As noted below, we are not sure of the accuracy of this article, but it's certainly worth checking out.
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Not sure how factual this is, but it makes interesting reading and does invite us to look more deeply into Obama's politics.
Read the bottom especially.
Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun
It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.
We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender. Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.
The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him. Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.
Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.
Complete article here (to avoid violating the DU four-paragraph rule.) The entire article was copied in the email.Wow.
First of all, the
New York Sun is a tabloid rag that I wouldn't be caught dead reading, let alone using as a source.
Second of all, Ken Blackwell is an extreme right-wing nut job, nearly as insane as Alan Keyes.
Thirdly, is the insinuation that because Blackwell is African-American, his opinion about another African-American is
de facto more accurate?
Every assertion in that opinion piece is a distortion or an outright lie. And no, I'm not going to dissect it line by line because I've learned after wasting countless hours doing that type of thing that people who want to believe lies and tripe will believe them whether evidence to the contrary is presented or not.
Anyone who wants to know the truth about Senator Obama should investigate
objective sources -- like his senate record (state
and federal) and the
actual text of his speeches and writings (rather than distorted paraphrasings).
I also strongly recommend both of his books,
Dreams From My Father and
The Audacity of Hope -- especially the first, which is obviously from the heart, introspective and insightful, and absolutely fascinating reading.
It's always a very good idea to ascertain the accuracy of a hit piece before circulating it; otherwise, it's known as
slander (also against the 9th Commandment).
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