Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Boss Supports Obama

Rocker Bruce Springsteen has declared himself an Obama Supporter. This after months of being on the fence between Obama and Clinton. He has seemed to make his decision after Clinton went on the attack on Obama's relationship with his pastor and his comments on people from places like Philadelphia.
He commented: "Critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships...While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man's life and vision ... often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment."
He, like many others, sees the attacks as desperate attempts from political rivals to find skeletons in Obama's closet. With their failure to do so they have gone after trivial relationships and poor wording during one speech.