Reply #8: I wish we "knew" Obama better... [View All]

[Blue_In_AK]

Sometimes he seems like a carefully crafted contrivance, too perfect. Then I have to wonder who's behind this creation. Did he just spring up suddenly, this wonderful, inspiring, hopeful candidate, or, if not, then who are the ones responsible for his rapid rise, and why? I want to know what everyone's motivations are here. We must always hold our own candidates to the same kind of skepticism that we subject our opponent's candidates to. I always question politicians' motives.

So I won't trash talk Obama, because I don't know. He may truly be the one who can restore our country's honor and standing in the world, or he may not. He may be the one who reaches out to the poor and who humbles the mighty, or he may not. It bothers me that I don't know -- but there it is.

Hillary, at least, is familiar. Obama is a leap of faith.