reply to post by Jemison
Yes, I realize that he was accepting his nomination. Like I said, the chants of USA by the supporters is fine. But he truly should have handled it
differently. Not calling them 'ground noise and static'. Just trying to make a simple unbiased point.
There are better 'political' ways to handle situations like that.
If it were me, I would have still made it funny by simply thanking them for coming and voicing their concerns.
Silencing people by belittling them is NEVER the path that government should take. All voices should be heard but this country has a pretty violent
history of squashing the dissenting voices. It appears that the same will continue with this man and Obama.
What we need is REAL CHANGE in the White House.
Edit to add: To make sure I was clear. I understand that there is a time and place. He simply should have handled it without belittling them in
that manner. He has made comments like this in the past that have caused me to question how he views the general population.
Also, he made a remark about Iran that was very stupid in my opinion in an interview he had where he did a pink panther joke. Instead of the "What
did the Pink Panther say when he stepped on an ant." He put the Iran twist to it and said "Babomb, babomb, babomb...." to the Pink Panther tune.
You see what I am trying to say? When he doesn't speak off of the prompter (just like with Obama), he makes some pretty stupid mistakes that
actually let slip what their true thoughts and intents are.
I guarantee you that, with that stupid joke he made, Iran is a key target for him if he gets in. Regardless of the 'Intel' on them or not. We WILL
go to war on yet another front.
[edit on 5-9-2008 by dariousg]
