Implementation of bad laws is not justice. It is justice perverted. Fix the law.

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No argument from me.  But no one fixes the law.  We just dance around it.

Taking that into consideration - if his grandmother takes offense, then I will give ground.

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How would you feel if something you said in private to someone -- which was an honest moment that could paint you in an unflattering light -- was
subsequently broadcast for the world to hear to defend someone who
made very public statements.

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If the unflattering light was in the spirit of what I said (i.e., not out of context) then I probably wouldn't be fazed.  I've said plenty of stuff that has bitten me in the past, although nothing on a national scale.*

*although I am kind of a big deal down at the cracker factory

You know, all things considered - you have to factor that Obama and his grandmother are very close - you get that from his autobiography (a must-read, by the way - Dreams From my Father) - so when I heard the speach - which detailed similar thoiughts involving his grandmother that he expressed in the book - I didn't feel like he exposed some secret - I felt that he used an example, that he had used before, to stress that we're all human.

The point of his words wasn't "My old white bitch granny is a racist!" - it was that there is a reason people feel the deep rooted feelings they do - logic be damned - and we're all subject to these feelings.  Even at home in the Obama family.

I kind of feel this phrase is over-used to the point of rendering it meaningless, but... I'll trot it out once again:  I think people are going out of thier way to miss the point on that one.

Or, as I heard on the radio the other day - (from the right wing, and they were using this as a point against Obama) - he's talking too intellegently.  Maybe people aren't missing the point on purpose - maybe the over-all level of intellegence and comprehension really is that bad.  I don't know.  I can't read the minds of the general public.  I don't know if they really don't get it, or if they're just not getting it on purpose.

Either way - it gives you pause.

Bush is a minor inconvenience

Wassa matter, you not a patriot or something?  You part of the blame-America-first crowd?!  Traitor!

Thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen - that was my Sean Hannity impression.

Seriously, though, Christopher - I agree with every word you said - EVERY word - not just the part I took out of context to mock Hannity.  

Thanks in advance for letting me use your words to make an example.