Let's Give Obama the Benefit of the Doubt

Thank you for an enlightening view point. As someone who first seeks to apply the benefit of the doubt to remain objective. Obama's qualifications for being commander and chief are becoming more into focus. Take away these so called distractions and what's left? An extremely unqualified but gifted politician who's only real virtue is oratory skills. Tony Robbins delivers uplifting motivational speeches. Properly vetted Tony may prove to posses more so the fundamental attributes required being leader of the free world over Obama. Basic qualifications speak volumes.

'If Obama is as naïve and gullible as we have charitably assumed him to be'

I don't think he is. I believe he is a deliberate pro-Iranian subversive.

For example, earlier this month, when Clinton threatened to 'totally obliterate' the Iranian mullahs IF THEY NUKED THE JEWS, Obama accused her of 'saber-rattling' rather than promise to defend America's chief ally. This means that if Obama is elected, then he won't defend the Jews even if they suffer a second Holocaust.

If he won't defend the Jews, he won't defend his fellow Americans, either.

Such an extreme pacifist cannot be naive. He must be a deliberate subversive.

Almost...I think that to be a good press secretary for the White House, one would actually need to like America. From his associations to his campaign platform, Obama has demonstrated unquestionably that he doesn't like America, he is here to change it; not to strengthen it.

The problem he is running into is that he has spent his entire life influenced primarily by people who hate America and who believe it to be the greatest source of evil in the world. He wants to fix that.

What has caught him off guard is that he really believes that the people of America, the vast majority of us shared his opinions. This is the typical mentality of the pseudo elite of academia and Hollywood. They think their opinions are shared by everyone because they only associate with people who share them; that everyone holds these truths to be self-evident: America was built on the unrewarded backs of victims (mostly slaves), America is an unvarnished opportunist driven by greed, America is completely shallow and self serving, America is a bully and murderous regime, etc.

Obama is here to undo America. What he is running into is the fact that all of the above is wrong. He is in a much smaller minority than he realizes, and its not a racial minority.

Best regards,

I really can't fault Barry. He is who he is - a child of a radical hippie and a Moslem Marxist who, throughout his life, associated with only radical left fringe elements.
Who I fault is the Democrat Party, which has sunk so low as to calculate that American voters have finally reached the tipping point of 50% pinko(No Democrat has achieved 50% of the vote since Dhimmi Carter), all in the name of achieving political power - the future of the country be damned.

When did not being belligerently jingoistic, having a foreign policy that is not psychoticaly paranoid and believing global leadership should be tempered with humility make you anti-American? The strangest things become un-American when an encumbant conservative becomes fearful of losing power

Mr. Schlichta, I totally agree on every point you've made. And I just about totally agree on all the past autohors contributing comments to AT about the deficiencies of Mr. Obama. But what should puzzle you and the rest of america is why this man may get close to 50% of the vote come time this november or actually win the presidency. This is perhaps the most depressing field of candidates ever assembled in a major election. Let me play devils advocate here. If your middle class conservative america then what will McCain bring to the table? Continued fight on terror and war in iraq, amnesty for illegals, small tax break for health insurance, and maybe if we're lucky a supreme court justice that leans to conservative values, but no guarantee. Then he will face a democratic house and senate that will stalemate and block every move he makes. Unfortunately the left might have made a point to associate McCain with 4 more years of Bush. We're getting a tired Ol Man and stale ideas. People want change. They want it so bad that they are willing to risk it all and denounce and ignore the facts about the Obama train that possibly could leave the station with all of us on it and will eventually wreck this nation.
What a sad situation this election year and a below average candidate the republicans have to represent themselves with.

good one. Looks like the only leadership experience Obama shows is the way he is running his campaign. If we are going to base our vote based on that, may be we need to have 'Political Survivor' kind of program which will select candidates.

'a foreign policy that is not psychoticaly paranoid'

Brian, you've suggested this way that Dubya's foreign policy is paranoid. I want to ask: why?

After the Iranians repeatedly threatened to nuke the Jews, the Russians threatened to nuke Poland and Bohemia, the Janjaweed murdered 250000 people and the Koreans detonated a nuclear warhead, can you still claim that the POTUS is paranoid? Can you still claim, after the Chinese built their secret SSBN base, that there are no military threats to America other than AQ?

