And she was almost our VP ...

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steven787 said:

Sqrl said:

steven787 said:
@sqrl: His refusal disown or denounce people is all part of his act. It's part of his non-aggressive, non-committal image.

 

Wait I thought I was the one with the fantasy scenario =P 

I'm partially joking, or in other words I know what your driving at but I'm not really convinced by it.

In regards to Obama's presidency, I'm very much in a wait and see mode right now.  I have no doubt Obama is skilled and capable when it comes to getting himself elected, my doubts rest entirely with his ability to be a true leader and perform the duties of the office with the efficiency and judgment that is requried.  And the only person who is going to convince me on those two points is Obama himself, and he won't be able to do it with words (and not just because of who he is). Actions truly do speak louder than words, and Obama's actions will tell me all I need to know about whether he is truly up to the job, but it will be a few months before even the early results start coming in on that poll.

Although I am supporting the conclusion that he will be a good president, my real point is that talking Ayers and Wright is stupid for many reasons.

If people aren't trying to say that he's a Radical Black Socialist Terrorist, what are they trying to imply?  Nobody ever answers this.  Ever.  The closest I ever got to an answer is, "it shows bad judgement."  How?  He won.  He got security clearence for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Are they saying the FBI doesn't do it's job well?

 

How about being entrusted with over $100 million dollars for the education of one of the largest cities in the country.  Then over the course of more than 5 years under Obama's leadership the money was literally wasted on projects, the majority of which were found and recommended by Bill Ayers.  Obama controlled the money, while Ayers set the agenda and found the projects to present for funding.  This is how it went at the CAC for over 5 years.  Then when the organization finally closed its doors after disbursing all of the money it had they did an assessment of their efforts and determined that they had zero impact.

How much did you hear about that during early September when the CAC documents had just been released and this information came to light? I think this kind of profound failure was relevant in a very big way and was simply never covered, not even to debunk it as false or even challenge it in any way.

Again, I don't really want to get into the Ayers thing because frankly the man disgusts me (you can check into Larry Grethwohl for reasons why), but you asked for a specific point so I gave you one.