see Robert, I would take this rant a lot more seriously if you weren't such a mindless defender of Bush....
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do I judge a person who wants to hold the most powerful elected office on > the planet by the company they keep? Of course I do, and so should you. > More > importantly, the voting public is going to judge him on these > associations, > make no mistake. That's why the story has not gone away. > > The problem is not just the company Obama keeps, it is his total failure > to > explain in plain terms why he keeps the company he does. Wright is a > raving > racist who spouts lunatic conspiracy theories like the idea that HIV was > introduced by the US government in an attempted genocide against people of > color. Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist who advocated the violent > overthrow > of the US government. Rezko is a garden-variety criminal - that's almost > tame by comparison. > > Let's understand why Americans are going to judge Obama by his association > with Wright and Ayers in particular. Wright talks the kind of divisive, > racist trash that Obama says he wants to overcome. Ayers advocated > overthrowing the Constitution that Obama, as a US Senator, is sworn to > protect, and would be sworn to protect as Commander in Chief. It bothers > people that Obama would freely associate with someone who took such a > radcal > view and has never renounced his actions. > > What we have, then, is a politician saying one thing and doing another- > saying he wants to rise above divisive politics and defend the > Constitution > as President, while he associates with a horribly divisive, racist > preacher > and an anti-US terrorist. Politicians do this stuff all the time, but the > entire premise of Obama's campaign was that he was going to be different. > So > much for being different. That is why these stories have legs and why > Obama > has fallen back to earth, especially among working class whites, who are > basically hard-working, patriotic people who love the United States. This > kind of stuff makes them leery of the guy, and the polls show it. > > Loathe though I am to admit it, Hillary Clinton is right. Barring a major > change in rhetoric coming from his campaign, Obama now has no chance in > the > general election. The problem for Hillary, though, is that she really > doesn't have a chance, either. He loses Reagan Democrats, she loses > independents and probably a big chunk of African-Americans who may not > vote > if she engineers a win for the nomination. > > The Democratic Party is in the process of completely self-destructing, > it's > almost surreal. > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:54 PM, denstar wrote: > > > Real issues is cool, but are you seriously saying you judge someone by > > the company they keep? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259159 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