If oratory could make a good President of the USA, there were plenty of such people across the former third world. It is simply beyond belief that we now have such a person representing the Democratic Party as the nominee for the Presidency. There is simply one outcome that is possible if this guy becomes the President--ruin. Take this from a guy who has lived in a former third world country turned booming emerging economy--India. Well, India learned from Reagan's America. It seems America did not learn from poor India about how to keep away from trouble.

Obama reminds me of a political "Pied Piper" using duplicitous rhetoric rather than a fife.

"But he would make a dandy White House press secretary."

Or perhaps Head of the DNC?

"Let us first concede his strengths. He has an excellent stage presence and is a gifted and persuasive speaker. Admittedly, most voters over thirty do not necessarily consider these to be virtues; they tend to associate such qualities with con men and used car salesmen."

His oratory is defficient in facts, often based on inaccurate information (or outright deceit), laced with logical fallacies, and devoid of specifics. He is not a gifted orator.

He is obviously persuasive. That such lousy oratory persuades speaks volumes about those he persuades.

Finally, favorable stage presence connected with lousy oratory becomes shallow and superficial.

His only "gift" is the ability to fool the ignorant.

This makes him merely a con-man, and in fact, worse than many used car salesmen.

And, yes, I am over 30.

So many complaints from my friends in the 'Blogosphere' about the poor choices we have and of course they are all correct about that. The most critical point however is the Supreme Court, we are a nation of laws and they are the chief arbiter of that.
True, we don't know that McCain will keep his word and only appoint conservative judges but we can be pretty sure that he will as well as being pretty sure that either of his opponents will not.

One or even two left-of-center justices would be a total disaster for this nation in my opinion so hold your nose and vote McCain. Never think that you are so disgusted that you just won't vote this time; the stakes are too great and the recent vote counts have been too close for that sort of thinking.
The bad things that a president or congress may do, even though they could do great harm, can be corrected much more easily than a Supreme Court decision!

One of the thngs we are told about obama is that him living in Indonesia for couple of years as a child, he visiting pakisthan for 2 weeks gets him foreign policy experience that beats everyone else. As an immigrant, I find that laughable. That metric would make me more experienced in foreign policy. May be we should outsource presidency. That way we can find the best president in the world with great foreign poicy experience.

Mr. Shlichta - the title of your article is very deceptive. The motive for your article is extremely transparent. Understanding Senator Barack Obama takes some effort and the ability to look outside one's own narrow prism. Have you read his books? Obama has provided a much deeper view inside Obama's mind than either Clinton or McCain.

You picked out negative things about Obama's state and Congressional record, but how about doing an objective review by including all of his work.

You just restated the same guilt by association without stating any facts for how the individuals would affect Obama as President. Obama has spent his entire life surrounded by people with very diverse backgrounds. Learning to work with the diverse individuals provides much greater potential to influence people to bring about change. Doing otherwise causes defensiveness that makes it impossible to influence someone to change. In addition, even though someone had very radical/offensive/different/dangerous views does not mean the person does not have some good qualities.

"We know all too well what makes Hillary tick and McCain seems to be an open book." I have not read enough about McCain to now whether he is an open book. I agree that we know what makes Hillary tick. Many people have said since the beginning of the campaign that Hillary would do anything to win, which she has repeatedly proved was a correct assessment.

Ms. Dollie - give us an example of outright deceit.

You have apparently not reviewed statistics for Obama supporters. Yes, he has a very large appeal to those under 30.

Another large group of Obama supports are educated white Americans, which would be larger if many women were not voting for Hillary to support another woman.

Paul makes many good and valid points that are great food for us political junkies.
I would sure like to know more about Obama's funding history.
From what I understand he was off and running for the Presidency as soon as he got to Washington.
I have heard that he hired what was in fact a campaign staff to prepare for his run and for sure it didn't come cheap.
Someone besides the taxpayer had to be footing the bill.

Any insights out there?

'You picked out negative things about Obama's state and Congressional record, but how about doing an objective review by including all of his work.'

What are his achievements, if there are any? Please enlighten us, Julie.

'You just restated the same guilt by association without stating any facts for how the individuals would affect Obama as President.'

