I believe I've written, "I too have found Mr Obama inspiring at times". Even having found myself wishing he was for real although coming up short of my leg tingling. But I've looked behind the curtain. His senior advisers spell more of the same, You don't really believe he's going to pull us out of Iraq doya?!

Hope springs eternal. And that's coool excepting when the facts tell a different story.

In Mr Obama's case, his backers: whether his senior advisers, his most generous big money backers and of course his queer rise in such short order to such prominence(from the obscurity of the Illinois Senate, not its Governor's office). His ambition simply doesn't account for all that favor lavished upon a first term Senator. [You might recall a few short years ago that the accepted wisdom was that Mrs Clinton needed -& promised- to finish her first term and win another before she would be seasoned enough for the Presidency.]

If I were Mr Obama, I'd be a tad bit concerned by all this -if it weren't so exhilarating- wondering what I was being setup for: the top spot or perhaps a magnificent fall.

Furthermore, as evidenced above & despite the press to the contrary, Mr Obama is not a grass roots phenomenon. He too is but a product, who has been packaged and pressed upon an American people as the fresh face of change. And as I've said before, he's often quite tantalizing! Given polls show most American want substantial change in the way they are governed, it's lucky the media has rejected a truly grass roots candidate in favor of a candidate like Mr Obama who has been provided all the necessary juice: by the DNC, (seemingly) sufficient Super Delegates, certainly big money & big media plus the top shelf advise of a consummate insider like Mr Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Have you read any of the latter' work? Might I suggest you do, with the principle of being known by the company you keep in mind.

One last observation. Whether I like or dislike Mr Obama IS NOT AN ARGUMENT of substance. Nor is that the articles are old news. Especially given most of these advisers remain on board with Mr Obama at present. And even if they were not, they're still reflective of the candidates support, and that support which he was willing to accept in order to pursue his ambitions. In other words, voting on the basis of one' feelings works for the Pols and their backers but are you (once again) ready to be disabused of your sincere hopes for change that are but said to benefit regular people like ourselves?

Perhaps reading Rebuilding America's Defenses would open your eyes. It's available online and you could read it with the benefit of hindsight, and foresight too actually, that is if you can bring yourself to believe it is a foreign policy plan that must necessarily go forward now that is it so obviously begun.

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Y'see, the thing is, the plans for man's future are documented, it's just most folks never read them or hear about them, and even when they have this information brought to their attention, they prefer some other distraction, say Zombie movies, to contemplation of such overriding realities. Which is why the Bill of Rights is almost a memory.