Can't we all be proud of Obama for being the only politician in memory willing to address the real issues?Most

Question

of us have crazy ministers if we go to church. As Senator McCain's minister said, ministers get pretty emotional and say things without thinking.

Answer 1

what issues? giving driver's liscenses to illegal immigrants? Or trying to have tea parties with communist dictators that starve their own people?

I'll bet you don't even know what he stands for, except that he is not Bush, who isn't even running this time.

Answer 2

no

you must have a short memory or are young

Answer 3

NO he's a racist bigot

I don't think the minister just got "emotional" with the things he was saying hun

Don't kid yourself - those are his BELIEFS

Answer 4

The day he comes out and truthfully admits he is a muslim and that he is racist and hates whites. Then i will be proud of him

Answer 5

I was under the impression that Obama merely regurgitated and paraphrased what I know most educated, reasonable, or empathetic individuals have been saying since before MLK, Jr. emerged. I mean, I rolled my eyes and became impatient with him during his speech because, well...he's stating the obvious. To the nation. And the nation had an o****m. Why? Any intelligent, reasonable, and compassionate person has said, written, or contemplated 99% of EVERYTHING he sputtered to the cameras.

Of course! How silly of me: Intelligent, AND reasonable, AND compassionate? This is the US. Education funds are diverted to wars, reason has been hijacked by sensationalist media of both the right and left wings, and our compassion has been ignored lest we go mad in response to all of the blatant injustices we set our nation up for.

Most of our citizens have an IQ under 120, knocking out advanced capabilities for at least one of those traits per person. Still, that leaves a sizable chunk of the population still swooning over Obama's tedious promises of hope and optimism for the future. Ah, the naive, the idealistic, and the impatiently weary.

I have a feeling you asked your question out of naiveté or because you are probably young and highly idealistic and therefore impressionable.

Basically, this is one of the FEW times Obama has addressed and issue meaningfully. This was an actual speech with an actual point (albeit a pretty obvious and common one if it hadn't been for the controversy which preceded it). Normally he is all flash and no substance (promises of a better tomorrow with no realistic concept of how to accomplish it, and how long it will take to accomplish).

Luckily, speeches about race and similar unresolved civil issues do not need immediate timelines since such things will not be effectively resolved within the Senator's lifetime - possibly not even our own.

Consider women's progress thus far. There are still many social issues left to deal with. Race takes a back burner to issues of s*x, and probably will for awhile until the races can come to terms with one another. There will always be hate in America - in this WORLD we live in. It is naive and unrealistic to think otherwise.

Obama is a junior senator with a less than satisfactory scorecard. He should not be commended for inconveniently having had a spotlight shined upon him which merely FORCED him to concede to a fault in his veneer and apologize. Indeed, he should apologize for his voting record below. He chides others for their voting records in the senate, and Washington for being so stagnant. Notice how much he hasn't voted, and how he voted on issues important to you.

Keep in mind, he had to play the game to stay in it, but the political culture is so much larger than he could ever be, even if he were president, that he would fail the sheer task of PLANNING on changing Washington DC.

I refuse to commend Obama for addressing SOME  issues SOMEWHAT satisfactorily.

Answer 6

If true, be glad, not proud.

Answer 7

He is simply reacting to an issue that has hurt him, he is not doing it as a public service, or to show how candid he is.