The assessment that he's a politician or that he's obscured the facts about his religious mentor with rhetoric? I think both are correct and reading the transcript of his "well, I reject what I heard but I wasn't there that day" explanation brings both to light for me. I totally admit that he's a powerful speaker and can raise the hopes and feelings of people with how he says things but its what he says sometimes that worries me. There's a simple test that should be applied to him and any politician. If he was a different race, religion and/or gender and says what he says or supports what he supports, how would you feel?
Bush - Well, I would have walked out if I heard it but I wasn't there that day. On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am glad you are thinking of supporting him but I really disagree > with your assessment of him > > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, but I'm not running for one of the most powerful offices in the > world > > with a spiritual adviser that's blatantly and admittedly against most > people > > here on the list, let alone in the country. > > > > Point is, when the issue was finally brought out into the open the > response > > was more politics than rejection. "Well, he may think your the devil but > > he's good to poor people. He may be an anti-white racist but my ancestor > was > > as well (avoiding the specifics of the story)." It's political hiding of > > ugly realities and the use of moral ambiguity. > > I may actually vote for this guy because he is such a perfect person to > fill > > the position that Bush is in. Maybe a little smarter, maybe a little > > younger, maybe a little darker, but cut from the same cloth as Bush - a > > politician through and through. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:257237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
