He’s an American who has climbed to the most rarefied stratosphere of American life, only to find that he has to make a major speech arguing that he loves his country. (A new CNN poll shows that a quarter of registered voters say Obama lacks patriotism.)
He’s a man happily married to a strong professional woman who has to defend his wife, as he says, for being “feisty.”
He must simultaneously defend himself for being too exotic and, because of recent moves, too conventional.
Don't get me wrong, I feel for the guy. Navigating the morass of a general election is tough stuff. I just have never felt he had the right stuff--yet--to do it. That's one reason why I backed HRC in this particular election. Maybe after she had the opportunity to unfuck the Bush Administration's mess, we could have had an Obama to come in and enact his "real change."
My fiance says it this way, regarding his support for HRC:
"It took a
Sigh, the next few months will be very interesting. I hope I'm just being overly pessimistic.
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