Anyone who does not recognize Ms. Obama as a formible represenative of original Amer. values as well as possessing the talents herself to lead has got their head in a vacuum. Mrs. Roosevelt would have chuckled with joy at the strength and delivery of Ms Obama. She was capable of an intelligent sarcastic wit herself. But obviously there are some sorority sisters that she frightens, and maybe this is a good thing. Hey anyone see Hillary last night on C-SPAN? Best I’ve seen her. Excellent presentation I thought in a style that is really her and not what someone else tells her to be. All business and reporting and presenting information and her platform from A to Z. She fielded questions well and professionally. No politico barking, which I think she does poorly. She behaved as a savvy politician rather than a politico. I wish she would just ignore her competitors and just compete with herself to be at the best that is her and not worry about what her oponants are doing. Don’t waste the time she could be givin’ us needed information on trying to do a one upmanship with the others. Let them waste their time. I’d like to see her come out and say specifically, the system is broken and has been for several years and is deteriorating fast and then name exactly what she will facillitate to fix the structure and ethical management of the systems. After all it is the system that is the foundation which the socail and financial structure must ride on. She talked to us not at us in a slow, exact, easy, but straight manner. I liked it. If I had a criticism and of course I do because I’m still lookin’ them all over, —it is remarks that named Bush specifically. I’d rather see her rise above this and instead say the Republican Party or this administration or the neocons of the Republican Party. I think it so important someone take us above the sniping. It’s an unbelievable immatureness in the culture. I think many are tired of it also and we know the names of those exercisin’ the oligarch behaviors don’t we? I know Senator Clinton can lead the country and be very respected in the world. I’m still wrestling with trust of anyone who is a part of Washington. Another part of me wrestles with Senator Obama being able to lead and be his own person. I think he’s a good good person. But in my gut I wonder if he needs another 8 years of hands on experience to manage Washington and the World and the games that are played. I’d like McCain if he weren’t such a Hawk! Too hawky and too dovey frighten me. No question he is in the race and will be a powerful candidate. The good man of deeds for us and certainly accountability Ralph Nader is pollin’ at between 8 and 10%. This is sizable and increasin’. Interesting isn’t it? Especially seeing as he is doin’ it on the road, without any help from the in your face press, —aside C-SPAN. And I was happy when he became, again, a candidate. I felt a relief. Like if this ‘race’ becomes too race and genderized I still have another choice. I think he and McCain will get the votes of the moderates and independants who become weary of the mud slingin’ politics and the escaping of real issues and the pandering to the 18 and 19 yr. olds. Ahhh life!

He also writes for Macleans magazine in Canada and just got out of a nasty case with the Human Rights Board in Ontario some Muslim students took exception to some of the things he’d written in Macleans. All the right wing Conservatives were howling loud and long about the injustice of it all, how dare the Muslim students do this? The man must know arrogance when he sees it , because as he’s pointing a finger at Michele Obama four are pointing back at him. Could it be GOP sour grapes already? I think there are probably more elitists in the GOP than in the Democrats, but then most white older males with money come off as elitist to me quite often no matter to what party they belong. Fear does such ugly things and brings up such base emotions and behaviours in people .

Liz, I’m glad you found us.

Gayle Turner 4/18/08 11:40 am Hillary Clinton is the first woman running for the highest office in our great nation. Walking into the biggest mess in history, taking on the good old boys club. It will take more than tin to get this ball rolling—-perhaps titanium. We don’t really know her as a person. Chelsey Clinton is a wonderful loving daughter, and The Clinton’s did a great job parenting. No one deserves the hostility that the press, public, and some Republican’s have served up these past years. We had better all get together, because the future of this country, and life as we’ve known it is changing by the day. Clinton, Obama, McCain, may the winner get the support of every person in this great country.

I believe the Barrack family are truly good people, and that the media distorts our view of them with their articles and broadcasting. Steyn is just a mean Republican, who has it out for the Barracks. He should consider both sides of the story before posting his biased one sided piece.

It is a sad day when a Republican man picks on a woman. Is this the type of lowness they have come to? So what if Michelle Obama talks about her grievances instead of others, and though hers might not seem so tragic compared to other women around the world, it does not mean she should be called “narcissism and self-absorption”. She is an African American woman struggling in a country with less freedom that it claims and shares her thoughts with other woman. And just because Barack Obama is “unkown” in politics, does not mean he cant make a good leader.Let’s think of the people who are just too well-known: Richard Nixon, George Bush, John McCain. Do you notice a similarity in these people? Theyve all had scandals in the past that made them famous. Barack has a clear record, besides the fact that he did drugs early in his life, but you dont see him flicking people off on camera like Mr. Bush does. He has a proper family and home and hopefully it will live up to its name on election day when he wins. Im sorry Mark Steyn, but you should really consider picking on people your own size, or at least pointless ego.

I think that the comments are made just to make Obama look bad. Whether it is Hilary or Obama someone is always taking shots at them and whether or not it is a valid point makes no difference to me because I know that both parties are going to have mud thrown onto their name so that the other candidates look good. I think we all need to stop feeding into the media and the flaming that goes on in their. Let us just evaluate them for what they will do for this country and how they will change it for the better.