Obama's Secrets

Hey, a special thanks to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, an ardent Clinton supporter, for reminding us that Barack Obama is black. Melanie Morgan, Ann Coulter and other psychos on the Right haven't mentioned it in a while, and I bet that Obama guy was just going to try and sneak his race by us. SARCASM KEY! If Obama is hiding his race from us, what else is he hiding? Hmm? HMM?

Seems if the Right is, well, right, he is also the Manchurian Muslim candidate. But wait, some college kids working to elect Obama had a Che Guevarra poster in their room, a sure sign that Obama is an adrent communist. Since Communists are atheists, he can't he a Muslim. However, if he's a Muslim he can't be an athiest. Which is it? We're told he is the most liberal Senator, and told he hasn't done anything. Hard to prove yourself America's top Liberal by not doing anything. Of course he is also a member of a o-called Black nationalist church in Chicago. Since nationalism and bigotry in any form is at odds with Liberalism and Secularism-look up the words- he has to be one or the other. The only charge he hasn't been accused of is being a flaming homosexual while having numerous affairs with Hollywood starlets, or accusing him of impotency while fathering a Martian baby out of wedlock.There is a saying for the sort of baseless , incongruent thought fired at Obama. In the country they call it pissing in the wind.

As for experience, that is not always a prerequisite for leadership. Military history is replete with stories of  underlings and common soldiers taking up the banner of leadership in desperate circumstances. The penchant for inexperienced patriots totake charge was a character of the Revolution. Central to the role of leadership is the ability to rally and inspire, and to direct, or build a competent team capable of directing the inspired. Obama has shown that he is more than capable of that. Indeed, it has carried him through two strong victories, most recently in the Potomac Primary.

In Chapter 18 of THE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT, qualities that help make a strong leader is listening to and asking questions of people, establishin one's self as a reliable source of information, being a keen observer of events and of others, relying on the input and advice of  others, "Knowing enough to know that you don't know everything," the ability and resolve to make decisions, and to take responsibility for those decisions, especially when things go awry or prove different from originally thought. Hmm, should we see how many of those apply to the Bush administration, who has not taken responsibility for anything. Right, Scooter LibbY?

Does inspiration in Obama require blind faith? Of course not. He is, ultimately, interviewing for the open position of President, and we the American people are the Human Resource Department deciding from the pool of applicants who would best fill that opening. I expect that, if Obama becomes President, he will make mistakes, and he should be held accountable for them. Such as, as much as I love Stevie Wonder's music, the decision to allow him to sing crappy slogans at rallies. Please no more. But the fact remains that Obama is as qualified as anyone who has been in that office in recent memory. Certainly as much as Bill Clinton and George Bush, and definitely as much as Hillary. As for McCain, his past, particularly as part of the Keating Five during the Savings and Loan scandal is an indication of the temptation and cynicism that infects those with decades of "Experience" in Washington. From that standpoint Obama's inexperience might just prove the best experience of all.