For months, my mom has listened to my enthusiasm for Obama without saying much of anything. Her one comment was during Reverend Wright, part I, when she said energetically that Obama needed to distance himself further from the man. I did my best to defend Obama, but my heart sank. Patriotism is one of my mother's hot button issues.
I have heard her talk approvingly of McCain in the past, so I suspected she planned to vote for him. But I never came right out and asked. (I come from a family of reticent Scandinavians, where the unwritten rule is that it is okay to volunteer who you vote for, but it is not okay to ask.) But last weekend my mom was in town visiting, and at a family dinner talk turned to the election. My sister-in-law asked my mom point-blank who she planned to support, and my mom said simply, "I'm leaning Obama."
Why I think this matters below the fold.
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