tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777501435553723645.post2582400467903536920..comments2023-08-19T05:47:57.480-07:00Comments on Citizen Kendrick: the citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530060611237217497noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777501435553723645.post-64849847537038548422008-03-20T14:12:00.000-07:002008-03-20T14:12:00.000-07:00I'm with zdh on this one. I know all politicians m...I'm with zdh on this one. I know all politicians make self-serving statements, but the statements you're talking about Obama making are just spin control. He's trying to back peddle away from a third party who's damaging his candidacy. Mrs. Clinton, on the other hand, is putting out false information as an offensive maneuver. In my opinion, the fact that Obama has to distance himself from the pastor is a result of the ridiculous political game (why should it affect his candidacy when those were someone else's words?) , so he responded in kind. Mrs. Clinton turned to the ridiculous political game for her own personal gain. Obama used the political game as damage control for a "problem" that was only started by the political game itself.<BR/><BR/>None of that makes sense, but I'm sticking to it.BMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880352744864313028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777501435553723645.post-40537319305716859342008-03-19T20:12:00.000-07:002008-03-19T20:12:00.000-07:00Obama's statement he had no idea his pastor made s...Obama's statement he had no idea his pastor made such inflammatory remarks wasn't just distancing himself, he was flat out lying. Both statements are two sides of the same coin, everyone puts out their own spin. There's no use trying to defend it. Admit it and move on.KWNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097762728275130960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777501435553723645.post-23056613807228287592008-03-19T19:02:00.000-07:002008-03-19T19:02:00.000-07:00Fine, to that extent, most statements of a politic...Fine, to that extent, most statements of a politician are self-serving. <BR/><BR/>But there is a distinction to be made between distancing oneself from the opinion of a pastor that makes statements you disagree with, and putting forth arguably intellectually dishonest material like Ms. Clinton did in the cited article.zdh.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09001250193419823304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777501435553723645.post-48238560121786475562008-03-19T13:03:00.000-07:002008-03-19T13:03:00.000-07:00Of course Hillary's statements are self serving. ...Of course Hillary's statements are self serving. Though no more self serving than Obama joing his Chicago church 20 years ago to establish legitimacy within the urban Chicago African American community. Indeed, no more self serving as him, now, distancing himself from that church.KWNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097762728275130960noreply@blogger.com