Both Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin are qualified to be President/Vice President. One ticket wants to lead from a far left perspective, the other slightly right of the middle. They both enjoy the support of more than 45% of likely voters. Generally speaking, both have supporters that are good sincere American citizens with sound reasons for choosing their preferred candidate. Of courser there are some outliers, including TEN and Michael.
The point is that roughly 90% of voters have already made up their minds about which candidate they prefer. Attempts to portray half of them as ignorant racists for the most spurious of reasons using the most twisted logic is simply contemptible. Yet that is precisely what TEN and Michael do. (richardsan slurps at that trough now and then, too.) Everyone should try to be a little more mindful of those things when spouting off in support of their preferred candidate. Put that broad paint brush away, and note it is possible to praise one candidate without besmirching the other and his supporters. On Oct 17, 2008, at 3:59 PM, John D wrote: > > F D wrote: > Geez, you guys know more about Joe the Plumber than you do Obama! > > Actually you make a good point. What I responded to are John MCCain's > followers. They look like the kind of people that would accept me and > like me because of the way I look, right up until they found out what > principles I hold. At that point I don't think I'd last very long in > their company. > > But what does it say about McCain in the third debate when the object > of his grand-standing argument is a guy who doesn't qualify to > truthfully ask that "gotcha" question of Obama. I'd have felt more > understanding of the argument if it didn't fall apart at the first > light of day when you see all the little factoids about this guy. Back > taxes; undecided; not licensed; $40K a year on a business that's lucky > to make $100K a year. What does it say about McCain when his choice > example really benefits from Obama's tax plan? The force of that > hypothetical ruse disappears. I'd rather not vote for someone that > easily duped. Where was his crew? Where was his team? Nobody got his > back. It's like the Republicans have given up on this election. I > can't stand behind that. And I don't know how those crowds can. > > It's almost like they've given up on this country too. Talk about a > bunch of Patriots. A G** D***ed Patriot would not have driven this > country into the ground. Or allowed it either. And that's why I cringe > when I hear McCain hammering on about (to paraphrase) How he knows > what's wrong, he knows how to fix it, He's got a plan. Why didn't he > come up with all this secret agenda before? > > At this point I don't think it's intolerant of me to say, "Enough! > Have you no decency?" You know like what you heard at one of the last > of the McCarthy hearings. > > Awww. Now see? You guys got me talking and I was much better off just > being a lurker. > Now I got to go take my heart medication. (mumbles --shakes cane in > the air) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
