Where ever the weakness may have been, some of us appreciate recognition of it much more than pretending you have none. At least then they can be addressed. The last president had a difficult time thinking of ANY mistakes he’d made. That, in itself, is a weakness, but one that wasn’t recognized by himself.
Someone at our County GOP meeting the other night expressed it well. He said when people tell him MLK’s dream had been realized in Obama, he replies, “you mean the one where people are judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin? That hasn’t happened but finally will when black people vote for a white person WHEN the opponent is black.”
OTOH, my best friend in ATL, college educated middle aged white woman, voted for Obama because “McCain wass too arrogant, I have always loved black people and it’s time they had a chance.” She is Pro-life and a Christian as well. She is also very defensive about her vote in light of the things he has done since Jan 20th.