The crux of the matter is this, and this is a HUGE issue for me.  HUGE.  

Pretend you and I are both sitting in a diner and I said "I like ketchup on my french fies," and then a moment later I said "I don't like ketchup on my hamburger," then someone somewhere with an axe to grind spliced those statements together with some omninous music.

Narrator:  "Edgar says he likes ketchup."

Image of me saying "I like ketchup."

And then, narrator again, "but is Edgar telling the truth?"

Image of me saying "I don't like ketchup."

Etc.

This issue transcends my loyalty to the Clintons.  Totally.  Obama says we can never solve our problems with partisanship.  Fine.  That's his case.

My point is this, as long as what I'm describing here is accepted as legitimate political discourse we will never solve our problems.

And we know for a fact that Obama embraced what I'm describing here as legitimate political discourse because we all know that without doing so he never would have had a chance.

I'm not saying any Clinton folks never made the same sort of attack on Obama.  No one's pure.

But it doesn't bug me that pre-conditions might be more advantageous in some situations than in others.  And if Obama can articulate a situation in which pre-conditions are not required, that's AWESOME!!!

What bugged me is that Obama said JFK's and Reagan's policy was that it was a good idea to meet with other leaders without preconditions.  

And that's not flip flopping or double talk.

At root, Kerry lost 3% because he was on both sides of the Vietnam war. His direct crew loved him but other politically conservative elements in the Navy decided that he was apostate and that fueled the fury of the SBVFT.

Really, I think what it comes down to is that a lot of Obama supporters really think that anyone who runs against Obama is doing a disservice to the nation. Hillarey must be only in it for herself, otherwise she would recognize Obama 's natural superiority and drop out. I'm telling you, if Obama doesn't get the nomination, the crash landing is going to be pretty traumatic for a lot of those people.

I'm wondering if we should start setting up support hotlines and crisis centers to help them through the trauma. /snark

wonder if anyone at his campaign offices there will be able to answer any questions if put to the test by the voters?

A right wing propaganda site, that tells you where the next reverandgate eruption is going to spring from. In the summer of 07 similar posts about Wright were probabaly deleted on various left wing websites. Those deletions saved us a lot of heartache I hear.

Obama hasn't been treated with civility. He's the beneficiary of a criminally censorious press and a core of loyal bloggers. Even his direct rivals gave him a free pass on his background and concealed it from the Democratic base.  The GOP will attack with everything they have on these theological issues.