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Time enough to know the real Obama

Angel56 Wrote: Sep 01, 2010 9:51 PM

Ayres, Alinsky, and a host of other Socialists are Mr. Obama's bosom buddies. Even his neighbors in Chicago are well-known Socialists, and that isn't by mistake. Maybe Mayor Daley needs to take a closer look at Hyde Park, and see what's REALLY happenin' in 'his city"; instead of coddling to 'O's' every wish and whim. Bet the mayor isn't on Mr. 'O's A-list of 'friends.'

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Time enough to know the real Obama

When I ask my daughter how things are going at school, her voice tells me more than her words. “It’s all good,” she says with lukewarm enthusiasm. Obviously, it’s not.

Explaining her misgivings about some friends she thought she knew well, she reminds herself, “I’m disappointed, but I guess it just takes time to get to know people.”

It’s an important life lesson. We can’t know others based on first impressions or even on shared but limited experiences. We’re not friends because Facebook says so, or because we’ve hung out occasionally.

It simply takes time to get...

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