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Dems,
Doesn't it make you angry that your vote counts for diddly squat because of the electoral college system? I can't imagine what it must be like to go to the polls knowing that your vote won't count. I am an independent btw.
I LOVE RED!!!
It's discouraging, to say the least. But, there's always hope on the horizon that even the most reluctant of learners can be educated... :-)
I don't know how anyone can really stand that blue kool-aid?
Reluctant with good reason, it turns your mouth blue and just doesn't taste very good.
I have hope that he'll shock us in a few red states, maybe this one.
I know there were alot of new faces that caucused for Obama back in Februrary. Perhaps more will come out for the general. I know I've been registering everyone I can.
Educated voters would never vote for Obama -- only those with socialist leanings, the uneducated, and the young who vote with their emotions could possibly vote for Obama!
I'm voting for Bill Cosby!
"Educated voters would never vote for Obama -- only those with socialist leanings, the uneducated, and the young who vote with their emotions could possibly vote for Obama!"
So true. I only hope they realize their mistakes in time. Voting for a president based solely on "likeability", or speaking prowess, is simply dumb.
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
With those words, JFK, considered by many to be the most exemplary leader of the Democrat Party in the 20th Century, asked Americans to put country first, a bedrock principle of the Party until the last few decades.
However today, the current slate of Democrats have turned Jack Kennedy's national challenge on end, essentially proclaiming, "ask what your country can do for you, not what you can do for your country."
In 1963, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said for all to hear, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Has his dream been realized, or have Democrat leaders divided us up into constituency groups, where we are judged by all manner of ethnicity and special interests rather than the individual and national character King envisioned?
Kennedy and King had it right, but the Democrat Party has squandered their great legacy, and betrayed us, moreover enslaving many Americans as dependant wards of the state.
This is not the Democrat Party envisioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman, much less its founder, Thomas Jefferson, who would not recognize even the most vestigial elements of his once-noble Party. (This dramatic transition is evident in the Democrat Party Platforms from Kennedy to Obama.)
When asked why he left the Democrat Party, perhaps the most famous of former Democrats said, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me." That was Ronald Reagan, who earned the respect and support of an enormous number of Democrats during his presidency. His observation, "the Party left me," has never been more true than today.
Yes, It sucks that my vote won't matter since we're a red state... But it will sure make me feel good inside when I go and cast my vote for Obama.
It makes me feel empowered when I go and vote, Because it does count to me. Every female should go out and vote and be reminded of women's suffrage and how we had to fight to vote.
On a side note- I was discussing racism with my daughter. From the words of my very wise 6 year old.... " It doesn't matter what color you are, It matters what you say and do".
"So true. I only hope they realize their mistakes in time. Voting for a president based solely on "likeability", or speaking prowess, is simply dumb"
I think it's dumb for you to think that's the only reason I or anyone would vote for him.
To be honest, I am scared for whomever gets president. I am afraid that if Mr. McCain gets it, I am afraid his health won't hold up and if Mr. Obama gets it, I am afraid of him getting killed. I remember when President Kennedy was shot and I don't want to go through that again.
There are so many nutty people out there
There are many more votes besides the Presidential one.
State school board races will be decided. Then there are the judges most have never heard of.
Anonymous said...
On a side note- I was discussing racism with my daughter. From the words of my very wise 6 year old.... " It doesn't matter what color you are, It matters what you say and do".
I wish your daughter had been involved in the promotion process at the fifty largest corporations in the USA. I hope that one day your daughter might be in a position to interview a qualified candidate to become a department head inside City Hall or even a Police Chief across the street.
Maybe she will become a entreprenuer who will need to hire people who move to AC and go to work.
She would really be quite the asset in any of those capacities. Please help her keep that perspective of life and humanity until she can use it to reverse some of the biased actions of her predecessors.
When was the last time a person of any minority applied for any of the jobs you are talking about? Should we go door to door and ask minorities if they'd like a job at City Hall, or as Police Chief? Would that make Charles happy? Don't bother, it was a rhetorical question. Nothing short of reperations for slavery would make Charles happy.
As far as racism in the election, I think that's crap. At least around here. I am voting against Obama because he is the most liberal Senator we've ever seen, and he plans to take our guns, not because he is black. I cheered him on when he was against Hillary.
Anyone that spouts this nonsense that our "vote doesn't count" is, in a very sneaky way, selling the status quo. Our great country has been so weakened by the greed of those at the top, we must work with the election system we have in place to correct our nation's course. That means voting, and believing that your vote DOES COUNT. We saw how a few hundred votes changed the outcome of the 2000 election. If you're happy with the fact that the President inherited a $79 Billion surplus, and we were on track to pay off all our National debt by 2012, but Bush and the GOP spent that, and Trillions more, helping only War Big Businesses and Big Oil, then do not vote. Most Americans, however, are NOT Happy that this administration spent so much money so fast that they had to peddle 500 Billion dollars of Treasury IOU's to Communist China, yet we're still in debt to the tune of a Trillion Dollars and rising. If you ran your home finances the way President Bush has run our country's, you'd be living either in jail, or on the street. So, if you don't vote, and you become one of the 10+ million Americans that have lost their job, or one of the 4+ millions that have lost their homes, you only have yourself to blame. The only time your vote doesn't count is when you don't use it.
"President inherited a $79 Billion surplus,..."
Oooooh boy, here it comes again. the old "We had a Surplus card".
If you believe we had a surplus, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you. No doubt, Prez. Bush has had his share of problems, and the country, economy, and the world are in a mess. But....
"Just the facts sir, just the facts." not a bunch of Democrat manufactured mumbo jumbo.
Surplus, hahaha. We haven't had a surplus in this country for 30 years. Just a Bill Clinton shell game.
Rhetorical does nto mean you can get your slam and then shutdown the topic. It seems that any time someone here's comments about discrimination or isms they immediately spew hostile responses. Of course, it is your right to inform me that I am "not happy" and that nothing could make me happy. Because I do not sing along with the majority, I surely cannot be happy could I?
Well, perhaps before you spout that rhetorical bigoted garbage, you should find out how many minorities have applied for such positions.
No, you do not have to go door to door. You have to get your head out of your arrogant clouds to learn how many candidates have been nixed, not given an interview or dismissed from consideration for some non-related matter like a mispelled word (teh instead of the) on their resume.
Anyway, I was not about to argue that isms do not exist any more than I would argue that people who disobey traffic laws do nto increase the chance of auto accidents.
I was just saying that the little girl of reference might do society well if she can hold on to her ideology until she attains a position to use it positively.
Send me a note when I have your permission to be happy. I am eagerly awaiting with my sad (or is it unhappy) self.
I too like and appreciate the view of the little girl who doesn't see color. I agree wholeheartedly. Just keep your affirmative action to yourself. That is the opposite of watching what someone says or does and making a decision from there. Level playing and no glass ceiling I'm all for that. Forget about quotas and special preference for minority disadvantaged or women-owned businesses. Give them fair shot sure. Don't lean it the direction of anyone over any other. Just choose the best brightest and most qualified at the best price.
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