Do you really want someone as uninformed as Obama for President?

Considering the fact that there were cameras recording this man's sermon for the purpose of selling them to the public I am pretty confident that the *good* Rev. Wright racheted it up quite a bit. He had lots of pearls of wisdom for sale in the lobby of the church.

The point isn't so much about how informed Obama is or isn't. In my opinion, its judgment. What kind of judgment does it show for a major presidential candidate to be affiliated with a pastor like Wright? A former terrorist like Ayers or Dorn? A convicted felon like Rezko? A terrorist organization like Hamas (who made a financial contribution and formal endorsement of Obama's candidacy)? Such financial advisors as Raines and Johnson? All of the fantastic conspiracy theories and "black helicopter" speculation aside, what does it say about the individual that would be professionally and personally associated with this list of people? What would the American public say if Senator McCain attended a white-supremacist church for 2 decades? What if McCain had previously worked with Timothy McVay or the Unabomber? What if Al-Queda had endorsed McCain? What if Richard Fuld were his economic advisor? I think that if those things were true, McCain would not only be out of the presidential race, he would be forced out of the Senate. All that being said, I do agree with Spall that the important things to focus on are the issues. However I do ask you Obama supporters to give some serious thought as to how you would react if the shoe were on the other foot. If McCain had such dubious connections with shady characters, would you be so willing to merely "focus on the issues"? I sincerely doubt it.

The "Republican rhetoric" that I posted does indeed speak to the important issues that our country faces. My point being that if Senator Obama is unaware of the things going on in his personal life how can we be confident that he will know what is going on in the entire world?

As one middle class grandma to another, you need to keep yourself more current. As I said, what you posted has been covered and covered but we can cover it again if you like. Rev. Wright: Obama said he wasn't present during the offensive sermons. Do you go to church every single Sunday...I know that I don't. Do you know when that offensive sermon was preached? Wright isn't the only old school preacher to blame the white folk and the government for every black family's struggles...this goes back to before the civil rights movement. Some got past the old hatred, Wright didn't. He is an extremist and Obama tried to initially distance himself from the man but ended up doing the right thing and denounced him. Ayers: Obama was a young child when the Weatherman were active. He met Ayers as a college professor and I don't know when he became aware of Ayers' past. Tell me, are you as concerned about McCain's long time friendship with G. Gordon Liddy and is his involvement with Watergate, his admitted willingness to kill anyone who got in his way the night of the breakin, his plots to kill reporter Jack Anderson and Howard Hunt who was to testify, his plans to firebomb the Brookings Institute and his radical radio show where he instructed listeners to go for "a head shot" when firing on federal agents? McCain was recently a guest on his show and told Liddy how proud he was of him. Are you proud of him as well? ACORN: Obama does not run ACORN and is in the middle of a presidential campaign so, no, I don't believe that he should be taking time to be on top of their everyday activities in every state they're operating in. He reasonably expected them to operate in an ethical manner and that those they hired to register voters would do the same. I don't see how you can consider his lack of knowledge about what all those staff members were doing as his being uninformed. As to your last question, we can be confident about Obama's awareness about what is going on in the rest of the world by watching the debates and going to his website.

What specific plans do you believe are not good or viable, Greyback? I really am interested in your views even though your interest seems confined to calling people names. BTW, call me a Marxist all you want if it makes you feel better. Fact is that I'm a registered Republican and a conservative who was on the fence for awhile so, while you may be bigoted and hateful, I'm well informed.

I think many of you have been watching too much Fox News or MSNBC to get your facts. Why don't you make up your own oppinions based on how your current personal situation is compared to 5, 10, or 15 years ago and how it will be in the future and the future of your children. As to who will lead the country in the best direction and who will be best for me I can only speak for myself. I had a job 2 months ago and now I'm unemployed, I had health insurance for me and my family and now I don't, plus many other material things that I've had to get rid of. While I don't blame anybody for my current situation, I can tell you all that HOPE is the only thing that nobody can take from me, and so far there is only one candidate that has run his entire campaign about HOPE. Will he be able to deliver it? Who knows... But I'm always going to cheer for the guy that sees light at the end of the tunel even if the road gets a little rough. I don't agree with everything Sen. Obama proposes, just like I do agree with many of Sen. McCain proposals, but so far Sen. McCain has been too negative and tried to many cheap shots as a desperation move to try to get the votes he needs. Raising questions about previous personal relationships are a legitimate issue, not talking clearly about how to get this great nation back on track is pure irresponsibility.

It the whole country's hope.

Oh,Please...Neither Sen.Obama nor Sen. McCain are the ideal candidates...I can't see why people of this country would want 4 more yrs of the same failed policies...Let's face it Sen. Obama isn't light enough to be this country's president...really!!!