Quote Originally Posted by issachar

as for Ayers, Rezko, Wright and maybe others whose names I've forgotten

so the fuck what?

I hear this come up everywhere nowadays and I have to know this, how exactly does an association with these people, however major or minor that association was, influence the decisions or policies of a potentially Obama administration?
Sigh, that's just it. Individually these people mean nothing. When William Wright first came on the scene.. I gave Obama a free pass because we all have someone crazy in our lives. Then came Ayers, Rezko, Chris Dodd, Jim Johnson, and the list continues on and on...

Individually they mean nothing. Combined they show a history of extremely poor judgement.

It is this poor judgement and decision making that is the problem; not so much the individuals themselves.

And contrary to popular belief.. Obama wouldn't be strong on the Economy (neither would McCain). So really what does Obama have left?

Health care? Sorry I'm not for socialized Health Care, at the same time I could care less about McCains plan either. They're both pretty crappy if you ask me.

Taxation? Up until recently Obama planned to raise taxes on incomes 200k and above (maybe it was 250k) which would include many small businesses. Recently (I believe yesterday) he said he plans to now give them tax breaks that would be immediatley available. This is after he caught flak for his tax plan.

There are many reasons that people do not like Obama and it's those same reasons that Obama only has a single digit lead.

Zogby International
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Obama's lead is not that great.

In either case; I'm sorry you feel people are picking on poor old Obama, but I assure you that if you looked beyond the surface of things you would find that it is not the case.