He didn't need to - other AT columnists have already written about that question extensively. E.g. 'Knowing Obama By The Company He Keeps'.

'Obama has spent his entire life surrounded by people with very diverse backgrounds.'

Yeah, a diverse group of friends: Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky, Tony Rezko, Anthony Lake, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Merrill McPeak.

Never mind benefits and doubts. Just followed the detailed chronology of the facts presented by Evelyn Pringle in her series at opednews. Obama is going to be indicted for his actions as part of the Rezko/Auchi/General Mediterranean/Syrian mafia criminal enterprise:

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part V
(1 comments) If the Combine's plot to get rid of Patrick Fitzgerald and shut down Board Games had worked, Rezko would have landed an office right smack in the middle of the White House.

Friday, May 16, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part IV
(17 comments) The solution to the problems arising from the unsuccessful attempts to shut down Operation Board Games would be for Barack Obama to become president and issue a bipartisan pardon to all members of the "Combine" who funded his seat in the US Senate. The scam worked when Scooter Libby took the fall for the Bush administration.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part III
(11 comments) Three days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aiham Alsammarae, the former electricity minister convicted of corruption in Iraq, put up $2.7 million in property to help raise $8.5 million to free Tony Rezko from jail in Chicago, the Times reported that Alsammarae had contributed six times to Obama's presidential campaign.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part II
(13 comments) If the Combine's plot with the Bush administration to shut down Operation Board Games had worked, Obama would be home free. But it failed and the Republicans are just waiting to air the roadmap of dirt pieced together from Fitzgerald's investigation if Obama is nominated. McCain is in the clear because there is no sign of his involvement anywhere.

Monday, May 12, 2008
Curtain Time For Barack Obama - Part I
(32 comments) Republicans have enough damaging information against Barack Obama to knock him off the ballot before the November election. Those at the top of the Democratic Party know this by now and voters need to recognize that if they nominate him they are throwing the election. Nothing else can explain why they would allow this disaster to happen.

Never mind benefits and doubts. Just followed the detailed chronology of the facts presented by Evelyn Pringle in her series at opednews. Obama is going to be indicted for his actions as part of the Rezko/Auchi/General Mediterranean/Syrian mafia criminal enterprise:

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part V
(1 comments) If the Combine's plot to get rid of Patrick Fitzgerald and shut down Board Games had worked, Rezko would have landed an office right smack in the middle of the White House.

Friday, May 16, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part IV
(17 comments) The solution to the problems arising from the unsuccessful attempts to shut down Operation Board Games would be for Barack Obama to become president and issue a bipartisan pardon to all members of the "Combine" who funded his seat in the US Senate. The scam worked when Scooter Libby took the fall for the Bush administration.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part III
(11 comments) Three days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aiham Alsammarae, the former electricity minister convicted of corruption in Iraq, put up $2.7 million in property to help raise $8.5 million to free Tony Rezko from jail in Chicago, the Times reported that Alsammarae had contributed six times to Obama's presidential campaign.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Curtain Time for Barack Obama - Part II
(13 comments) If the Combine's plot with the Bush administration to shut down Operation Board Games had worked, Obama would be home free. But it failed and the Republicans are just waiting to air the roadmap of dirt pieced together from Fitzgerald's investigation if Obama is nominated. McCain is in the clear because there is no sign of his involvement anywhere.

Monday, May 12, 2008
Curtain Time For Barack Obama - Part I
(32 comments) Republicans have enough damaging information against Barack Obama to knock him off the ballot before the November election. Those at the top of the Democratic Party know this by now and voters need to recognize that if they nominate him they are throwing the election. Nothing else can explain why they would allow this disaster to happen.

Per Rob's question. . .When it comes to helping Obama foot the bill; George Soros' name, comes to mind. . .

I feel there is a growing movement in this country. A movement of white voters who feel besieged by those who shame us for the ideals we hold dear. We are coming back from out of the shadows of guilt imposed by those who have faulted us for years, for believing that America is for americans and that the politicians who have overpromised and underdelivered are being held to a sharper scrutiny.

While I disagree that Obama is a "gifted and persuasive speaker" (after all, to date he hasn't been able even to close the deal with the activist members of his own party), I, too, might characterize Obama "a man of mystery." But, this is wholly attributable to the candidate's studied and deliberate efforts to remain as much a cypher as possible ever since he first entertained the idea of running for political office.

