So you think Obama is soft think again

[bigdarryl]

CNN 360 just had a segment on Obama when he ran in Chicago politics for the first time by eliminating his opponents from the ballots before they even had a chance to run for office. Kind of ruthless if you ask me. did anyone see this?

[and-justice-for-all]

1. Politics are never pretty...nt

[Muttocracy]

2. saw something about that on DU months ago. nt

[GarbagemanLB]

3. I read the CNN article/hitjob on it earlier today. Hillbots leapt on it, but I was just confused.

I thought the Hillary supporter argument was that Obama was weak? That article kind of proved them wrong.

[MercutioATC]

4. They "eliminated" themselves.

Their ballots weren't legally obtained.

[Pirate Smile]

5. That piece really did suck though because it gave no context for why Obama did it.

Alice Parker decided to run for a House seat in Congress. She essentially gave Obama her blessing to run for her seat, she introduced him to her supporters (that was when he met Ayers - he was one of her supporters) and she said no longer wanted her state senate seat. Then she lost the Democratic primary to run for Congress. She changed her mind and decided to go back and run for her state senate seat. Obama thought she went back on her word.