I think Obama believes in the support, survival and well-being of Israel. I hope he isn’t being punished because he happens to live in the same city as Farakhan. This is a pragmatic man who is in the business of solving problems. Just because he doesn’t go ranting and raving against Farakhan when asked about him doesn’t mean he holds any regard for him. This has been his nature throughout the campaign…never too hot and never too cold. He has been the polar opposite of his opponent, who can’t seem to figure out which demeanor will present herself most favorably to the voters.
People need to look at the course of this campaign. Look at the people who have staked their reputation on Obama by supporting/endorsing him. Of all the people who have come out to support him (and I know it seems silly) the one that helped convinced me of this man’s beliefs was Oprah Winfrey. Yes, Oprah Winfrey. Not because she is any smarter than anyone else who endorsed him. It’s because she was willing to stake her multi-billion dollar industry on her endorsement. If you know anything about Oprah you know that she cares first and foremost about her brand and her multi-billion dollar brand. She has never campaigned for a candidate like this before.
I am willing to bet that she sat down with Obama and asked him if there was anything that might cause her to regret her support of him. She vetted him more thoroughly than anyone ever could, i imagine. She does lives there in Chicago with Obama and might know of any funny business between Obama and the haters that support Farakhan.
Yeah, i know, it’s Oprah freakin’ Winfrey, but give it a thought.
Also, consider this…maybe the radical veins of Palestine will not assume, right off the bat, that the American prez is a lap dog of the ‘Zionist” cause. Maybe they will be more willing to come to the table and commit to peace. Maybe their constituents won’t admonish their leaders for doing this because they too suspect Obama will come to the table with an earnest concern for the well-being of both states. This is probably true of recent presidents, but that doesn’t mean they necessarily believed it.
So, all i ask is that you don’t fall for the swift-boating of the candidate. The far right will look for anything they can pry into and misrepresent to the public. It’s how they operate. The have nothing else to offer people. They did it in ’00 & ’04 and they will continue to do it, until they realize that it doesn’t work.
