Not an impressive comment

[vanboggie]

A tidbit found in this article unfortunately fits with my impression of Obama.


Picking up, putting aside the poor
Some political moments are so bizarre that you have to believe they actually are sincere.

One such moment came this weekend, when Barack Obama mocked John Edwards in a speech.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8321.html

[smokey nj]

1. That was a disgusting article overall.

The schmuck who wrote it AND Obama's comments are both reprehensible.

[bobbolink]

2. Yet, it says exactly what I said here earlier... that John had stopped talking about us poor folk!

"Or Obama could have just been making a joke. But it is a joke that strikes at the heart of the collapse of Edwards’ campaign: his inability to sell himself as an authentic champion of the poor — and I am not just talking about his expensive haircuts.

I was in New Orleans in late December 2006 when Edwards announced for the presidency in that shattered city, and I later wrote a column praising Edwards for his courage in championing the impoverished rather than the middle class.

Most Democratic candidates for president pander to the middle class because that is where the votes and the campaign contributions are.

Yet here was Edwards, not just making poverty the centerpiece of his campaign but asking middle-class Americans to sacrifice to help the poor, including the possibility of paying higher taxes.

Isn’t that a risk? I asked him back then.

“There is clearly a political risk, no question,” Edwards told me. “But I actually believe this is what America needs.”

He didn’t stick to it. By early January 2008, before the New Hampshire primary, Edwards was barely mentioning the poor. Instead, he was portraying himself as a tireless fighter for — you guessed it — the middle class.

Which did not do much for him. And so Edwards began to swing back to being a champion for the poor — again. Which also did not do much for him."

You see, it was just my "perceptions".

Other people saw it, too.

Now, if I see the same thing again, could I please be allowed to say it?