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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
so,,,,,uuuhh...without the 'moron' portion...what did YOU get out of this speech today.....care to talk about that with out 3rd grade namecalling?
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I think he did what he had to do, and he did it extraordinarily well. And that was to make it clear he does not agree with Wright's comments to create a separation to appease the majority of voters while also not abandoning his church and risking the support of many who at one time thought he was "not black enough".
On a personal level, I will admit it all rang a bit hollow for me however. I am just tired and weary of race being such an issue in this campaign- just as I am a bit weary of race being dragged out so often at every perceived injustice. I accept and understand racism against African-Americans is still very real, but I also understand that much of the leadership in that community has very self-oriented viewpoints and have no trouble using the race card in a very imbalanced way to promote goals that are largely politically and economically based.
In Obama's defense, it was the media that started the race business and not him. This nation is ready to elect a qualified President without taking race into account, and the media is where the guilt trip started whereby anyone who questioned him would be criticized on the grounds it was racially based. It is the same thing as when the media made a big scene about Joe Lieberman and whether the country was ready for a Jewish Vice President. And it is unfortunate since it puts such candidates at an automatic disadvantage when people of other races get automatically defensive about the assumption that their lack of support means they are potentially "racist".
This is not fair for Obama, but each candidate has things to overcome and they need- by expressing their own personal vision in a practical manner- to do that effectively.
Hillary has done a great job of establishing herself in her own right even though the media wants to play up the Bill Clinton factor.
John McCain has done a decent job of getting past the fact that early in the campaign he spoke at Bob Jones University- which is just as bad as what Obama is mired in right now and the reason I thought McCain was dead in the water early on.
Obama needs to get beyond this in a very clear break- and it is unfortunate that many of the allies he needs most will not let him do this. His speech today was a tremendous effort in that direction, but it was an impossible task to begin with.
I would not vote for Obama on lack of substance and on disagreement with him on his general stances which I think will lead to a more socialist form of government- but I do find him and his wife both to be very eloquent and intelligent people.
In fact his high level of intelligence makes me question all the more why he tied himself so closely to that church to begin with. Maybe the answer is that he had to get over the "not black enough" issue and this was how to do it.
Either way, my earlier posts were intended to be cold analysis of the facts as I see them- and not reflect any personal feeling about Obama as I have never met him and so don't have anything to offer.
As for the "moron" comment- that has been a long time in coming and it was well-earned. Someone talking about my Mom needs no reply- it speaks for itself.