Obama and his pals

You know, when I first heard about the whole Rev Wright thing I thought, hmm... I don't think I could have sat in those pews and listened to that. I surely would not have borrowed a passage from the man's ravings to title a book I had penned (Obama's "Audacity of Hope"). I would have felt compelled, from my patriotic upbringing in my school and my home, to find another church. See, my dad and his twin brother are both Vietnam Veterans. My high school had one of the largest Jr ROTC's in the country (which I joined). It would have infuriated me to listen to anything close to anti-Americanism.

With that information surfacing, Obama says he isn't close with the Rev. and doesn't agree with those statements.

Then I hear Bill Ayres hosted a launching event for Obama's political campaign from his living room and eventual Obama gave a rave review for Ayres' book (on the juvenile justice system) in the Chicago Tribune.

With that information surfacing, Obama says Ayres was just a guy that lived in his neighborhood.

There are more of these suspicious links that when uncovered Obama denies involvement in, but I didn't write this to point them all out.

My point is this...

Obama's not sorry for these connections, he is just sorry he got caught. He can't be sorry for them, really, because that is who he is. He is an amiable guy that is so accepting of all different types of people that aaallllll are welcome. No standards, no rules, just acceptance. That sounds nice on paper, but in reality it is scary.

I kinda like people that stand up to others when they are not doing the right thing.

I've been that way throughout my life. It has caused me some trouble and I wish sometimes I could just shut up and get along. But in the long run, when I see things aren't right, I gotta do something.

When I see a woman driving with a toddler in her lap as opposed to strapped into a seat belt I roll my window down and let her know what she is doing could kill the child.

When I hear people cursing loudly when children are around, I'm going to stand up and ask them to be quiet.

I can't help it. I just have to do these things. It doesn't always make me popular, but that is okay by me.

What type of man is Obama? From the people he has been tolerant of I have to wonder if he is one of those that "Doesn't want to get involved." I don't want a president that doesn't have the guts to stand up for the right thing... then again maybe Obama doesn't see his friends' transgressions as being the wrong things.

He's not sorry, he's just sorry he got caught.