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Well, he wouldn't have been so accused by me. And for all I know, in all honesty, he may have said such things before now. I do not hear all of his speeches. In fact, this is perhaps the 2nd or 3rd I've heard all the way thru.
But it doesn't seem "sincere" to me what it's in reaction to the strongest (albeit bullsh!t) criticism he's had in the entire campaign. It was much more skillfull skin-saving than the rinse-repeat formula Alex detailed above, but it was skin-saving nonetheless. I don't see what can possibly be considered sincere in that.
Oh, I'm not saying the talk itself was pablum. It was really good stuff. As Jon Stewart said, so pleasantly rare to have race problems addressed in an adult manner.
He gets major talking props, yessiree.
But I think it's easy to forget, after 8 years of the man, how inspiring and seemingly forthright, and hope-enthused Bill Clinton was in his first campaign for president.
Like I said, I'll be happy to see Obama as pres. But I'm not falling over myself because he gives good talk. Fool me once, and all that.
So maybe I'm not giving Obama a fair shake because of my experience with Clinton. So what? If he's more than just talk as president, I'll be first in line to suck his dick under the oval office desk, ok?
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