I’m wide awake and there is a big story. As a former newsie you’re missing it - big time.
Instead of attacking me why don’t you do what you brag about as a former newsman. Go investigate this phony 4th rate politician.
You can start here:
Grim Proving Ground for Obama’s Housing Policy
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/27/grim_proving_ground_for_obamas_housing_policy/
I suggest you read it carefully then think hard. You want a crook in the White House. I don’t.
These stories about Obama’s housing policies, his connections with Tony Rezko, Black Reparations, ACORN, Rev. Wright, his uber-liberal voting record are all great issues for the campaign. They are the issues that move Centrist voters. And remember, it's the Centrist swing voters who decide every national election. These issues should be repeated again and again and again.... once the campaign gets into a real momentum, after the convention.... when the Centrist voters begin to care.
The problem is, when we waste our time and effort on non-issues such as this citizenship fiasco, we waste our time and effort... and that time and effort are limited quantity items.
The fact that Obama is not responding to is now is perfect RealPolitiks. The Obamianians will wait until some fools put all their eggs in that basket, then slam the door shut with a statement from the doctor who delivered him, the nurses, hospital records, etc. But they (Obama’s team) would wait until much later in the campaign, when everyone is possibly interested in that issue, when lots of ammunition has been wasted on it, not now when damn few care as it is now.
It's like the Rathergate issue. The WH knew exactly what CBS was going to do, but rather than a huge denial, they simply issues a quilt general denial. Then after the story had run, they used it to slam the door on Rather and the anti-Bush crowd at ABS.
To say that someone is for a candidate because he won't follow chasing a non-issue down a rat hole is an insult to both the other person and your intelligence.