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• Saturday, March 1, 2008 09:17 PM

  @katetex

  I didn't see anything in the article about a 13 year close relationship, or about how Obama owes his entire poltical career to the man, or about how Obama is entirely the product of a corrupted Chicago political system. The article does mention that he has given to charity the $160,000 that Rezko donated to his campaign. Again, I just don't see a smoking gun here. I'm sure that people, maybe even Hillary's people -- which I think is just tragic, will keep trying to find some evidence of illegal activity or corruption on Obama's part. Until then, yes, I have to take him at his word.

  You write:

  "Tell me this: how can Obama possibly pass himself off as a break from the sordid political past he loves to preach about in ringing phrases, when his whole political career sprang from that past and he benefited hugely from it? His whole flipping campaign has been BASED on his being the candidate who represents a complete departure from that past. Meanwhile, Obama hasn't even come close to admitting where and how he came from politically, and few have seemed to care - something which I've found utterly depressing."

  I honestly think this is why we will never see eye to eye on this, why I expect that you will be one of the Hillary supporters who votes for McCain if Obama gets the nomination and why nothing I say will change your mind. I know that this is hard for Hillary's campaign to understand, but I don't think that Obama is perfect. I've never felt that I should vote for him because he is somehow better or above the realities of politics in America. I don't believe that when he gets to the White House everything will be different and rosy, and I expect that he stumbled, and will stumble, along the way. I know that he will have to make unpleasant compromises. I know that he already has. Nevertheless, with everything I have read, seen and heard from both him and Hillary, I still think he is the better candidate and that he will be a better President. There is no magic here.

  I also find it a little peculiar that you can support Hillary and the Clintons with their long and sordid history of secrecy, shady deals, witness intimidation, and perjury, yet you are deeply depressed by the suggestion that Obama may have had an entirely legal association with someone accused of corruption. If the Clinton's were judged and condemned because of associations with corrupted and shady business men, they would both be already buried under the jail by now, not considered respected elders of the Democratic party.

  —little lord baltimore Read little lord baltimore's other letters
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