I guess we seek to understand Obama's distant past to devine where he would lead us in the future.
Seems like a wasted effort to me; if you want to see where he'd lead us, look at his recent political record.
Start with something like this:
On The Issues - Obama This will give you an idea of what he's said and/or how he voted.
I suggest you'll get a much better idea of what Obama intends to do about say...Education Issues... than where he went to school 35 years ago.
Flex those fingers... do a little research on your own from there.
Or, I guess you could let CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC or Fox tell you what they think you should do.
As an aside, that site reinforces my belief that if a candidate is wrong on gun control, he's wrong on most of the rest I value.
For example, Obama thinks we should ban semi-automatics. An ignorant position, IMO.
From the site:
Principles that Obama supports on gun issues:
Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
Does Obama even have a clue how many semi-automatic shotguns are used in upland and duck hunting every year? And how very, very few are ever used to harm people or are involved in a crime?
It's this sweeping "ban them all" stupidity that makes me firm in my resolve not to give a millimeter on the 2nd. The guy is a putz on this subject.
As I read on, I see that he
Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice. (Jan 2006)
Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (Sep 2005)
and Isse his position on Immigration runs contrary to what I think should be done
Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
So, really, once again I really didn't need to look further than his ideas on gun control to see if this guy might be of interest to me.
Clearly, he is not.
