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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I agree with the tone many others here have set. If you were inclined to like Obama prior to his speech his speech probably solidified that preference. If you were inclined to dislike Obama his speech did little to change your opinion of him.
If you're looking for a reason to dislike him Mr. Wright's a fairly large target. Personally I admire the fact Obama didn't throw him under the bus.
But I was for Obama before this became the lead story following every commercial break on every 24 hr. news channel.
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Assuming you have your mind all made up...I don't think just an inclination one way or the other is enough to keep folks from being influenced by this. Of course, I might be giving the average American too much credit. I am usually cynical about that sort of thing but every once in a while I slip up.
I say that because I was not for Obama before this and I am still not sure. I was for McCain 8 years ago and last summer I thought I would be for McCain if he won the nomination regardless of who the Dem's nominee was. Right now, I am still leaning that way however...
Obama won points with me on Tuesday. I wish he said some things more outright than he did but I am an adult and understand that you cannot have everything you want in this world.
Amazingly enough, the biggest thing keeping me out of his camp is the same thing others are flocking to him over...Iraq. While I was not in favor of the war there to start with (I really thought we needed to focus on Afghanistan) I am in favor of finishing what we started. It is our fault the country is destabilized and like it or not, we can't just walk away from a mess we literally created.