On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the same time tho' I do think there's some real validity to a number of > his criticisms. > The guy could be purple with pink polka dots all over his body....and his words and his message would still resonate with me. I can't really speak to the criticisms, because I don't know the state of the people in this country...maybe they still see skin color as a disability and feel that Obama has somehow "overcome" being born Black...and so they give him extra kudos. I sure hope that's not true, but I guess it COULD be. > > He is inexperienced. He just is. It's not a death knell, but I do think > some seasoning would have gone a long way for him. I fear that his lofty > ideals will find little purchase in a political machine he's only > beginning > to understand. I don't. Inexperience doesn't mean jack shit when it comes to the presidency. All my opinion, but what has "experience" gotten us recently? Not much brother...not much at all. > He's young. He'd be our third youngest president (only Kennedy and T. > Roosevelt would be younger). Of course neither Kennedy or Roosevelt could > be considered "bad presidents" so that's probably an empty issue, but > again, > I think another four to eight years in Washington would have helped him > greatly. And I don't. If America was looking for more of the same, yes, more "seasoning" would help him. But I think part of Obama's appeal is DIRECTLY linked to his LACK of seasoning, his LACK of experience. The fact that he's not run down with years of legislative experience, so that he really DOES belive in the things that he says...that change really IS possible. LIke I said.....Obama doesn't stand a chance in any recent election, except for the one in 2008, and I think that is because all of his traits that would be deficiencies in any other election, become strengths in this one. Thank you George W. Bush. I love his speaking, he's incredibly powerful... but I also have to agree > (partially) with those that see a lot of smoke but not much fire. I'm not > in that camp that claims he's a charismatic façade, but I would like to > see > a little more meat and a little less sizzle. Right now, the sizzle is as, or maybe even MORE, important than the meat. George Bush was ALL meat, no sizzle...and every piece of meat he served us was RANCID. That said I think comments like those above are just plain stupid. Even if > the question is reasonable (and I actually think it may be) it won't even > be > considered as such in this climate. Any comment even grazing the race > issue > is going to bite you in the ass, no question. To think that you can > somehow > skirt that is ignorant. I don't link supporters with their candidates. Ferraro said this, she's the idiot, not Hillary. Ditto for when the Obama supporter had the flag in his headquarters. There are just a bunch of dumb Americans out there, and you have to accept that some of them will support your candidate... My opinions may change tomorrow- I'm really just mulling things- but that's > the direction my thoughts are taking. > Me too...and me too! (For what it's worth I don't think Hilary is in a significantly better > position than Obama for much of this. In the interest of full disclosure > I'm leaning more and more towards McCain...) McCain doesn't completely suck. Again, I don't think any of the candidates will be a disaster. But then, thanks to W, we have a whole new appreciation for what a "disaster" really is, don't we? -- Her face used to feel so soft Until her agent's doctor tore it off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
