Obama Leading Hillary Because The Former Is A Better Liar Than The Latter
Almost two weeks ago, Barack Obama gave his landmark speech refusing to cut ties with radical pastor Jeremiah Wright. Only days after Obama publicly accepted Wright as a flawed brother-in-arms, Hillary Clinton was caught giving an outlandishly exaggerated account of a 1996 trip she made to war-torn Bosnia. Now Obama’s lead over Hillary among Democrats is at its high for the year—so far. A new Gallup poll shows Obama leading Hillary 52 to 42 percent. What is it about the Democratic electorate and the two candidates that accounts for Barack Obama’s seeming triumph? In other words, why do Democratic voters consider Wrightgate less problematic than Snipergate?
That’s a great question. “Snipergate” was an embarrassing bit of crass and untrue self-promotion. “Wrightgate” is about Obama’s close personal ties to a bigoted extremist. A reasonable person would conclude that Hillary’s lie about being under sniper fire while First Lady, while absurd and pathetic, is ultimately harmless. Obama’s ties to Wright illustrate a troubling connection to the sort of extremist racial and political beliefs most Americans aren’t going to find very appetizing.
I think the reason the liberal masses are willing to forgive Obama and not Clinton is because they’ve invested themselves emotionally in Obama. They’re in for a shock though, I think, when they find out that the country in general may not be so invested. Or forgiving.
