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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> I just don't see it. He certainly has a focus based on his racial
> experiences but I fail to see hate mongering.
***Gene, what racial experiences?  Growing up in a mixed race middle class 
neighborhood in PA?  Having a father that was a pastor with various college 
degrees?  Having a mother with a doctorate who both taught school and went 
on to become an administrator?  Being called a model for ALL races in a 
public school?

> We have his full background. Surely you know of his work in Illinois.
***That was my point in an earlier e-mail and it was phoo phoo.  Please tell 
me why a dance group that his wife sits on the board of should have gotten 
$7 MILLION dollars?  And look at his long record of avoiding voting on 
things that might come back to bite him.

> I am critical of many things about Obama, as I am about many things
> about Clinton and McCain. You are right, there are many revelations to
> come. About all of them, but most especially once the Democrats have
> chosen their candidate. But this business of guilt by association is
> important not just how it affects a candidate; it's most damaging
> condition is that it distracts us from the myriad important issues of
> the day: energy, food, health care, education, Iraq, and countless
> more. Yes, we need to know character, but mostly we need to know focus
> and competence. As things are, the candidates are unable to talk about
> the serious issues because they are bombarded by media  bullets.

***Oh, I'd say how he reacts to these things shows the character of the man 
and his ability to deal with stress.  I'd say the ability to deal with 
stress and adversity is something we need to know about a prospective 
president.  Sulking when something doesn't go your way is not a quality we 
need in a prospective president.  Nor is dancing around issues.

Lynda