Just last night I posted that, in light of last Sunday's shameful events at Trinity United, it was high time for Barack Obama to cut all ties with this his church. I didn't get a whole lot of response, but what I did get was overwhelmingly negative. I'm a "McCain supporter" in sheep's clothes, I'm a "rethug", whatever that means. I must be suggesting that Sen. Obama has to distance himself from Saturday Night Live as well, because they have been similarly unkind to Sen. Clinton. Uh, ok. The point is, there was an overwhelming sentiment that nothing other than praise can be written about Obama, that anyone who is anything less than thankful for Barack Obama's very existence has ulterior motives, or worse. Folks, the time has come for these attitudes to be shelved, it is annoying at best, and flat harmful at worst.
Moments ago, I read on the front page of DailyKos that Sen. Obama has, effective immediately, severed all ties with Trinity United. I am thrilled. Sen. Obama, in breaking with Trinity, has begun the process of positioning himself as someone worthy to lead America as it's President. This issue is by no means settled, but at least the incremental retreat has ended. Obama has made the necessary clean break.
Frankly, this episode is a blessing for Obama, so much so that one could legitimately wonder, ah, nevermind. Kudo's to the Obama campaign for tucking this news like a piece of wilted arugula into the otherwise tasty sandwich of today's favorable results at the Rules and Bylaws committee meeting. Timing is everything in life, no?
My point is, before I seperate my shoulder patting myself on the back, is that Sen. Obama has alot of work to do between now and the convention, and now and November. Chuck Todd may say this is Obama's party, but there are many of us not quite ready to give our blessing. Far from being McCain operatives, or dirty tricksters, we Clinton supporters see in our second choice someone who may well need a few tweaks and some fine tuning before we are comfortable that he is ready to be our nominee. If one could, for a nanosecond, imagine backing a candidate who has won the states that Sen. Clinton has won, yet be told to accept defeat, maybe you would respect our viewpoint. Sometimes, as shown all too well last night, us Clinton supporters may well be right.