On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:28, Ed Leafe wrote:

> All too predictable at this point by the right. Don't engage in

> discussion of ideas; instead, make fun of the guy's name.

>

> http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200008

>

> "On the December 11 edition of The Situation Room, CNN senior

> political analyst Jeff Greenfield compared the similarity of Obama's

> "business casual" clothing to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's

> "jacket-and-no-tie look." Greenfield concluded the segment by saying:

> "Now, it is one thing to have a last name that sounds like Osama and

> a middle name, Hussein, that is probably less than helpful. But an

> outfit that reminds people of a charter member of the axis of evil,

> why, this could leave his presidential hopes hanging by a thread." He

> later explained on the CNN website that he was making "a joke."

>

> Small minds at work.

Hi Ed!

Well, I wouldn't bet on him being nominated, let alone elected. He seems like

a nice enough guy, though. Too liberal for my taste however.

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Regards,

Pete

http://www.pete-theisen.com/