Rick Santorum misses a "teaching moment"
Would you vote for this guy? I wonder if he lost any votes to gain this one?
Obama's speech - "A More Perfect Union"
The pundits and talk show hosts will show segments of this speech and pontificate upon what it means. I think it is worth watching the entire speech without having it interpreted for us.
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We all know there are a number of vocal people on the fringes on both sides of the political spectrum. There isn't anything you can say or do to dissuade them from thier beliefs and dogma, so why bother to try? Better to keep focus on the issues which are truly important and move the subject of the debate to highlight the distinct differences in the proposed solutions that the two parties have to offer. Let's face it, the differences can't possibly be more stark.
Calling undue attention to what some unknown whack job has to say when a candidate happens to be standing in the room only adds to the noise. I happen to disagree with Santorum on a number of his policy positions, but I doubt very highly Santorum believes Obama is an avowed muslim. Not issuing a public smack down to someone who says diffently doesn't really change that, does it? If this happened in a town meeting with a member of congress who happened to be a Democrat would you be seeing it on CNN or posting it on your blog?
Sorry John, but this sort of distraction is most annoying. We have more important problems to discuss as a nation, don't you agree?