Atleast, that must be what the people running Barack Obama's campaign must think
You know, I'm a republican, but if a Democrat has to win the presidency the only two I could stomach would be Obama or Edwards. Maybe I have to take Obama off that list.
I'm so tired of these politicians thinking we're stupid. For crying out loud, JUST ONCE be honest and tell the truth. If Obama had come out and said something along the lines of "You know, I was younger, I was stupid, I thought rules didn't apply to me. I'm older and wiser now, but young enough to remember how I felt and maybe that will help me to have a stronger connection to the young, disenchanted voters out there" or SOMETHING resembling flat out honestly! Instead, this crap...
BOSTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got more than an education when he attended Harvard Law School in the late 1980s. He also got a healthy stack of parking tickets, most of which he never paid.
The Illinois Senator shelled out $375 in January - two weeks before he officially launched his presidential campaign - to finally pay for 15 outstanding parking tickets and their associated late fees.
The story was first reported Wednesday by The Somerville News. Obama received 17 parking tickets in Cambridge between 1988 and 1991, mostly for parking in a bus stop, parking without a resident permit and failing to pay the meter, records from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation office show.
He incurred $140 in fines and $260 in late fees in Cambridge in all, but he paid $25 for two of the tickets in February 1990.
Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, dismissed the tickets as not relevant.
Hey Jen, if they're not relevent why did he make a point of paying them now, 17 - 19 years later, JUST BEFORE entering the race for President? Clearly you were concerned enough to have him pay them off. And CLEARLY he hadn't just "forgot" them, or was is pure coincidence he remembered he owed them right before filing paperwork to run?
"He didn't owe that much and what he did owe, he paid," Psaki said on Wednesday. "Many people have parking tickets and late fees. All the parking tickets and late fees were paid in full."
He didn't owe that much and what he did owe he paid? Oh, so then if the fines are small enough we're not expected to pay them now? Cool. Next time I get a ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street overnight I'll just call my local PD and tell them I'll catch up with them in a decade or two when the fines are worth my time.
"Many people have parking tickets and late fees". Yes, I suppose that's true. Usually though they have a due date, and responsible people pay them on time. I guess it's silly to expect a candidate for President of the United States to show any responsibility.
Stop the BS and just say the MAN SCREWED UP AND HE'S SORRY! Jeez! What the hell is with this crap!
