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Support the Wright Ad
Contributed by Russ Vaughn A conservative organization, the National Republican Trust PAC is at this late hour in the campaign finally and belatedly taking the gloves off and hitting Obama on the issue of his hate-spewing minister, Mr. Jeremiah Wright. I will not dignify that racist hatemonger with the title of reverend. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on October 31, 2008 at 12:04 AM in Obamanation, Politics, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 31, 2008 at 12:01 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 30, 2008 at 12:40 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 29, 2008 at 01:34 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 28, 2008 at 01:33 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 27, 2008 at 12:41 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 26, 2008 at 12:29 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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A clear choice...
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry Did you vote early? My bride and I did. Early voting is a convenience, but I am afraid it makes shenanigans easier. It gives dead people and Disney characters multiple opportunities to vote before Election Day. The media and pollsters are assuring us that our effort to vote was fruitless as McCain has already lost. I reckon we will know for sure in a few days. I asked one of the poll workers how business was this year compared to 2004, when we also voted early. He said there are many more early voters this time around, averaging more than 700 per day. That might not seem like many to you, but it is for here. I asked him why he thought that was and he said this election is much different from the last one. I did not ask how he thought it differed. I just tried to read his expression. His response and my visual survey of those voting at the early polling place caused me to wonder about the pundit’s assessments and those polls. The early voters I observed did not meet the profile the media and pundits told me to expect. In 2004, yards around here were full of Kerry/Edwards signs. Some of them were as big as billboards. Kerry still took a whoupin here. Obama/Biden signs are scarce as hen’s teeth. I am not a political prognosticator, but something is not adding up with what we are hearing in the media and seeing in the polls. We hear practically every election how this one is the most important one in the history of our country. This time, that might be an accurate statement. Regardless of who moves into the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we will have learned some important things about people and our country. The contrast between choices this time around is stark and there certainly are historic implications. |
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Contributed by J D on October 25, 2008 at 07:46 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 25, 2008 at 12:44 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 24, 2008 at 12:33 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Barack and Biden and Carville! Oh My! The Fine Line Between Bullies and Champions Contributed by Ron Winter If I have this correct, I am labeled a racist if I don't vote for Barack Obama because I don't agree with his view on government and politics, even though I would never in a million years vote for a white man who shares his views. Furthermore, if I don't vote for Barack Obama, and millions of other people in America don't vote for him either, then we are all racists, who mindlessly vote based on skin color rather than our view of government and politics. And, to top it all off, if John McCain gets elected, all black people in America are going to rise up, start shooting white people and burning down the country. Once again, don't take my word for it. James Carville the Democrat spokesman and operative said earlier this month that if Obama loses it will be either "dramatic" or "traumatic" depending on which news outlet provides your information. Most people who reported on his comments said he was threatening riots if Obama loses the election. Then, last week, Joe Biden tells two groups of Democrat supporters that if Obama is elected the US is going to be "tested" - meaning attacked - within six months of Inauguration Day. Most commentators took Biden's follow-up comments, that an attack could come from Russia or the Middle East, at face value. I had to laugh when Obama gave Biden a one-day timeout for his comments, and then tried to explain to the media, which adoringly lapped it up, that Biden really meant something else when he spoke so plainly and said the same thing on two occasions. OK, I'll take Barack's point of view. Maybe an attack also could come from within, especially if Obama moves quickly to establish his National Police Force that he advocated in a speech in Colorado last July. Remember when he said he wants national police force of the same size and strength as the military? Meaning he would have a force that could offset any intervention if there are activities on US soil that meet the definition of "all enemies foreign and domestic?" Biden seems to know something and obviously has a very hard time keeping it to himself. But there is a warning in Biden's words and Carville's words and Obama's associations. Never mind that no one is alive today