Posted by
Logical Party on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:00:00 AM
Obama Learns Difference between Denouncing and Rejecting
One had to scratch their heads a few debates back when a Harvard educated man like Barack staggered to know the difference between denouncing and rejecting. These past weeks he has learned the hard way.
Obama will be seen as hesitant; we are grateful he finally did the right thing rather than wishing Wright away. His delay will cost him support from the very voters we were amazed he gained - white working class and professionals, Catholics and union workers who, coupled with the Wright episode and the monolithic results of South Carolina and Georgia will remain suspicious and rethink their vote.
This doesn't portray well for Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky primaries, and will also narrow any margins of victory at a time when he should be "sealing the deal." He has opened the door for Hillary to walk right back in - It ain't over til it’s over.
But don't get it wrong, he isn't the only one who has hedged his position trying to appease as many voters as they can. Hillary has done it with changing dialects for southern voters, McCain does it with Evangelicals and tax cutting Republicans, and Romney and Giuliani perfected the art.
In 1980 Gerry Ford proposed a co-presidency for candidate Reagan, as leverage to dampen Reagan’s “war monger” persona. Reagan quickly pulled the plug on that scenario. This is why Reagan was so successful; he stuck to principles and beliefs even if it meant losing an election (which he did in 1976). Why win an election that reflects something you don't believe?
David DiBello