Comments on: Poor Honest Abe: First Hillary, Now Obama http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/poor_honest_abe_first_hillary/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:03:34 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: william http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/poor_honest_abe_first_hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 william Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:01:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2008/03/18/poor-honest-abe-first-hillary-now-obama/#comment-1067 Well done !Obama missed his WHOLE point. He absolutely blew it in his speech by not removing himself in absolute terms from the so-called Rev. Wright. (WELL HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT YEARS AGO). He is the product of the healing of the racial divide, and yet he can’t admit it. He is not the healer. He is the result of how much healing there has been. He could have been a leader, but he is no one! He is pandering to hateful people. Look past his skin and see the heart! Just another left winged liberal! Well done !Obama missed his WHOLE point.
He absolutely blew it in his speech by not removing himself in absolute terms from the so-called Rev. Wright. (WELL HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT YEARS AGO). He is the product of the healing of the racial divide, and yet he can’t admit it. He is not the healer. He is the result of how much healing there has been.
He could have been a leader, but he is no one! He is pandering to hateful people. Look past his skin and see the heart! Just another left winged liberal!

]]> By: J.D. Silentio http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/poor_honest_abe_first_hillary/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 J.D. Silentio Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:04:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2008/03/18/poor-honest-abe-first-hillary-now-obama/#comment-1066 I don't think it is wise to discount so quickly the context in which Obama placed his "former" pastor's remarks. There is clearly a gap between various groups in America in terms of education and social achievement. I, for one, applaud Obama's insistence that we work together to address this issue, rather than revert to a sense of entitlement based on a perception of victimization. That being said, Obama's integrity has been exposed as falling short of expectations. His knee-jerk reaction to the story of Wright's venomous remarks was to deny knowledge of them. Then, when the story didn't disappear, he did what he should have done at first and addressed the problem. One can't help but wonder if he would similarly try to brush aside and ignore important issues as a President if he deemed them inconvenient, or politically dangerous. Obama is far more imperfect as a leader than he or his supporters are ready to admit, and certainly unfit for the presidency at this point. This is evidenced by his judgement in handling the issue of Wright's insulting, divisive, and mean words. I don’t think it is wise to discount so quickly the context in which Obama placed his “former” pastor’s remarks. There is clearly a gap between various groups in America in terms of education and social achievement. I, for one, applaud Obama’s insistence that we work together to address this issue, rather than revert to a sense of entitlement based on a perception of victimization.

That being said, Obama’s integrity has been exposed as falling short of expectations. His knee-jerk reaction to the story of Wright’s venomous remarks was to deny knowledge of them. Then, when the story didn’t disappear, he did what he should have done at first and addressed the problem. One can’t help but wonder if he would similarly try to brush aside and ignore important issues as a President if he deemed them inconvenient, or politically dangerous.

Obama is far more imperfect as a leader than he or his supporters are ready to admit, and certainly unfit for the presidency at this point. This is evidenced by his judgement in handling the issue of Wright’s insulting, divisive, and mean words.

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