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Originally Posted by Chironex
Just thought I would start this thread to let everyone post their opinions on the candidates. Officially, I do not approve of either candidate for one reason or another. Frankly, the whole thing is a frustrating, steaming pile of bovine excrement to me.
But here is an email I received today:
Below are a few lines from Obama's books; In his words!
From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attri butes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
And FINALLY the Most Damming one of ALL of them!!!
From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
Oh really????!!! It will be a cold day in hell before I vote for anyone with such radical views.
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Did you read the book? Have you read these quotations in context to the rest of the book?
I am neither a fan of Barack Obama or John McCain. As a moderate I am screwed. What I do know in my simple mind is that everything I have is a direct result of working under some kind of union contract since I graduated high school. First I joined the electricians union. I was working at a body shop and the raise I was promised had not taken effect. I went to the owners office 'hat in hand' to inquire why the pay I was promised was not reflected on my check. He treated me like an aggrevation. Like it was a bother that I wanted the pay he had promised. That was the last time I ever begged for money. I quit. I joined a union. And since the age of 19 I've had health insurance and a pension.
With the exception a few poloticians on the east coast and a few from the Michigan/Missouri area, Republicans have consistantly and quietly taken positions that directly threaten my financial security. And most all Republicans oppose the very unions that have helped to put food on my table all these years. After hurricane Katrina presidant Bush suspended the Davis Bacaon Act allowing a flood of immigrant labor to replace local electricians in New Orleans. At a time of crisis our president put local victims out of work who were trying to rebuild their own city.
Bush Suspends Pay Act In Areas Hit by Storm
Bush Suspends Davis-Bacon Wage Protection in Katrina Zone
Post-Katrina easing of labor laws stirs debate | csmonitor.com
John McCain supported this action.
In the late 70's and early 80's pay for construction workers in Louisiana was at a very high rate. While the rest of the country struggled with inflation and unemployment the construction of petro-chemical plants gave working people a way to comfortable middle class life. My father was included in this group as a pipeline welder and member of the pipefitters union. We always went to the doctor for check ups. And illness was not feared because we had health insurance through the union. Then under president Reagan came the push for the 'Right to Work Law'. To make a long story short this law has a nice name and a mean effect on wages.
Right to Work for Less
In a nut shell, my young father and mother went from getting on their feet to hauling all of their kids out on the road looking for work. I've lived in New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetes. Thanks for the 8 year road trip Right to Work Law. The household median income for right to work states is substantially below non-right to work states. John McCain supports a national right to work law.
I could go on forever talking about the 'little ways' that republicans have screwed working people, but the bottom line is best explained by a joke.......
If your car is broke down on the side of the road and a car full of republicans passes by they will laugh while they sip champagne and smoke cigars.
If a car full of democrats passes by, they will stop and try to help but your car will end up more screwed up than it was in the first place.
I am from the south. I hunt and I'm pro-gun. I do not think abortion is right so I guess I'm pro life. But above all I'm pro-me. I need to make a decent living. And that is something that a republican has never given a shit about. I don't know who I'll vote for, but I will surely be gritting my teeth when I push the button.
Rush Limbaugh says that moderates have no conviction.....................as he sits in his mansion in S. Florida popping oxycontin waiting for his illegal immigrant maid to get him a sandwich.
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