Why Caroline Backed Obama

I have t echo VT_Esq comments. But I want to go one further. I believe that the Clintons have intentionally been racist and dishonest in their continuing false attacks on Obama. It's like the Clinton advocates trying to make an issue out of Obama turning away from Clinton to talk with McCaskill. The fact is Clinton represents the PAST, Obama the future. Clinton, if she cared about our country, would drop out of the race. Period.

This is a great story and I too got teary eyed reading it. I knew about the Kennedy Foundation connection that brought Obama's father to the US but I hadn't heard about the Nixon angle or the most amazing coincidence that Obama was assigned JFK's desk. I grew up in Kenya and went to college in the US which made the story even more special.

I do not feel anyone should compare Barack Obama to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Junior, or Abraham Lincoln as has been done by Obama's advisors up until this point.

That's the main reason I found this endorsement by Mrs. Schlossberg to be viciously offensive; she's JFK's daughter and has to know that this sets up the "Obama = Kennedy" paradigm in even starker relief. And that's ridiculous.

Please, let the dead be dead.

Anyone wanting to pretend to be someone greater than himself annoys me and will never get my vote. I see a person like that as hyperbolic, churlish and hubristic -- and I am not amused.

Plus, Mrs. Schlossberg's endorsement helped drive the only true progressive from the race -- John Edwards -- the only candidate I was sure was speaking for me and on behalf of me. I have no such belief about Mr. Obama or about Mrs. Clinton, but at least Mrs. Clinton is smart and has proven herself to be competent. Whereas Mr. Obama is an unknown quantity who seems to be rather stuck on himself (or at least allows his advisors to say ridiculously hyperbolic things on his behalf, which isn't any better) -- at any rate, I am not interested in ever voting for Mr. Obama. He has turned me permanently to the "off" position, and I do not see anything redeeming about him.

John Edwards was the best man for the job. Mrs. Schlossberg just helped put the final nail into Mr. Edwards' coffin -- thanks a whole heap, Mrs. Schlossberg!

OBAMA HAS NO EDUCATION AT ALL.......just seeing the Monday's picture when he turned his back on Mrs. Clinton.

Is that kind of man we want to represent our Country?

Response to the post below me

Stilts: So it is alright when Obama has such an oversized ambition wanting to be President at such a young age (or in such a hurry). So it is alright if Obama is calculating (such as his "present votes" when he was a state legislator trying to avoid sensitive issues that might hurt him later on and how his different approach when handling his identity between black voters and white voters, etc.) Only if Hillary is ambitious and calculating, then it is sinful.

Obama is lucky because he is young and fresh with little track record--little bagages, so it is easier for him to run a positive campaign, which makes look better than Hillary. But the bottomline truth is that they both are politicians in this to gain power. I don't mind you criticize Hillary, but you lost credibility by not evaluate them in the same standards. By the way, I have never detected Hillary is as bad as you describe. So what, you want to win so badly. This means she is really determined. I know all the previous presidents would not become presidents if they didn't want it so badly.

The whole notion that being married to someone actually counts as experience towards doing their job is nuts. Imagine how we would feel if Bill had been a brain surgeon (or more likely a gynecologist) and Hillary was taking over his medical practice.

Here's how I look at it. First off - he has a history of getting it right the first time. He's extremely intelligent and is not so far removed from daily life that he still remembers what it is like to be an "average American" even if I would call him anything but average. I agree with him on his policy initiatives and I see him as being completely authentic. When you're voting for someone - its important to know where they stand. I don't trust Clinton at all - they really will do or say anything to get elected. Well - I want more than that. I find it curious that they "back off" of their attacks when they get backlash and they go back to being the good guys...if anything trying to position themselves as the victims in this - which is laughable. Another reason - our president will need to unite the American people...he will need to be able to work with members of both parties to get things done right the first time. Republicans, Independents and Democrats alike all like Obama for the most part....the question of experience keeps coming up but I agree with some of the things that I've read....its not so much experience as it is judgement that will have the greatest impact on our future success. I liked the Clintons in the 90's even with all the scandals....I do not wish to repeat it however - its a new era and its time to look forward.....hopefully - the voters will give Obama the mandate he needs to earn the nomination. Its going to be close on Super Tuesday.

I think this woman over at the Huffington post said it best, as follows:
(Huffington Post) Boadicea said: "I'm a white woman in my 50s. I confess, I don't share Steinem's view of the world. I think she still sees things through her original granny glasses. But much more important, Steinem completely ignores the content of a person's character. Steinem is obsessed with gender, and can't see anything else.

Hillary is the quintessential ambitious plodder. She's spent a lot of time setting herself up for the presidency, and she wants us to reward her for that *experience* with the nomination. But she misrepresents the truth, about her own experience and her opponent, and that offends my sense of fair play and decency. She's not trustworthy. Her campaign has been dirty.

And there's no use pretending that Obama is just an ordinary but ambitious politician who wants to be president. He's not. Anyone paying attention at all can plainly see that he is a gifted leader. The evidence is everywhere, from his career choices to his Senate accomplishments, from his remarkable campaign success to his responses to Hillary's dirty tactics. He's remarkable.

All of the DEmocratic candidates are good people, and effective politicians. But Obama has a combination of skills, accomplishments and character traits that make him that once-in-a-generation leader. America is crying out for such a leader.

Democrats would be foolish to give the nomination to Hillary just because people like Gloria Steinem and other out-of-touch 60s feminists are demanding a woman president. It's personal with them - the crowning achievement of their feminist dreams. For them, it's all about the fact that she's a woman.

But this country would miss out on a great opportunity if we passed on a President Obama. And that opportunity has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin."