Submitted by John Spencer Yantiss, Jan 12, 2008 05:16

Droll sarcasm may appear effective when engaged in trading barbs, Michele, but does not go very far for establishing substance, which, incidentally, was Ms. Colon's main point. Inexperience was merely one of the factors Ms. Colon addressed in her series of questions and concerns. Further, experience can take many forms. Perhaps you should more deeply research Lincoln's pre-presidency life.

Reread the article, and perhaps ask those same questions yourself. Catch words like "change" are ambivalent, and often dangerous. Ms. Colon rightly asked for illucidation. In his debates and speeches, Lincoln offered detailed plans of what he would do, or attempt to do, to address specific issues and problems; not sweeping, imprecise sound bites. Change just for the sake of change, because of the tendency in human nature to seek that which is new, often results in a worsening of a condition or situation. Just as should an individual, a nation must be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water.

What is at the root of any proposal for change, being put forth in this campaign, or any other? Is the underlying and overriding concept for a bigger federal government, or a smaller, based on actions of the citizenry, as opposed to the government itself. As JFK said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Is this the kind of change Mr. Obama seeks? Or does he embrace today's total distortion of that for which the Democrat party stood in Kennedy's time.

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