Look who’s talking. It's Barry Hussein Obuma

[Warph]

Look who's talking. It's Barry Obuma: "I would not have nominated, uhhh, Clarence Thomas. Uh, I don't think that he's—uhhh... uhhh... I—I—I—I—I—I don't think that he was an exper... uh, a strong enough jurist or legal thinker, uh, at the time, uh, for that elevation. Setting aside the fact that I profoundly disagree with his interpretations of a lot of the Constitution." —Barack Obama when asked by Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren which Supreme Court Justice he would NOT have nominated

Question and non-answer: "At what point does a baby get human rights?" —Rick Warren —"I think that whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is above my pay grade." —Barack Obama, who seeks the office with the highest "pay grade" in the country.

The Chosen One: "[Barack Obama is] a leader that God has blessed us with at this time." —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Or not: "I believe there are a lot of supporters for Hillary among the superdelegates, especially now that they've agreed to place her name in nomination. I think half the House Democrats would probably be Hillary supporters, especially women... I felt she was the most experienced and the best candidate and I still feel that way." —Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)

American pride: "It would be nice to think that after eight years of economic disaster, after eight years of bungled foreign policy, of being engaged in a war that should never have been authorized and should never have been waged, that cost us a trillion dollars and thousands of lives, that people would say, let's toss the bums out. Toss the bums out, we're starting from scratch, we're starting over. This is not working." —Barack Obama

If the shoe fits: "[Republicans] say this other guy is unpatriotic, or this guy likes French people. That's what they said about [2004 Demo presidential contender John] Kerry. They try to make it out like Democrats aren't tough enough, aren't macho enough." —Barack Obama

Talking tough: "John McCain doesn't know what he's up against." —Barack Obama, who's now down five points in the polls  "I will win. Don't worry about that." —Barack Obama

EDITORIAL EXEGESIS
"Barack Obama likes to portray himself as a centrist politician who wants to unite the country, but occasionally his postpartisan mask slips. That was the case at Saturday night's Saddleback Church forum, when Mr. Obama chose to demean Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Pastor Rick Warren asked each Presidential candidate which Justices he would not have nominated. Mr. McCain said, 'with all due respect' the four most liberal sitting Justices because of his different judicial philosophy. Mr. Obama took a lower road, replying first that 'that's a good one,' and then adding that 'I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas... I don't think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation. Setting aside the fact that I profoundly disagree with his interpretation of a lot of the Constitution.' The Democrat added that he also wouldn't have appointed Antonin Scalia, and perhaps not John Roberts, though he assured the audience that at least they were smart enough for the job. So let's see. By the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's second most prominent court. Since his 'elevation' to the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a principled and scholarly jurist. Meanwhile, as he bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable record as both a 'community organizer' and law school lecturer. Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr. Obama's Presidential rèsumè by any measure. And when it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy street. Even more troubling is what the Illinois Democrat's answer betrays about his political habits of mind. Asked a question he didn't expect at a rare unscripted event, the rookie candidate didn't merely say he disagreed with Justice Thomas. Instead, he instinctively reverted to the leftwing clichè that the Court's black conservative isn't up to the job while his white conservative colleagues are. So much for civility in politics and bringing people together. And no wonder Mr. Obama's advisers have refused invitations for more such open forums, preferring to keep him in front of a teleprompter, where he won't let slip what he really believes." —The Wall Street Journal