who was subjected to the wrongs of the distant past; never mind that two generations of Americans have grown up in an America where the law of the land not only demands equal treatment for all, it requires equal treatment for all; never mind that the bulk of Americans alive today are descended from immigrants who were neither slaves nor masters three hundred years ago, two hundred years ago, nor even one hundred years ago. Yet we have Carville thinly hinting of riots, Biden openly telling us we not only will be attacked within six months of Inauguration Day, but also telling his own supporters that they won't like the response and it will appear that we are not doing the right thing. And we have Obama, with so many associations of questionable nature that we can't be sure of anything about him. I had to chuckle at Biden's plea for his supporters to stick with the presumed Obama Administration if and when this attack comes, and the response appears to be so wrong, because in the long run everything will turn out fine! What does that mean? Does Biden mean that everyone who is moderate or conservative politically will be imprisoned or dead? America will taken over by a foreign power? Biden gets to keep his millions, Obama gets to keep his and the middle class once again becomes the peasant class for a new form of aristocracy? Think not? Check out the control that Bill Ayers had over his Underground Weathermen back in the 60s and 70s - even to the point of telling them when and with whom they would have sexual relations. Somehow I don't think that is what most American women want for themselves and their daughters when they speak of sexual equality. Yet that was but one manifestation of the utter disregard and disdain that group had for basic American values - and remember, in their purest form the most basic of American values transcend race, religion, and national origins. Then look at how much involvement Ayers has with Obama's political career. Obama can protest all he wants, Ayers is a mentor, has been a mentor, and will continue to be a mentor. You can tell yourself that this is all just speculation and fear mongering, but my response is that you are living in denial. I don't believe for a minute that most black people in America are just waiting for a chance to hit back at "whitey." There are plenty of white people in America who want to overthrow our democratic form of government and replace it with extreme socialism or communism, and there are plenty of black people, the bulk of black people as a matter of fact, who are prospering in America and won't support anarchy, socialism or communism either. We all would lose under an Obama presidency. But the reality is that it wouldn't take a huge percentage of disaffected Americans of any race, or all races, to put the rest in bondage. Want to know how? Start with controlling communications. That part is almost accomplished already. The mainstream media, including outlets in large and small markets, already is in the tank for every non-conservative candidate running for office in America. The Internet, which is the only saving grace for those of us who are seeking the real truth, is run through the Pentagon. Control the Pentagon, say by being the Commander-in-Chief and you control the Internet. And don't tell me about cell phones; they operate through government controlled satellites. Control the satellites, you control all forms of long-distance communication, including voice, faxes, videos, you name it. Once communications are under control, you disarm the populace. Think not? Consider this. A few weeks ago I attended a forum on the erosion of American freedoms at which constitutional attorney Robert A. Levy was a keynote speaker. Levy is co-author with William Mellor of the book The Dirty Dozen which explains a dozen Supreme Court decisions that have steadily eroded the freedoms Americans once took for granted. After hearing Levy speak I was impressed with his grasp of the control our government has taken over our daily live. I chatted with him and bought a copy of his book which shows us in just 12 Supreme Court cases just what we are facing now, and could be facing in the future from a government run amok. One of these is Bennis Vs. Michigan in which a woman whose husband used one of the family cars in which she had a demonstrable fifty-percent interest, for a tryst with a prostitute. He was caught, the car was confiscated and his wife took umbrage at losing the automobile since she had nothing to do with the charges lodged against her husband. The automobile was only incidental to the crime - and as Levy pointed out, the tryst could have taken place anywhere. It wasn't as if the car was used by a prostitute to ply her business, say like a bootlegger or drug runner. But the wife lost, and the state kept the car, even though the wife was a victim in what the left often refers to as a "victimless crime." Then take the case of Kelo vs. New London, Connecticut in which that city confiscated an entire neighborhood under eminent domain and gave it to a private developer based on the false claim that it would provide economic development - offices, upscale housing, shops and a marina. The Supreme Court upheld that claim too. Yet the promised development has not been built to this day. People lost their homes and land, under a false claim that the greater good would be served, but it wasn't. So what happens if our new president undergoes