Tatizo la Wamarekani mtu akiwa careful speaker wanasema yuko scripted and wooden, akiwapa ukweli na kuacha kuwa politically correct anapata backlash.
Obama yuko right on both counts, ile ya kwanza ni kweli, lakini kuna vi-ukweli fulani huwa havisemwi hadharani, not by presidential aprirants, kwa hiyo kama alifanya kosa ni kwamba tu alikuwa too honest.Kuna wajinga wanataka a paint a political picture, kama vile McPain anavyosema sasa "The Fundamentals of The American economy are strong" wakati Wall St is tumbling down, not only is Humpty Dumpty falling down but the Wall he was on is falling down.
Kwenye suala la above his pay grade huyu mtu anaonyesha humility na thoughtfulness ya hali ya juu. Kama wewe huwezi kumtengeneza mtu (and I don't mean by just getting / getting somebody pregnant, I mean like assembling a baby from scratch) you will certainly be very pretentious to pretend to know when does like begin.You can set a standard for all like minded people to agree that this is where life begins, but you cannot say that this is certainly when life begins.
I think it is things like these that makes Senator Obama very appealing, a different brand of politics, a politician who is not embarassed to say that he does not have every answer.As a humble great man of philosophy once said, to know that you don't know is the beginning of real knowledge.
Sadly, the McCain-Palin team does not have this brand of humility, and is too ready to dash off to war and then "pray that God is on our side" (Palin actually said that when sending the troops -including her sacrifical lamb son- from Alaska).They can't be serious, so what are they saying? That they will lobby God to be on their side whether they are right or wrong? I mean they don't even have the fake humility to pray first for guidance that they do the right thing, they want to send troops first and pray later. What a bunch of jokers.