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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 02:10 PM
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5. i don't like or dislike Obama. I've never met him. But I won't fail to do my duty as a free
human and support what he does that I feel is good for people and oppose what he does that I feel are bad for people.

How long have you known the PE. do you also know his family?


Or when you say that you like him, do you mean you like what you know about him based on what you've read or seen on TV? i like his media persona as well.

However, I don't believe it was in the best interests of the country (or even necessary to his campaign) that he flipped flopped on FISA and voted to violate both the spirit and the letter of the constitution and the rule of law.

Pushing a second class illusion of "separate but equal" might have been politically correct, but it's hardly courageous or ultimately defensible. It's a sham.

Providing the eyes of the world to a repeatedly offensive and ugly bigot so you can score points with the evangelicals is sending the wrong message. It's a message that bigotry is an opinion and not an assault on rights. Because the swami does advocate assaults on human rights.

So my country comes before any candidate from any party ever. In fact, I'm convinced that if people would quit acquiescing and allowing our leaders to denigrate human rights then things would change. We, the people, have to make our leaders do the right thing sometimes. Even leaders we ourselves worked to install.


hey, I like Obamas labor Sect, and his energy guy is refreshing. Salazar sucks, from my point of view.

If you are staking your survival on Obama I hate to tell you you are already dead, but good luck. You are ceeding your personal power and responsibility to Obama because you like him.

Lots of heavy duty corporate big wigs get built in access and if you aren't actively asserting your rights, your issues, your interests then why would those interests get much consideration?

The only way we are going to make it is by utilizing our power. Not by ceeding it to someone "more perfect" than your self. That's what Warren's followers do, and how is it working?

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