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Published Oct. 13, 2008Being from the south does not mean I am a racist and I am insulted that people think that. I had family that came here from the debtor's prisons of England. They had to work out their debts and didn't fair well. I have accepted that there is no one alive today that was responsible for this atrocity and I have accepted it. I choose not to be angry.Whether black or white slavery was an atrocity.
Some years ago I went to Africa as a volunteer missionary. I got to see 1st hand how people lived. They had 1 meal a day of mealy pop, [cornmeal boiled in water]. Many were in refugee camps, had nothing but the ragged clothes on their backs. Young girls were being bartered to old men in exchange for cows. I came back here feeling guilty for all that I had when there are so many in the world that have nothing. I felt blessed to be an American, where I could vote, choose my own spouse, go to school, and be who I chose to be.
We, in America, are spoiled brats, we take our freedom for granted. We need to get off our pitty pots and be thankful for what we have, for the courageous men that gave their lives yesterday and today for our freedom. There will always be racism in some form because men are what they are, just men. There is no utopia out there, we can only be grateful for what we do have and strive to make it even better.
The one thing I know about John McCain is that he is an American citizen, I don't know that about Obama. I know McCain fought and nearly gave his life for this country. I don't know who Obama is but I know he wouldn't wear a flag on his lapel and I find it hard to believe he didn't know Rev. Wright's beliefs when he attended his church for 20 yrs. I want to urge everyone to google obama acorn radical and obama crime.com and read. There are too many questions unanswered about Obama. Why will he not just produce his documentation of American citizenship and end this countrovery?
The race of this man has nothing to do with why many want vote for him. I could care less if the man were purple, til he answers some very reliquent questions regarding his past McCain has my vote.
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John McCain went thru hell as a POW and deserves respect for his sacrifice, and that alone doesn't qualify him to be President, I agree., but it does deem respect for him. That war was a joke, but the servicemen that did their duty were not to blame for it.
We all need to search deep within our hearts this election. Thanks for all your comments.
GOLO member since August 17, 2008
October 14, 2008 8:09 a.m.
This is about a presidential candidate rejecting PHONY symbolism. Until you get that, you won't be able to understand.
GOLO member since January 25, 2008
October 13, 2008 5:06 p.m.
meant to say
"UNLESS someone digs up some hard evidence to prove that wrong, I'm good with that."
GOLO member since January 2, 2008
October 13, 2008 12:26 p.m.
I think at the time that photo of Obama was making the rounds, a lot of people didn't know much about him. He was a man with a Muslim name, and here was a photo of him refusing to face the flag, or wear it on his lapel, during the pledge of allegiance (I think that's what this was all about, if memory serves...)
Due to all those circumstances, it was legitimate to ask these questions about him, because since we didn't know yet, we all had to wonder where his true allegiance was (at the time).
Now I accept him as a non-Muslim who is not anti-American. If someone digs up some hard evidence to prove that wrong, I'm good with that.
Now I just don't like his policies. :-)
GOLO member since January 2, 2008
October 13, 2008 12:25 p.m.
I get your point, but the Obama rumor started from a picture of him doing this in action, and needed explanation. Your example about McCain and little girls amounts to the unfounded ravings of a lunatic (not you, but whoever screams that). You have to dismiss that because there is NO evidence of it. There is evidence of the Obama thing.
GOLO member since January 2, 2008
October 13, 2008 12:19 p.m.
When you can produce a picture of him doing that, then we'll have something to discuss. There is an infamous picture of several candidates standing on a platform, all wearing the flag lapels, hands over their heats. Obama is there, no lapel pin, hand NOT over his heart. It looked really bad and resulted in ugly rumors that, frankly, did need to be addressed. That picture needed to be explained. I think it has now, but it was a legitimate question to ask.
GOLO member since January 2, 2008
October 13, 2008 12:17 p.m.
This is the problem. It's not about a piece of jewelry. It's about a presidential candidate intentionally REJECTING our nation's flag. Until you get that, you won't be able to understand.
GOLO member since January 2, 2008
October 13, 2008 12:15 p.m.
GOLO member since June 26, 2008
October 13, 2008 11:49 a.m.
"Please.
And the state of Hawaii has confirmed them.
So you going to believe the state where is was issued or internet experts?"
Like I said in my earlier post, he may have been born in Hawaii--but due to the law at the time, it's questionable as to whether or not he should be considered a US citizen because of his mother had not renounced her Indonesian citizenship. If someone was born in Hawaii today to parents who weren't US citizens, it wouldn't matter, because the laws have changed, and anyone born on US soil nowadays is a citizen.
GOLO member since June 26, 2008
October 13, 2008 11:46 a.m.
GOLO member since July 18, 2008
October 13, 2008 11:42 a.m.
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