Co-workers and associates through the years tell of a man with whom you would have a conversation and walk away thinking he agreed with you although you would not be able to nail down exactly why. Obama himself admits to having avoided controversial issues while presiding over the Harvard Law Review not wishing to leave a paper trail for future political analysts to pour over and dissect. An attempt to persuade me that we are of like minds when in fact we are not is indeed the hallmark of a con man and Obama is well-practiced at this particular con.

Since we can't trust what the man says (or, more to the point, doesn't say), we will have to judge his fitness for the presidency based on other factors. I see a man with a thin resume, few accomplishments, little salient experience and nothing in particular to recommend him. I see a man who has chosen to immerse himself in leftist enclaves from Columbia to Harvard to the University of Chicago to Hyde Park. I see a politician who has avoided votes that would cast him in a particular ideological light. I see a man who has had no problem through the years embracing America-hating radicals as friends, supporters and mentors. I see a man who (seemingly) has embraced a Marxist theology of black separatism and white demonology. I see a politician formed and nurtured by one of the most corrupt political machines in the history of American politics. I see a man married to a woman who, despite having availed herself of every opportunity affirmative action has to offer, is angry and bitter and thinks America a "mean" place. I, like Gail, see a man who thinks America needs a radical "fix" before it can be a country of which we are "really proud." What I don't see is a man fit to be president.

From what I read, Obama wanted to run for office before he entered Harvard. May be an inspiration from his father. Initially he wanted to become mayor of Chicago but set his eyes on Presidency in the middle which led to a failed run for congress and then for senate.
His initial support for fund rising came from the wealthy african american professionals in chicago, George Soros and most probably some anti-clinton groups. His grassroots gained momentum after Iowa win which mobilized both african american and progressive troops.

Hey Julie:
First off it was James who posted the "deceit" reference, not Dollie; secondly, you don't think a statement like "I never heard Rev. Wright say anything anti-American in the 20 years I knew him," is deceitful?
I can understand your starry-eyed innocence if you were a newly-minted 18 yr. old voter, but I feel sorry for you if you've been stumbling around the intellectual landscape for more than three decades.

Obama's auto-biographies have been detailed thoroughly and found to be grounded more in 'fiction' than fact. Just like the man himself.

( Just google, 'Obama's deceptions' to get a cursory glance here.) Yes, we have learned a great deal about Obama; from his books; his 'stories'. . .his memories of his family. We have learned that not only are his speeches a deceptive and pandering gloss-on; but what he calls his 'biographical history' is rife with the gloss of fraudulent recall.

The deceptive MO that Obama works from, should confirm for any 'Reason-capable' individual; that this man is not fit for the Office of the President.

The wolf in Grandmother's clothing has more truth for Obama - and warning for us - than does 'the man', Obama, so wants us to believe, is his 'own'.

If you want to get to Obama's 'truth' then read those who have informed him; inspired him. Try Noam Chomsky; Saul Alynski; (Or just read Marx). . .but don't forget Obama's mentor, Rev. Wright and HIS mentor, James H. Cone. Read ANY book explaining Black Liberation 'Theology'.

Keep in mind, a critical truth of Obama; besides his imagination; is that for Obama, Marxism is far more than a political flirtation. . .

1. What did Obama do when he visited Pakistan? Where did he go? With whom did he meet? Why did he go to Pakistan?

2. Please cease and desist from perpetuating the old like that Obama "has an excellent stage presence and is a gifted and persuasive speaker." Obama is quite good at reading text, I shall grant him that. When he is required to speak without a prepared text, the result is stream of consciousness patter, non sequiturs, and pure illogical drivel. I know. I have listened to him.

Obama's auto-biographies have been detailed thoroughly and found to be grounded more in 'fiction' than fact. Just like the man himself.

( Just google, 'Obama's deceptions' to get a cursory glance here.) Yes, we have learned a great deal about Obama; from his books; his 'stories'. . .his memories of his family. We have learned that not only are his speeches a deceptive and pandering gloss-on; but what he calls his 'biographical history' is rife with the gloss of fraudulent recall.

