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There is no doubt that Obama is inspirational and breath of fresh air. However, his appeal is that he is not a typical politician, will rise above Washington politics and thus will change Washington. The facts show this may not be entirely accurate. My point is only that all politicians are politicians, not that he is worse than Clinton. Clinton has not claimed to be as pure and Obama has. For the most part, he is an unknown quantity, and I believe his record on integrity deserves scrutiny in light of whether the facts support who he says he is.

1. When Clinton indicated that Obama's campaign was touting the race issue, he said such an assertion was "ludicrous." Then it came to light that his campaign distributed a memo to the media that hyped that Clinton was making comments that could be construed as race-related. That is certainly proliferating race even though he originally stated such an assertion was "ludicrous." Seems like a misrepresentation and political maneuver to me. Further, he said "“If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or in some way is unfair, I will speak out forcefully against it." And, it doesn't sound like this Press Secretary was fired. Similarly, his preacher mentioned Lewinsky the other day. Inappropriate just like Bob Johnson's comment. Both Obama and Clinton apologized, but his campaign attests to no "dirty politics" until he was called on it. In the same vein, Obama's statement of not being a COO is worth considering too. He said that he will run the government by having good people who will be accountable to him, but do his actions support that by not firing the Press Secretary and not distancing himself from the preacher?

2. He says his biggest legislative achievement is ethics reform, but it hasn't even been passed yet. Even though it may not be his fault, he is claiming credit for something that hasn't happened yet. Its misleading. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/010...

3. Obama says he is above the use of lobbyists, but thats not true.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=213&pid...

4. As to honesty and sincerity, there is a potential issue regarding Obama's ads and being transparent about his donors. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/010...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/94900

5. Regarding his position with nuclear power and Yuca mountain, his relationship to Exelon Corp. should be examined. http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/7509662.html...

All politicians are politicians - what is better "the devil you know or the devil you don't know"? Not only does Hillary have the competence and know-how to make change, she can beat the Republicans. Obama is an unknown. If anyone thinks the Clintons have played "politics" with the primary, just wait until the Republicans get involved. Think about Obama vs. a McCain? Obama will look a baby - he has zero foreign policy or national economic experience.