Reply #73: Most of us will vote for Obama no matter what, but [View All]

[JDPriestly]

if he wants to keep all those new, young voters who have been supporting him, he had better show some integrity and courage. They want a president who will lead on the moral battlefield, who will not tolerate lies or secrecy, neither in his own administration nor in the administration he follows. Obama is now taking the helm of our party and perhaps of the nation. He had better decide right now whether he is going to veer our ship toward the vast sea of honest government or toward the rocks and shallowa of corruption and lies.

Democrats don't want corruption and lies. We don't want cover-ups of corruption of lies. That is the first lesson Obama needs to prove that he understands. He will not be the next president if he cannot show himself to be more courageous and more honest with the American people than McCain.

Obama is up against a man who presents himself as a war hero and a man of courage. Thus far Obama has talked about change but he has not proved himself to be the kind of hero or man of courage who can bring about change. So far, he has only shown that he is a great speaker. Impeachment is his opportunity to show that he really has the moral courage to change D.C., and that his moral courage surpasses McCain'a posture of military courage. This will be a pivotal issue that could decide the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.

Bush was a weak man, a liar. He was a draft dodger who, as president, dodged every opportunity to act with integrity. Obama has to address the crimes of Bush during the election campaign if he wants to prove that he has the ability to change Washington should he be elected. If Obama cannot even risk backing the impeachment of a known criminal, how can he change Washington? Perhaps he has an answer. If so, he needs to provide it to the American people and to those of us that he relies on to vote for him.