not harder.  So the point still stands they aren't motivated enough to stop him from being "their" nominee, but come Nov. they will vote against all their principles save their racism.  Still not buying it.

That aside, I would have cared more about the Wright deal if he hadn't handled it so well with the "Race Speech".  It was about as unpolitical an answer as any major candidate has ever given.  With one exception, yes I do not believe him when he says he never heard any of it.

Like you with Clinton, Obama was not my first choice.  In fact, I was close to backing Clinton.  Bill killed that for me in SC, and its gone downhill from there IMO. 

The speech though hit our racial divide nail right on the head.  Like Jon Stewart put it (paraphrasing from memory) "And a major candidate for President of the United States spoke to America about race, as if they were adults."  His probable lie about never hearing Wright say those thing directly was just so he wouldn't have to throw his friend under the bus.  Understandable, really...

Does it bug me? A little.  Not enough to want to elect another establishment candidate to the White House though.  I think most agree, I guess we will see who's right, since(let's be honest as you put it) we are almost certain to see whether Obama can beat McCain or not.

Till then...

by richardshort2001 on 04/04/2008 02:22:46 AM EST

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