I'm beginning to see Obama as sort of deluded. Perhaps his intentions are good; he was raised among nice people (white guilt liberals, at least his grandfather).
But somehow Obama got the idea that the only way to be realistic and win is to do dirty Chicago style backroom stuff -- like getting ALL your opponents thrown off the ballot (see Alice Palmer story at http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/polit ics/chi-0704030881apr04,0,6468332.story
Now Obama is gaming the system in other ways, rather than letting the voters decide by making an honest up-front case to the voters on the issues. That is, Obama will do anything to win. It's like he thinks his personality will be so great for the world that the end justifies any and all means. See quotes below....
Just as there's a disconnect between his speeches and his actions, there's a disconnect between his ends and his means.
www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=a74fc
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In the world as we would like it to be, every election should have more than one contestant. In the world as it is, especially in Chicago, you challenge your opponents' signatures and knock them off the ballot.
When[the journalist] asked Ron Davis if Obama is too idealistic, he laughed. "Barack knows how to play the game!" he told me.
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" [Obama] personally believes the principles he's espousing. Now, do I also believe he's ambitious and will do whatever it takes to win? Yes."
People who approve of this, don't seem to understand there is a middle ground, where you fight honestly, doing your homework to make good solutions and then presenting them well to the voters. Do this basic job well enough -- and you don't NEED dirty Chicago tactics.
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