Originally Posted by Mutt

Obama didn't come out of nowhere - you don't win a Senate seat in an important state like Illinois coming out of nowhere, he's spent 25 years achieving and doing. The President should have two things 1)intelligence and reason 2)leadership skills - Obama's been a leader for his entire adult life and nobody questions his intelligence.

I don't think John McCain is a horrible choice - I think Obama is a better choice, the symbolism is important, to Americans and probably moreso to the rest of the world - I do understand why a right wing conservative would fear him, they would fear anybody the Democrats nominated. If they fear him any more than any other Democrat then it's one or both of two things- 1) they fear he actually could be everything his most ardent fans think he is which will change the landscape of politics for a long while 2) he's a Negro

Juicy you live in NY state - if you hated taxes so much you'd have moved long ago.