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To: Lane3 who wrote (89467)	10/10/2008 10:45:26 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) of 542010

And that's why I like Krauthammer. He gets to the fundamental question without all the sturm und drang. How important are these associations to the voter? It's been apparent that there was nothing of the innocent in Obama's rise in Chicago politics. He was a newcomer without a lot of influence and he quickly targeted the ways he could get in and move up. I was struck reading the Rolling Stone story on McCain how very similar the two men were in their use of people to advance. McC's just happen to be more socially palatable. Having never seen Obama as Messiah or as The One, his lack of perfection was never an issue for me- never expected him to be. So point one: that he is cynical doesn't change my vote. IN fact, I view a certain degree of ruthlessness to be necessary for the job. Hey, he might even swim with some of those evil conservative extremists to get stuff done. The second point is an interesting one since it implies that if you approve Obama that your own character is suspect. I don't think sitting on a board with someone means one tolerates the obscene. The question is legitimate, though. How far do we extend tolerance? Are there boundaries?

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