the world is given to him by the american people. I can hardly wait for him to become CEO of this great nation.
Let's see, we've been privy to nafta-gate, reszko, michelle's talents at complaining, rev. wright, and a possible indirect link with Hamas (benign link? this is yet to be determined).
Because obama is so generous, some of his stronger comments in the past regarding race matters are resurfacing now and are being analyzed for public consumption. they demonstrate a study at hypocrisy, but because they are from obama's mouth, the word hypocrisy seems a bit strong. we can all feel better if we use softer language like "inconsistency", but even this seems harsh. what about boo-boo?
exhibit 1: A demonstration in guilt by association
the victim: trent lott.
On Dec. 12, 2002, Obama, then serving as an Illinois state senator and filling in as host of the Cliff Kelley radio show on WVON, challenged the Republican Party to demand Lott's resignation."It seems to be that we can forgive a 100-year-old senator for some of the indiscretion of his youth, but, what is more difficult to forgive is the current president of the U.S. Senate (Lott) suggesting we had been better off if we had followed a segregationist path in this country after all of the battles and fights for civil rights and all the work that we still have to do," said Obama.
He added: "The Republican Party itself has to drive out Trent Lott. If they have to stand for something, they have to stand up and say this is not the person we want representing our party."
verdict in lott's case: guilty
sentence: trent lott steps down
exhibit b: a charge of guilt by association
the victim: obama
"I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community," he said. "I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother - a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."
verdict: obama innocent no matter what!
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