A Comment About

Barack Obama and the Politics of Personal Distraction

February 29, 2008 - 12:35 am - by Bob Owens
huxley
2008-03-02 21:46:18

Bob — I can see your approach as arguably good strategy for the McCain campaign and I don’t care about costumes any US politician wears while visiting other countries.

However, for myself, Obama’s actions and the company he keeps are matters that I will weigh along with his positions and experience.

To me it speaks volumes that someone aspiring to be president of the United States should be a longstanding member of a church that pledges its allegiance to the black community and to Africa, while hatefully characterizing America as a captor society preying upon blacks, putting them in concentration camps, and setting them to kill each other.

I cannot reconcile Obama’s deep association to this church with his ability to lead all of America, not just black Americans. Others may do otherwise, but that alone is enough to finish Obama as a candidate for me.