http://themoderatevoice.com/24945/obama-and-governor-soprano/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 18:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/24945/obama-and-governor-soprano/comment-page-1/#comment-166805 HappySurge Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:15:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/24945/obama-and-governor-soprano/#comment-166805 He said the same thing about Bill Ayers throughout. He served on a board with him, and Ayers committed the acts when Obama was 8 years old. That was Obama's tag-line from the get. On Wright, he didn't ignore anything. A story was pushed which he didn't think was a big issue, but it became a major issue, and he addressed it with a speech on race. It was a story that lasted weeks-months in its progression. This happened within a matter of days. Obama's reaction was to point out to the tragedy of it for the State of Illinois and to call for his resignation. There's no reason to create this well-structured time-line and try to fit everything together. The stages don't fit all the scenarios, and the time-span was different on all of them. If you want a good stage set-up, try the one that ends with a Republican pointing out how politically polished Obama is in responding to guilt-by-association scandals. Stage 1: Wonder why Obama isn't commenting. Stage 2: Why did it take a whole set of hours for Obama to comment? Stage 3: Obama always does this! Stage 4: Obama lived in the same country as this man for YEARS! He said the same thing about Bill Ayers throughout. He served on a board with him, and Ayers committed the acts when Obama was 8 years old. That was Obama's tag-line from the get. On Wright, he didn't ignore anything. A story was pushed which he didn't think was a big issue, but it became a major issue, and he addressed it with a speech on race. It was a story that lasted weeks-months in its progression. This happened within a matter of days. Obama's reaction was to point out to the tragedy of it for the State of Illinois and to call for his resignation. There's no reason to create this well-structured time-line and try to fit everything together. The stages don't fit all the scenarios, and the time-span was different on all of them. If you want a good stage set-up, try the one that ends with a Republican pointing out how politically polished Obama is in responding to guilt-by-association scandals. Stage 1: Wonder why Obama isn't commenting. Stage 2: Why did it take a whole set of hours for Obama to comment? Stage 3: Obama always does this! Stage 4: Obama lived in the same country as this man for YEARS!

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