I think you nailed the kind fo supporters I was referring to. And while they may be in the minority, they sure are vocal.
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know of some soldiers in my unit who have not said they "worship" Obama, > but believe me, if you say one negative thing about him, they act as if you > have slapped their momma upside the face and called her a stupid cunt. I am > not exaggerating either. These guys almost get frothy at the mouth. They > will stand on a table or chair yelling very very loudly about how wrong any > non Obama supporter is and how right and righteous they are for supporting > him. Oh, and good luck getting a word in edgewise to support your candidate > in front of them. > Now I am not going to say that the represent the average BHO supporter, but > they do live up to the claim. > Also, I am not going to say that this is necessarily a negative, but I > personally believe that they are going a bit overboard in their support. A > simple button or Obama/Biden sticker on their car, a reasonably mature > debate and not a shouting contest, or perhaps if we were not in Iraq, > volunteering in a local office would suffice to me, not the near rabid > response that one can get from them. > Just listening to them turns my stomach. And I would say the same thing for > a McCain/Palin supporter as well if they acted the same. > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Maureen wrote: > > > Have you personally seen cult like worship of Obama, or have you only > > heard the other side claiming people worshiped? > > > > This is real question. I know the talk show hosts have made a big > > deal of calling him "the one" after Oprah made her comment and used > > that term, but I know a lot of Obama supporters, and I haven't seen > > any "worshipping" him,. Much like the labels of terrorists and > > socialist, I think the whole Messiah/Anti-Christ thing is an attempt > > to paint him in a negative light. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
