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The wrong man, sir

August 26, 2008 - 9:42 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-27 13:24:30

dueler88:

“The central question is this: Can he be President?

But this question has three subtexts:

1. Is he legally/constitutionally allowed to be President?

2. Are his past personal and group associations questionable enough in character that they will cause the voting constituency to not vote for him?

3. Does he have the life experiences that will allow him to be an effective Chief Executive of the United States?…

…Regarding question number three: because the first two subtexts are so easily dismissed in the current political reality, questioning his life experiences is the only legitimate means by which BHO can be attacked politically. It *should* be a potent attack (because there is so much substance to it), but it is the least potent attack of the three. It is a question of whether or not the Cult of Personality (symbolism) outweighs “Gravitas” (substance).”

Exploring those questions may be off limits to the sophisticated and politially correct Democrats, Main Stream Media and Academia.(ie. Progressives, Socialists & Communists),

Asking, and receiving answers to those important and penetrating questions is certainly not off limits to Republicans and Independant minded Americans.