Despite Wright Flap, Obama's GOP Backers Sticking With Him -- for Now

[onehandle]

Source: Washington Post

Barry R. Szczesny, a lifelong Republican from the Detroit suburbs, was so taken by Sen. Barack Obama in January that he switched parties so he could vote for him -- forgetting in his excitement that Michigan had been disqualified from the presidential primary process and that Obama's name wasn't even on the ballot.

"I thought he was a very smart guy. He had the charisma maybe to bring people along. And he had a message early and attracted young people," said Szczesny, 71. "But, like anything else, the longer a guest stays, the more he smells like fish."

Szczesny hasn't abandoned the Democrat, but the racially charged comments of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Obama's former pastor, have raised enough concerns about the senator's ability to unify the country that Szczesny's not nearly as sure as he was a couple of months ago.

"Let's see how things roll," he said. "I'm getting a little weak-kneed."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050203923.html

[aquart]

1. Barry, the Republican favorite.

Of course, when it's Obama, that's a GOOD thing...and a proof that he is a uniter not a divider.

Not gonna rock that corporate boat, our Barry.

[rodeodance]

3. thank god not all are fooled by that phony

[Number23]

8. Not those, man....

Not gonna rock that corporate boat, our Barry.

I thought it was fairly well known that the Republican backers that Obama has are not the corporate types but the ma-and-pa Repubs disillusioned by the Great Idiot Bush? Lots and lots of those. Even though I still feel anyone who voted for him in 2004 should be forced to do 200 hours of community service.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

2. Oh, whatever will Obama do with out the racist geezer vote?

:eyes:

[crazy homeless guy]

4. come on. the racist geezer vote?

what happened to uniting the people? sounds like something hillary would say. hey, i guess i just stooped to your level also.

[onehandle]

7. There is a growing ageist faction growing here.

That forgets that older Americans vote like Hell.

On edit: They obviously only read my snippet and not the full article.

Typical.

[Maxdee55]

5. Just Like Republicans

The insults continue from the brainwashed masses, as we have to keep listening to the super intelligent Obama supporter tell the rest of us that we are stupid, old , and racist if we don't by into the "Great Obama's" message of "yes we can". He proved last week he is no different from any other politician, and despite the pathetic fawning over this inexperienced, and untruthful candidate for President, he is not the second coming. The hypocrisy and the condescending attitude of the Obama supporter has shown the rest of the party that the hard core liberal not only has little respect for the other members of the party, but are no different than Republicans when it comes to nastiness and ignoring facts while blindly supporting a candidate. And whether the Obama supporter believes it or not, if a Democrat is going to inhabit the White House in 2009, than the nominee must be Clinton.

[ToughLuck]

6. Clinton will never win in Nov. The RNC has not even begun to fight.