Originally Posted by Lil

One of the most intelligent posts I've read in a while. Sad really, I have to wonder where all the "alarmists" were when Bush's lies sent people to kill and be killed in Iraq.

I thought Obama explained it in a way most of us can understand, if we chose to...an elderly black (ex-marine) preacher whose lifetime of prejudices found a way into his rhetoric. Looks to me like the latest paranoia craze.

BTW, I like your moniker. I heard him speak when I was seventeen, and have that same feeling with Obama.