Why is it so hard for most people to see what he's doing. This is Psychology at its greatest. He knows the whole "I was only 8 years old" bit did the trick with his relations to Ayers, so he's using similar tactics to trivialize other issues that make him look bad. Maybe I see it because I have a degree in Psychology, but I doubt that's it. It's plain to see that he thinks we're stupid and that we can be won over and manipulated by these trite comments. I guess there is some truth to that because, even given all the ugliness surrounding his past, none of his multitudes of followers seem to care because of his ability to make his past seem insignificant, thereby making those who insist that it's NOT insignificant look like ignorant and irrational children. It makes me sick...very very sick.

I saw the clip of Senator Obama that you're referring to last night on Bill O'Reilly, and he said something like this--it would have been a lot different if the teacher had MADE him share his sandwich.

That's the difference I see--Americans are very giving in general, but Senator Obama wants to control that giving, because he doesn't think we give enough. He wants government-enforced sharing of our proverbial sandwiches. That's not trivial--that's changing our system.