Thursday, July 31, 2008 | 2:01 a.m.
I have been wrestling with the thought of voting for Barack Obama for president, because the country does need a new direction. This objective is very real for both parties; therefore one has to question the legitimacy of each candidate and whether he would be able to change the country’s direction.
My concern with Obama is that his entire career, including teaching law at the University of Chicago, was marked by one clear fact: He always asked good questions and stimulated debate. Yet there was uncertainty at the law school as to where he stood on the issues. This was documented recently in an article in The New York Times.
Therefore my gut reaction is, I don’t know this fellow at all. Not only don’t I know what he really stands for, but I equate voting for him with the current fiasco in real estate: He is a good talker yet he is attempting to purchase a home (in this case the presidency) with nothing down, no visible assets and an interest-only mortgage. Is this whom we want to elect?
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