| kluge, poetsheart: I agree 100% with you about the tragedy of misinterpretations of people's words becoming so defining in today's politics. That is why, personally, I don't fault Obama at all for that remark, and don't consider it at all reflective of any kind of elitism on his part - in the same way I think the Wright controversy is massively overblown - but my remark that he needs to apologize simply reflects the reality of contemporary politics. He needed better damage control, and quicker. |