should not we,

in false iambic

pentameter declaim

what bullshit?

You say: "You've got astroturf posters here comparing Obama to Hitler, for fuck's sake. Hitler."

You'd have to do a whole lot of selective reading on this site to escape the fact that this same pejorative - and worse - has been applied to Hillary Clinton. Not to mention the 'douche bag' variety of slurs, which have not only been applied to the candidate, but also to her supporters on salon.com. Unless your outrage cuts both ways, isn't it kind of meaningless?

You make a well reasoned point, but about our times we are facing the race issue in the larger world. Obama with a muslim sounding name might be the right president for our times because we are, as a nation, have facing the question internationally of imperialism.

The war in Iraq is costing us 12 billion per month. And it is a public relations nightmare that is also costing blood and treasure in our reputation around the world. To have a president who makes it his priority to end the war and rebuild our own infrastructure that has been neglected by Bush is important right now. Race is only important in that we need to come together and work together to change the country, all of us. In the past, Bush et al has run a rich oligarchy. It's time to call him on it. To show the world that we are not as small and as, yes, white, as we have pretended over the past eight years.

Obama's intelligence is his most important trait; not his race. "Bridging the racial divide" isn't necessarily the hidden centerpiece of his campaign. But our country will be stronger when we all acknowledge on another as equals as "one people" and we all stand to gain from the mitigation of an issue that has weakened us (look at our inner cities for example) economically and politically as a nation. Obama certainly isn't going to fix all of that, but being willing to acknowledge it is a start. I can't think that white McCain who doesn't know much about the economy (in his own words) is the right person to pull us out of this mess in 2008. We need the most intelligent candidate in the competition, and to my mind that is and has been Obama.

I'm happy that Rush Limbaugh with all of his HATE (who dares to call Wright "hateful" and "anti-American") will expose himself for the stupid, the very stupid and pathetic man who he has been all along. May we all live in more intelligent times. Under a new, more diplomatic, peace-loving, infrastructure building president. Obama.

What can one say about an insect intellect? Just keep buzzing about?

you raise a valid concern, but again i don't think it's applicable. the president is the ceo of the country, not its file clerk. ceos often have big ideas that they rely on others to implement - i don't think steve jobs is in the trenches writing code for the new ipod.

a good leader needs vision, judgment, and the ability to inspire others to get the job done. they do not need administrative skills. hillary tried to spin his admission about losing papers in an early debate, and it fell flat precisely because that's not what the president does.

i can understand your frustration with your "idea" minded boss, but that's the whole point - you need "idea" people as leaders, but they have to also possess the judgment to make the ideas good ones!

hillary would make an excellent cabinet member. she is a very worthy public servant. but she is not a leader. she inspires as much contempt as she does admiration, if not more. and mccain does not have anywhere near the ability to get a nation mobilized and inspired to act that obama does.

so i just have to ask, between the three of them, who's the right person?

Thank you for understanding. Let's all hope for the best. I've been crossing my fingers for some time now. And if you still haven't got one, take my advice -- have a plan B ready. This economy's going to be in an even deeper of a sh*thole very soon.

Peace

Now go, my children! Go and spread the word that not only is Obama a token secret Muslim anti-Semite empty suit idiot and corrupt gangster, but he HATES GRANDMOTHERS AS WELL! HE SAID IT HIMSELF! OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!1!!!1!11!!!!! THE OUTRAGE

*fan myself in moral indignation until I collapse fromt eh strain*

And.........CURTAIN!

but the grandmother segment was terribly inappropriate. I do think there are great differences between the grandmother and pastor's mistakes; one may voice an opinion from a place of naiveté, in the context of a private familial relationship (in which you would assume would be off the record). The other seems to be currently fanning flames (if not deliberately stirring shit) for public record.

So yeah, I did find comparing the two for similarities kind of heartbreaking. Despite the mistakes of your elders, you still have to respect their life experience. You can always find another pastor, but your grandmother won't be around forever. Your relatives might be responsible for off-color opinions at times, but unless they agree specifically to be used an as example for your benefit, then this aspect of their history should be omitted from personal revelations.

I also noticed no one addressed Akron Mike's excellent letter, especially on the Swiftboat issue. I seem to recall not thinking this was going to be a huge deal back in 2004, but never underestimate your enemy or overestimate the voters I suppose.

to repeat myself - but to all the "Hillaries" out here -

When will you finally learn from Obama - fight fight fight is not good enough or as COLBERT says: There's a way to make it positive. Why not embrace it? EMBRACE IT!!!

HILLAR? : No, no, no.

COLBERT: What about a good monster like Cookie Monster? And your campaign slogan - I'm helping out here - the campaign slogan could be "C is for Clinton, that's good enough for me." Think about it. THINK ABOUT IT!!