Hail to the ad hominem!

what else is there? you can’t (or won’t) even defend your own positions. you can’t (or won’t) answer simple questions that get to the heart of the matter. again, what else can i say?

this comment section isn’t a place for people to come and pimp their fantasy candidates, it’s for discussion of what is written in the posts. that you are unable (or unwilling) to do anything other than spout resume items and lunacy about pulling a bait and switch on a segment of the voting public is telling.

you have ignored several simple direct questions. your understanding of how politics works in the real world is pathetic. i’m sure there are blogs for people with unjustified hard-ons for obama. until you’re ready to do this for real, go find one.

Hail to the ad hominem!

You’re ignoring the bottomline factor here. Here is the deal. The Republicans have done an excellent job of capturing the centrist vote and rallying their base. Obviously, the Democrats cannot rally the Republican base, but the Democrats can certainly do a better job of capturing the centrist vote. How so? Simple enough. Democrats need to do a better job of appealing to America’s core values, of which faith is one.

Part of what makes Obama such an excellent candidate is that he explains in detail the role faith has had in his life and his political decisions. He emphasizes the need for the Democratic Party to combat the perception that it is a party that fails to consider faith. Obama challenges his party and this is what makes him a great leader.

How do you feel about a person who practices what he preaches? I for one want a President whose personal and political life have been aimed at reaching a goal. I want a leader who PROVED that he has a passion for something. Barack Obama is such a man. Obama has made gaining civil rights and equal rights for all Americans his life’swork. Unlike Edwards, Obama put aside the big bucks he could have made after graduating Magna Cum Laude from HLS, and instead chose to work in Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods. He worked in voter registration drives and also provided free and low cost legal representation to the poor. As a state senator, Obama also crafted a bill that videotaped interrogations–a bill which helped prevent corrupt cops from forcing crime suspects into coerced confessions. Obama has also been at the forefront of protecting abortion legislation.

Bottomline: Obama puts his money and time where his mouth is.

Let’s look at Edwards:

Edwards talks to the poor.(How sweet of him)

As for acknowledging, understanding and respecting I suggest you look at dictionary.com. You’ll see that all of these verbs can be both transitive and intransitive. (If the words has “trans” written by it, it is transitive)

And let’s not get away from the issue here. You say Obama is a bad candidate. I say he is a good one and I’ve provided backing for argument. All you’ve said about Edwards is that he “talks to the poor.” Bah.

Obama is the most qualified candidate.

WTF kind of action does acknowledging take? understanding? respecting? it’s all just words to make people think something’s going on when it isn’t.

i love a debate, but seriously, you want obama to try to trick people who would never vote dem anyway into voting for him because he “acknowledges” them. jesus christ. and by the way, you never bothered to answer what happens if you’re right, and the lunatics carry the great hopeful one to victory and he is caught not delivering. what happens then? or do you concede?

Sorry, I’ve been away so long. I’ve been busy.

this isn’t even an argument worth having anymore.

So you’ve conceded. Good.

you don’t understand the basic meaning of words

Uhmmm, sure. Yep, that’s it. If I were as smart you, I’d see things your way.

acknowledging…understanding…respecting evangelicals. none of these are transitive verbs.

Hmmm, well, Matt it looks to me as if you are the one who doesn’y know the basic meaning of words. acknowledging is a transitive verb. understanding is a transitive verb and respecting is also a transitive verb.

Matt, get some rest; you look tired.