Republicans Revive "Bittergate," Dems Flounder

God bless you M.S. Bellows, Jr.! Finally, the article I've been looking for that thoroughly analyzes Obama's "bitter" comments. The analysis that the Dems (even Obama) have responded poorly was also good (even if a bit long).



A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IS AS MUCH A HERO AS A WAR PILOT OR A HOCKEY MOM)



Here's my analysis - Hillary and now the McCain/Palin camp will play the victimization and/or fear card against Barack. He's too scary; he's critical of you; his wife is anti-America and anti-you...The moment Obama tries to play victim or the race card (even if he says something like "I'm happy I am a role model for young black men"), HE's TOAST! That's how sensitive many Americans are to race -- those are the people Palin spoke to on Wednesday.



Obama needs to go back to telling his story but in a libertarian/Republican way, by telling how he made it through hard work, in spite of the odds of race, family hardships, and personal mistakes. His story is no less appealing or American than McCain's or Palin's -- he's got to show people that if he can make it, they can too. I think Hispanics, the largest minorities and many who are trying to make it, will especially appreciate that message.
About Sarah Palin
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Obama's Faith from the Matthew25 Network

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eUkc9GCMEQ

What Did He Do to be So Black and Blue? Obama and the Race Card

It's worth me saying that is one of the most impressive, important, and thoughtful articles I have read on this presidential election cycle so far. Race IS an issue, and its importance only escalates the more people (black and white) deny that it is an issue to them. I'm sorry, but none of us are colorblind. We just aren't there yet. I think that is the Obama's speech on race in Philadelphia after the Wright fiasco.



But affirmative action a wedge issue? Brilliant. I should have thought of it. Personally as a black man, I hope affirmative action and other such programs are repealed so that we can really see how far we haven't come. So we could see how colorblind and genderblind we really are not. We must be honest with ourselves at least about our stereotypes and subconscious reactions before we can truly move forward.
About Barack Obama
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<i>Washington Post</i> Fuels Outrage After Misquoting Obama

About Barack Obama
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McCain: MLK and RFK Were Dumb Blondes

About Barack Obama
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Obama's Flaws (continuously updated)

My List of Obama's Flaws

• Flaw #1: He may be confused about whether's he's black or white - he can't figure out why he has to choose. I think the Rev. Wright experiment was a genuine attempt to lay roots Black America.
  
• Flaw #2: He's too ambitious - he probably knew a long time ago that he wanted to be president - in which case, he's crazy to even be so audacious or prophetic (how would he know that W. would mess up this badly?) Counter: 99% of politicians aspire and plan for public office long before they begin their quest. Here is John McCain in his book "Worth the Fighting For" - "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long time."
• He doesn't show his emotions; he's too reserved and under control. McCain on the other hand, is very emotional, according to his closest friends.
  
• He's an eagle and he knows it -- he wants to relate to the pigeons, but unlike Paul the Apostle, he really doesn't know how to be all things to all people...at least he tries
  
• He's the worst kind of idealist - he thinks that people can actually come to a political center -- in fact, he misjudged badly. People follow politics the way they follow sports -- most pick a team and stick with it. He is now running the risk of alienating most everyone.
• Same with religion. Unfortunately you can't believe in evolution and call yourself a christian. In other words, its us (Christians) versus them (scientists and atheists). He (and I) wants to have a progressive view on the Bible, acknowledging that we don't know it all, but we will in time. But neither side will have that.
  
• He has/had a smoking habit. So instead of partying or drinking or sleeping around, he deals with stress by smoking. Hopefully he doesn't smoke with his daughters in the car.
• He married a beautiful yet intelligent woman.
• YOU ADD TO THE LIST
  

News is for information, not ammunition

I've learned that the Internet (blogging etc.) has further polarized America. Instead of making us more tolerant, we have more data that tells us how right our side is. News comes at us so fast and raw and it takes an open and diligent mind to put it together.
Neither Obama, Bush, or McCain are as bad -- or as good -- as their supporters or critics claim - they are humans beings just like you and me. Yes, maybe they like power...but just maybe they also like to serve.
I like Obama because I believe in the ideals he proposes in his "Audacity of Hope" book. I also like him, because I think he uses the games that divide us less than Bush did and McCain is now adopting.
I don't expect this post to change our (as in the voters) political discourse for the better (though it needs changing), but I hope that we takes news as it is meant to be used -- for information, not ammunition. Leave the sniping to the politicians.