>Expecting the man to do the impossible (like changing
>gang-and-violence infested neighborhoods) is neither a realistic nor
>fair way of judging him, no?
He's the one who's talking about change.
Real change would be not accepting that it's impossible to change "gang-and-violence infested neighborhoods." Obama is not only saying forget about that but taking it a step further by, as Dwayne said, bashing the poor as pathological.
You long ago pointed out you support Obama because this aspect of his politics makes you feel better about yourself:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2007/2007-March/005556.html