Something I like about Obama - politicians have a tendency to read from memorized scripts, and I haven't noticed him doing that yet. You ask them a question about one thing and they think it's an excuse to work in the prepared 'answer' and they seem to believe no one will notice they never answered the question. Pay attention, and you'll see it. We can talk about policies elsewhere. I like Obama because he doesn't have that air of insincerity that so many candidates affect. Hillary's got it, GWB has it, and Blair was saturated with it. Obama doesn't, and Edwards strikes me as being pretty sincere as well.

A candidate who doesn't need a prepared answer but speaks his own thoughts about a specific issue is already a step up on the competition. RB, you see it as a witticism; I see it as evidence of a functioning brain.

Bill, it's ALWAYS been 'fuckin' A'. If you can find some hard evidence of fuckin' AYE being used prior to the animated film 'Fritz the Cat', let me know. That's where I thought it started.