KikiFan
<font color=darkorchid>I just couldn't believe som
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wvrevy, you (and Obama) are kidding yourselves if you think that things like flag pins, former pasters Rezco, Vince Foster, and even Whitewater aren't issues. They aren't the issues that are important to you. But they are to a huge group of voters.
If you don't believe it, just sit back and watch. If Obama doesn't get the nom it will be because of those "non-issues" Because the totallity of all those "non issues" and Obama inability to address them to the satisfaction of the masses makes them question his character, his motives and his trustworthiness.
In a perfect political race, the only thing that people would talk/care about would be Health Plans, enviromental issues, and the war in Iraq. But that's not how it really is, and wishing and cursing the masses doesn't change that.
The only resort for a politician is to face it head on, grow a thick skin and learn to deal. It's the only way to get through those "issues" and move get to the really important stuff.
To me, that is the single biggest failing of Obama's campaign. His inablity to grasp what a problem these "non-issues" really are and address them in a way that answers people's doubts. I know he did that for you. But you (and the rest of the OS) aren't the problem are they? It's the people that he needs to become his supporters. In many ways, I think Obama has run a campaign of singing to the choir. When what he needed to be doing is reaching the beyond the people that were already voting for him and address the needs of the rest of the voters.
And it's not like it was an "accident"...the original post said Wright would be a "thorn in Obama's side"...which is certainly a legitimate, if arguable point...but at least it's not offensive. But that wasn't enough, apparently, for some posters (who are now being applauded). No...it had to be "a noose around his neck."
Again, I've been saying for months that this should be an honest debate about issues and who is best suited to lead this country through the problems it faces. No...I don't want to see pics of Obama in 70's pimp attire complete with huge afro...and I don't want to see people posting that some side issue is "a noose around Obama's neck". But those things are there for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but talking about putting a noose around a black man's neck isn't something that I find funny, or in any way appropriate, no matter if it is just a "figure of speech".
