Letters to the Editor
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REAL POLITICS
I understand the role of a journalist to support the ideals of democracy in reporting on those who seek to run this country, but there is no way you can convince me someone with so little experience would make a good president. By the time Barack figured out where the men's room was, his first term would be over.
Would you want a doctor who never performed surgery to try to replace your heart, or a pilot who only flew once to transport your family?
Sorry. It is a mark of the misdirected idealism and utter frustration of those who disagree with what's going on that has gotten Obama this far--that and a pretty face and a pocket full of platitudes. A President has to be more than a figurehead, regardless of how pretty a figure he has.
The arguement that it is because he has so little exposure and "committment" that makes him a good candidate makes little if any sense. I want to know who I am voting for--just like I want to know the credentials of anyone I put trust in.
The closet issue is Hillary at this point, and while I will undoubtedly vote for any Democrat, I think the battle is with the fantasists who are too self-rightious to vote for anybody they don't know, rather than somebody they do know. If you think Hillary can't get elected because she is a woman--do you honestly believe Obama is a better choice as an African American? How about getting "real" now--rather than later.
If more supposedly "liberal" voters grew up, and practiced SOLIDARITY rather than chased after "stars" the country wouldn't be in the mess it's in now. The problem is they won't compromise--like so many of Dean's supporters in the last election.
They helped put Bush in office for a second term just as much as the fundamentalists, and need to be called out on it.