LILDANCER...

I dont want to get into a contest here...this board is supposed to be a discussion of issues. I can get to Sen Obama's website and have been there many times. That, TO ME, is NOT discussing issues in anyway. I do not support all of Sen McCains proposals nor do I disagree with all of Sen Obama's proposals. I simply wanted to discuss issues...referring me to the candidates website is not discussing. Perhaps I have misunderstood what DISCUSSING ISSUES means.

As far as those you say were NOT Sen Obama's mentors, HE CALLED THEM HIS MENTORS...NOT ME ! I do not know what else to say to you...HE SAID IT...NOT ME,NOT THE PRESS, NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...HE CALLED THEM HIS MENTORS.

Again, perhaps I am confused about a discussion board....copying and pasting nasty emails and spin from sources that spin is NOT DISCUSSING (THAT applies to BOTH SIDESOF THE AISLE)...NOT saying you did that...simply stating that DISCUSSION seems to be something that is avoided at all costs. Searching the internet for bad things to say about the candidate you oppose is not discussion..and NOT saying you did that either.

It is just frustrating to ASK to discuss issues and get cut and pasted stuff.

For the record, I personallly, have never questioned his Harvard training, his few years as a legislator in Illinois and his few months in the senate nor his intellectual capacity. So please dont lay that at my feet...it never happened. I mentioned only those HE CALLED HIS MENTORS and his past associates and never in a disrespectful manner that I know of.

I also dont respond well to MOVEON nor any right wing propaganda site and if I offended your allegiance to them I am sorry. I, personally, just have no respect for those kind of sites and find that is the problem with politics today.....you either have to be one way or the other and it is not that simple. Those kind of places simply detract from what used to be a honorable calling...ie., being a statesman. If you think that MOVEON or several right wing sites would ever give you the entire story, then you are just simply wrong..they will not ever.

Again, I have ignored nothing...simply wanted to have DISCUSSION....seems that is not what you are here for and I am sorry if I have offended your political leanings...that was not my intent !