The deceptive MO that Obama works from, should confirm for any 'Reason-capable' individual; that this man is not fit for the Office of the President.

The wolf in Grandmother's clothing has more truth for Obama - and warning for us - than does 'the man', Obama, so wants us to believe, is his 'own'.

If you want to get to Obama's 'truth' then read those who have informed him; inspired him. Try Noam Chomsky; Saul Alynski; (Or just read Marx). . .but don't forget Obama's mentor, Rev. Wright and HIS mentor, James H. Cone. Read ANY book explaining Black Liberation 'Theology'.

Keep in mind, a critical truth of Obama; besides his imagination; is that for Obama, Marxism is far more than a political flirtation. . .

Bill's appoint about the SCOTUS is exactly right. Anytime I think about passing on this election and am reminded of the disaster a liberal court could bring to this country, I am awakened to my responsibility again.

Secondly, BHO wants to make this country into the United States of Europe, subservient to the whims of whomever over there has the most might (currently the muslims) and subjected to their insane ideals.

"pussilanimous" is not spelled correctly...or is it Freudian slip. Either way, a great article

There is not much difference between Obama and Madame Clinton, both are liberal, with Obama more so from his friends and background. If you can understand liberals, that would be Obama. case closed.

Helen,
Not everyone gets to see the candidates speaking without a teleprompter and prepared remarks. The sound-bite age allows the candidates to give us two or three sentences of campaign positions. Their interviews with friendly media are carefully choreographed. The "debates" are the closest we come to seeing them think on their feet, and even there most of the answers are prepared in advance and questions are sidestepped to avoid making unpopular policy pronouncements. We live in a television age. JFK beat Nixon on the basis of how he was perceived by those who viewed their debates versus those who only listened on the radio.
Obama will not be the destruction of this country. It was begun at least two decades ago and it continues apace, with the continued export of our industrial base and the importing of lower wage workers and the calls to allow any and all who want to work in the US to enter. Barack Obama didn't start any of this. People like John McCain, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush did.
Barack Obama is unfit to be president. John McCain is too much of a panderer to be president. Hillary Clinton is too dangerous. Barring a convention surprise, we would be well advised to vote for someone else. The two-party system is broken. Unless and until we voters show the two major parties that they are not our only choices, they will continue to take US for granted and do as they please. If we vote for them under those circumstances then we deserve whatever we get.

"A gifted and persuasive speaker"??? Oh, come on! Without a prepared script he sounds like Elmer Fudd! Listen to Hillary speak off the cuff to see what a great speaker really sounds like!

Paul

I am a former Marine and former USAF operator.

I am now a bartender.

You are completely correct and there is going to be hell to pay in the near future.

Obama and his ilk are going to take this nation down a notch and it won't be pretty.

The perverse side of me says let it happen, there is nothing like a wake up call.

Giving Obama the benefit of the doubt when he claims to be a Christian got a whole lot harder when he made his infamous San Francisco comments about people 'clinging' to religion.

It should be clear to anyone who heard him say that that those words were not the words of a Christian, but an atheist. Only an atheist talking to other atheists would refer to people 'clinging' to religion. Even an atheist talking to Christians would not say that if he wanted not to offend.

It beggars belief that Obama has been given a complete free pass on that admission. He should be called to account and asked to reconcile that statement with his claim to be religious himself. Because a Christian would never refer to fellow Christians that way.

When the penny finally drops on this one, it's going to make a likely fatal dent in Obama's campaign.

This is an interesting description "a man in a fog". The last word caught my eye. I find no mystery regarding Obama or others like him. When I describe people like Obama or Hillary or anyone in the "intellectual" left I use the acronym FOGS. That's friend of George Soros. Their philosophy is just a reworked version of the old international socialism of the Marxists. They want an end to the nation state especially those that espouse limited government and a world socialist style government. Think of a version of the EU or UN with absolute power over the entire planet. Folks like Obama, Hillary, et al have become Soros myrmidons because he is a sort of rich version of Saul Alinsky who can fund their quest for the philosopher kings that will finally bring heaven on earth. Of course any honest student of history knows that this quest has always resulted in the direct opposite of heaven.

Here is an interesting bit of trivia. Soros comes from the same part of the world as John von Neumann and Edward Teller two stalwart supporters of a sovereign and militarily strong U. S. I am sure they are rolling over in their graves.

