“partypup, all you’re saying is that you’d didn’t get the right vibes from Obama. Perhaps you were nerdy and Obama preferred to hang out with the popular students. Students can be that way. If that was the case, then of course he seemed aloof to you.”
Perry, that isn’t all I’m saying. I made at least four other points in my last post — separate and apart form my personal knowledge of Obama. So please re-read it.
First, let me be very clear: “vibes” play only a very small role in my analysis. I am a lawyer; I don’t operate solely on the basis of instinct and gut feelings; I observe, synthesize data and analyze it critically. I ask questions, probe inconsistencies, and take very little that is said at face value. Before I take action, I have to know why and understand the consequences. So forgive me if I am simply amazed that so many people would vote someone into the country’s highest office because he seems nice and makes people feel good.
I look at it this way: if I am dying on the operating table, I don’t want the good-looking, charismatic, new doctor who talks a good game; I need the the frumpy, quiet one with hands-on experience. In my opinion, America is dying now. Which surgeon do we want to call?
Second, to simply discount me as a “nerd” and Obama as a member of the “popular” crowd makes no sense in the context of law school. We were ALL nerds. No one was popular. We all spent most of our waking hours in the library. To be clear, we are talking about law school, not high school.
Third, I begrudgingly accept that Americans today don’t demand much from their candidates in the way of substance. But for the record, can you please tell me why — as I have repeatedly pointed out, but no Obama supporters seem to want to respond — Obama came out against the invasion of Iraq, but is now ready to take down Iran? Even if we were to presume they both countries have/had WMDs, on what basis does he distinguish Iraq from Iran? I personally think this is perhaps the single most important campaign issue facing the electorate, as another war in that region would effectively render all the feel-good, race unification, lovey dovey talk about the future virtually meaningless. The economic effects would be catastrophic, as would the environmental repercussions.
Are you not extremely concerned about this blatant inconsistency? Because if he becomes President and makes good on his threat against Iran, I fear he will, indeed, bring us all together: black, white, Latino, Musliam, Christian in one big, raggedy, rapidly-sinking boat.
