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• Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:40 AM

  @stackey-dackey

  It's sad that you feel the need to denigrate Obama supporters in such away. You are, unfortunately, repeating tired talking points which aren't doing anything to help wake up these supposed cult members; instead you are just alienating us. If you want us to stop snorting the magic peace dust, then maybe you should focus on why the canidate you're backing (I won't presume to know) is better than what Obama is offering.

  To be honest, aren't most of Obama's policies very similiar to Clinton's policies? And don't they have a comprabable amount of time in elected office?

  Oh, i just love it when an Obama supporter says "stop calling us names, and stick the policy/substantive issues." This, coming from supporters of a candidate who talks about everything under the sun except policy/substantive issues. That is rich.

  So, please, tell us brainwashed Obamabots why we should be supporting Hillary.

  Cuz he's playing you, my friend. Just give it a couple of minutes of thought: he's as much a powerhungry, back-stabbing, cynical, realpolitick politician as Clinton is. Evidence? He's running for president, voluntarily putting himself through one hell of a meatgrinder in his quest for ultimate power. Who but the most powerhungry would do that? Plus, the moment he was elected to the State Senate, he was running for US Senate, and the moment he was fortuitously elected to that venerated institution, he was running for Prez.

  This hope-change schtick he's been selling? It's a shtick, to differentiate himself, it's his angle, and he's a very talented salesman. He whispers into your ear exactly what you want to hear, he strokes your ideals the way he knows you like it, moving you with his considerable rhetorical talents. But it's a gimmick.

  Don't you think it's dishonest to pretend that you're being totally sincere, to pretend that you're this innocent, sweet, honest outsider (who somehow just fell into his US Senate seat), not really even campaigning at all? And then it turns out he uses a teleprompter for his speeches, and that he's lifted passages from here and there. Doesn't that bother you as to the authenticity of his message?

  —LeCastor Read LeCastor's other letters
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