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To: Katelew who wrote (54694)	3/20/2008 4:36:57 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542214

>>IMO, this is a responsiblity the party should take upon itself going forward. And I've fired off several emails to that effect. I don't know how this thing will end. But for someone like me, who continues to work for the party while living in a solidly Republican part of the country, this fiasco is an embarrassment.<< Kate - So you think the Democratic Party should have looked into Obama's background, found incendiary statements the minister of the church he attends, and prevented him from becoming a candidate because some people might find those statements offensive? I must respectfully but forcefully disagree. I don't see that as the party's place at all. I think it should be about letting the voters decide. I think that having the parties "vet" candidates would lead to a lot of problems. Who, exactly, is supposed to set the standards by which potential candidates are judged? There are a whole lot of people in this country who decided long ago that Hillary Clinton is guilty of taking out a contract on Vince Foster. Should she not be allowed to run because of that? - Allen