It’s not enough that we have given in to what could only be called "scared to vote for a republican" factor… but now we have vaulted the unproven junior Senator from Illinois to become a presidential nominee over a well-qualified, but equally scary white woman.  Let’s not forget… in the past we have given such opportunities to proven war vets… JFK,http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/images/pt109-small.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/summer/pt109.html&h=200&w=310&sz=26&hl=en&start=54&tbnid=KtCE7eW7P6t1LM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=117&prev=/images?q=jfk+pt109&start=36&gbv=2&ndsp=18&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=N Roosevelthttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://roosevelt.larryshomeport.com/assets/images/Roosevelt.jpg&imgrefurl=http://roosevelt.larryshomeport.com/html/daso.html&h=574&w=600&sz=69&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=vxSevC1SZhBr6M:&tbnh=129&tbnw=135&prev=/images?q=roosevelt&gbv=2&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=X … we had some type of bench mark to hang the "untested… under real pressure" hat on.  Every chance Obama has had to defend or affirm his past he has thrown the person under the bus.  This inspiring black man could be wetting his paints while huddled in a corner with his out of control no-class, fist-pumping, Betty Ford~esque relapse hitting the crack pipe with his wife… when his first real crisis is presented to him.  I find no backbone with this untested, well-spoken black man. 
 
Change for change sake is not a measure of true need for change.  A true measure for change is qualified by how it will affect the whole. Any change can be interpreted by the body as a cancer, or it can be seen as the inoculation for a virus.  Is Obama’s presence in this body going to be the cancer that finally pushed our political body to the edge of extinction or will it be the inoculation we desperately need?  Sometimes we make choices based on what is popular at the time… I’m glad we still don’t believe the world is flat, or leaches should be used for blood letting…  Yes, McCain,http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/mccain-angryu.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2007/12/30-week/&h=383&w=300&sz=17&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=RKUpDwgBkzX3nM:&tbnh=123&tbnw=96&prev=/images?q=McCain&gbv=2&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off is an old codger, past his prime… but he is safe, proven, and tested. 
 
Iraq cant get any worse than it has been, and it may have a real possibility of showing some real promise by year’s end. All of the downfalls of the Bush administration can’t be pinned on the party or the man.  Sure Bushhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cmaq.net/files/bush-der-feurher.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cmaq.net/taxonomy/term/1&h=318&w=352&sz=15&hl=en&start=14&tbnid=qhl1Df_22cn4KM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=120&prev=/images?q=gw+bush&gbv=2&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off and his minions ~Karl Rove~ got the war they wanted, but can we honestly say that we have not made a difference over in that religiously dysfunctional part of the world? And now, the huddled masses want to let years of hard work, blood, sweat, and mothers’ tears ~misguided or not~ go to waste with this untested black presidential nominee. Let us not forget where we have come from and where we can really go. 
At least with Hillaryhttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/quiz/famous/bill-hillary-clinton.jpg&imgrefurl=http://ashleighmchenry.wordpress.com/tag/hillary-clinton/&h=344&w=384&sz=14&hl=en&start=8&tbnid=MlBAZkxRDpMx9M:&tbnh=110&tbnw=123&prev=/images?q=hillary&gbv=2&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=G you knew where she stood, what she was for and how she was going to get us there. 
This unqualified black man is going to get himself a JFK haircut. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coverups.com/JFKphotos/jfk200.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.coverups.com/jfk/who.htm&h=373&w=468&sz=19&hl=en&start=79&tbnid=bAwQzfa12WNSFM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=128&prev=/images?q=jfk+assisination&start=72&gbv=2&ndsp=18&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=N Whatever your views, and political leanings… the deep south is still the deep south.  This untested black man is headed for the JFK haircut.  We can only hope he does not pick another unqualified black man for his running mate.  Then we will have to deal with Pelosihttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://aftermathnews.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/pelosi_psychotic_witch.jpg&imgrefurl=http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/pelosi-says-no-to-a-new-911-investigation-claims-close-collaboration-with-victims-families-on-911-bill-passage/&h=375&w=500&sz=103&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=sIbw_d7EY6L8HM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images?q=seaker+polosi&gbv=2&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off as president.  Is that messed up or what.