Keep Your Hands Off Barack Obama
As the May 6th Indiana primary looms large for Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, times have been tough recently for the guy from Illinois. Mrs. Clinton refuses to surrender even though her participation in the race only increases the rift in the Democratic Party, a rift that needs to be healed as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama has had to deal with the continuing controversy surrounding remarks made by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. It’s a typical example of a manufactured crisis that really doesn’t have anything to do with the candidate. Mr. Wright is not a part of the Obama campaign, his opinions have nothing to do with those of Mr. Obama, and that’s that. Some would say that it is naive to deny that his words do have an impact, and recent polls suggest that the Wright controversy has done damage. I have no idea why, but people allow themselves to be influenced by nonsense too easily. Mr. Wright is partly responsible; if he wants Obama to win, he should have the sense to go away quietly instead of forcing the Senator to distance himself from him completely.
But it’s not all about Wright. According to CNN political commentator Bill Schneider, the Senator is also losing ground because of Mrs. Clinton’s recent win in Pennsylvania. Many voters are wondering which one of the candidates stands a better chance of defeating John McCain. The strange thing about Mrs. Clinton’s fans is that a great deal of them would rather vote for Senator McCain than Obama in the general election. So, not only are these people the kind of Democrats who’d prefer to stand by a failing choice and see their party lose another election (in a year when Democrats theoretically couldn’t lose!) than vote for Obama, but they would also rather endorse four more years of Bush policies. Go figure.
This nonsense has to end now. People need to get their heads straight – and keep their hands off Obama as long as he’s not actually doing anything that’s worth criticizing.
The clip is from one of Mr. Obama’s campaign speeches in Indiana.
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