Zaku, I’m not sure how to respond to your first point because I’m not following where you’re going with it. Conjecture aside, it sounds like you’re trying to paint me in to a corner. I can understand that a lot of what is being said about Obama and his pastor could be considered conjecture, however the way the situation was handled was poor at best and in my opinion, says something about Obama’s leadership abilities. There was nothing said three days ago by Wright that differed at all from the nonsense he’s been spewing for twenty years, yet now it’s an issue.
To clarify, I will say this…I was first told of the Jeremiah Wright issue by my old man a few days before it broke in the media and I honestly did not believe what he was saying. It sounded too far-fetched for a presidential hopeful. I believe Michael Medved’s radio show was the first I actually heard about it through the media and I still considered it to just be right-wing propaganda. Now as more and more of the story has unfolded, the picture has become clear to me and it’s a disappointment that so many of his supporters look past the issue. The point is, I gave the man the benefit of the doubt because I could not believe a presidential contender would allow someone so vitriolic to be so close to him. As I said, if this were a white candidate, be it Ralph Nader or Fred Thompson, people would absolutely be up in arms and everyone knows it.
I see where you’re coming from with your statement about false dichotomies (I’m sure I’m just as guilty of using the word “liberal” as a derogatory term as the next guy) , but it does not take away from the fact that Obama is a far-left leaning politician. If he does win the nomination, I hope this is not an argument used by the left to justify his record, as factoring it down to an issue of semantics would be disappointing and unjust.
I’d disagree about the reason the public does not associate him with the term “liberal”. I think it’s because John McCain and the Republicans have been laying low and allowing the dems to beat each other up. Wait until the other side takes a swing.
breedmitch, it sounds like you just labled myself and everyone else who believes the Wright controversy to be an issue a racist (huh?) and then went on to say that racists only belong to the republican party. Usually I don’t comment on such moronic posts because it’s kind of like arguing with couch, but geez, man. . Your own candidate believes it to be an issue, which is why he dropped the guy two days ago. So if I’m a racist, what does that make Jeremiah Wright? What does that make Barack Obama?