Reply #53: Thank you for saying that - letter vs. spirit of the law

[LisaM]

in 2000, it was the GOP going on and on about the letter of the law, NOT the intent of the voter.

You will notice that Obama's Senatorial opponent in 2004 was suddenly vaporized before the campaign too (he had some kind of messy divorce scandal, and there are rumors that Axelrod leaked the details).

And, BTW, if you read more on that topic, you'll see that Alice Palmer verified her signatures against a 1995 list, and as soon as the 1996 list was available, the Obama campaign jumped on it, giving her almost no time to garner more signatures. I think she was less than 100 short. The reality is that she was already holding that office and was popular in it. She would have had no trouble getting enough signatures if she'd known she was short.

I've said before that I simply don't get Obama's appeal, and I think it's stuff like this that is what I sense lurking beneath the surface. He always pretends to distance himself from it, or that he doesn't like it, but it doesn't stop him in his ambition.