Obama's responses continue to impress me. Just got an email from the Obama campaign requesting donations to the American Red Cross for Gustave. (I'd donate, but I don't trust the American Red Cross any more, so give to City Harvest and only charities that I'm certain of.)
He also stated in response to reports of Palin's teenage daughter being pregnant, that this topic was "off-limits" and he sympathized with the family. It was not a topic that should in any way be discussed during a political campaign.
Nothing Obama does surprises me, because it is how I'd operate if I were in his position. He is a bright man, and a pragmatist, who understands that the only way to get things done is through compromise - not thrusting it down people's throats.
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Date: 2008-09-01 10:57 pm (UTC)He also stated in response to reports of Palin's teenage daughter being pregnant, that this topic was "off-limits" and he sympathized with the family. It was not a topic that should in any way be discussed during a political campaign.
Nothing Obama does surprises me, because it is how I'd operate if I were in his position.
He is a bright man, and a pragmatist, who understands that the only way to get things done is through compromise - not thrusting it down people's throats.