I'm disturbed at how trancelike his supporters are. One Obamite said "it isn't his past--it's his future that matters."

That's like saying you don't care about what Charles Manson did years ago...just as long as he takes his newspapers to the recycling bins.

Obama lacks the chops for the nation's top executive. To cut your political teeth on Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright makes for one nasty overbite.

But don't comment on his overbite; he's sensitive about that.

Speculation abounds as to why Billary is still "in it to win it." I believe the trump card and the final nail in Barry's coffin will be audio and/or video tapes of his Kenyan campaign endorsement commercials for Raila Odinga (his cousin), the Moslem Marxist butcher whose thugs went on a Christian-killing rampage in 2006 after losing a close election. Even TIME magazine's Joe Klein (no raging neocon here) wrote a blog detailing how Condi Rice begged Barry to have his man call off the dogs; they eventually brokered a deal where Odinga has a co-presidency with the Christian candidate. Can you imagine something similar happening in this country after Bush-Gore 2000?
It's a matter of time before somebody lets this cat out of the bag.

Obama is seriously lacking in judgment and character, and the terrorists that he wants to sit and chat with know it. It frightens me to think that this inexperienced freshman senator may be the next President of the United States. McCain will win the election in November if Obama is the only choice we Dems have.

I am a democrat and I am mortified by Obama, the zombie-like Obamaniacs, and by the infatuated media for portraying this man as a some kind of a savior when he is, in fact, a racist pig who hates our country. I have been a democrat my whole life, but I will never be involved in this sick party again after everything they have done to try to force Obama into office.
It is absolutely disgusting how the media has fawned and swooned over Obama while burying the dirt on him until it was too late for America to react. It is even more disgusting when coupled with the fact that the same media demonized Hillary and shouted at her to get out of the race for months before the primary was even close to being decided. It is even more disgusting how the Democrat party leaders did everything they could to ensure that their #1 choice would get in. They prevented millions of votes from Florida and Michigan from counting so that Obama could be the leader throughout the primary... they stood by while sexist remarks were blatantly made about Hillary - and then anyone who questioned or opposed Obama in any way was way too quick to be called a racist.

Obama has too many terrorist ties and hangs out with too many people who hate our country... But the main stream media doesn't talk about all of this do they? Why has no one asked Obama why his Middle East advisor was secretly meeting with Hamas, why so many of his advisors are anti-Israel... or why he launched his political career at an American terrorist's home? Why didn't anyone ask him why he was so attracted to the ranting racist America hating Rev. Wright as his teacher/mentor and was compelled to listen to his hatred for 20 years, expose his own family to it, and donate thousands of dollars to help spread the message like the disease that it is. No one asks - but it is all too plain. Wake up people! Obama hates America, whites, and Israel.

Obama and Wright are black liberation theologists - and here is one of its main precepts: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

Wright's mentor is the founder of black liberation theology - James Cone. He wrote that statement in a book of his about black liberation theology. Glenn Beck on CNN is the only one talking about it. FOX hasn't even touched this yet (I guess they are saving it for the general election). When this gets out on a larger scale, nobody in their right mind would vote for Obama.

Here is Glenn Beck talking about how whites are the enemy that must be destroyed according to Obama/Wright's black liberation theology.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_cA0GEV1ibY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQuzyvHOl30&feature=related

God help us all.

If Obama were simply a clever and ambitious man, with no real viewpoint other than a will to power, how might he appear to the public? Just as he has - playing to the media and crowds like a seasoned illusionist giving only the appearance of position and meaning while allowing his rapt fans to imagine him as they will. But since the media has already election Hillary as "the ambitious one" they cannot see it in Obama. Yet it's all I see - an ambitious man who has an uncanny sense of where the power is and how to pocket it.

Obama has one undeniable qualification: his race. Electing a black president would assuage America's guilt over slavery and subsequent racism.

Obama has spent 20 years learning about the faith of Jesus which has many virtues, and alleviating the living conditions of poor black men, when he could have associated with the wealthy, powerful, and respected men of the world and you focus on 2 sentences that his pastor gave him to judge a whole 20 years of religious service to God? You are a ignorant bigot just like the others. If you had a Phd from Harvard what would you do?