an attack from without or within, declares a state of emergency, takes over the Internet and all forms of communication for national security, and orders confiscation of all firearms for the same reason that Mrs. Bennis lost her car in Michigan? All that has to be proved is that it is possible that they could be used in a crime and presto!, they are gone. Bennis vs. Michigan says the government can take your firearms even if they aren't used in the commission of a crime, and Kelo vs New London, Connecticut says it can confiscate your home and property under the flimsiest of rationales. Good luck myoptic friends. I have a sinking feeling that all is not going to be well in America the day after Election Day. We always seem to have an ample supply of people who think that they know what is best for everyone else, and once they impose their will on everyone else, we all will see the wisdom of having no personal rights. I would remind them, or inform them, that there is a very fine line between a bully and a champion. Both have strength but the bully uses his strength in a very different manner than a champion. In particular, a champion defends those who are afflicted, while a bully just afflicts. According to the words and actions of Barack and Biden and Carville, a very large part of America is in for a major dose of affliction. That isn't my interpretation, that is what they are saying. I hope they are wrong. |
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Contributed by Ron Winter on October 23, 2008 at 01:46 PM in Decision '08 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Trust me...
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry Have you ever held a job that required a simple background investigation or a security clearance? For much of my time in the Army, my duties required that I have a top secret security clearance. The special background investigation conducted to get and then maintain a top secret security clearance is quite extensive. One must provide 15 years of personal history consisting of references, credit records, relatives, neighbors, affiliations with organizations, workplaces, schools and you name it - and they are all checked. Each 5 years thereafter, all of the information must be updated and checked again. Your life is an open book and if you try to hide any of that your security clearance is lost and you could face serious criminal charges for hiding it. Some of my military jobs required that I be trusted with critically sensitive national security information. The security clearances, which gave me access to information that certainly would damage our national security if it ended up in the wrong hands, was not as high as a Whitehouse level security clearance. |
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Contributed by J D on October 23, 2008 at 11:43 AM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Why our archive pages don't work quite right Fixed, I think. Contributed by Bill Faith (Written 2008.10.13, postdated. Details below the jump. -- Updated 2008.10.22, 2008.10.23) I just got email a little bit ago informing me that TypePad is implementing some "improvements" that, at best, are going to require some tedious and time consuming programming effort on my part to react to properly and, at worst, may mean I have to switch to one of their "canned" formats either temporarily or permanently. In the short term I'm probably going to not do anything till I see how bad the problem is, then switch back and forth between a custom and a canned design for a while while I massage the custom design as best I can. In the worst case I may have to just give up and live with one of their canned designs permanently but I really don't want to have to do that. I'll update this post occasionally as the situation develops. *** 2008.10.22 Apparently TypePad has implemented the changes I mentioned above. As a result, the category and monthly archives on this site only display the most recent 50 posts of what they should display. To make them work right I'd have to devote more time to recoding the site than I'm willing to spend between now and the election, or I could switch to a "canned" site template and lose the site banner and several sidebar items in the process. For now I'm going to ignore the situation. If I don't end up packing up and leaving the country after the election I may get bored some cold winter night and recode the necessary page templates to make thing work right, or I may be too busy documenting all the reasons President Obama should be impeached the day after he's inaugurated to bother. *** 2008.10.23 I took another look at what would be required to fix our Category and Date Based archives and decided it didn't look that tough. As far as I can tell they're working right now. There's apparently something I'm supposed to be able to do so when you get to the bottom of the main page there's a link there to take you to the next most recent posts but I'm not going to worry with it right now. If you want to read older posts than those on the main page use the Archives links on the sidebar. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 23, 2008 at 01:10 AM in Site Notes | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack |
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2008.10.23 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith It ain't over till the fat lady sings, folks, and she ain't even took a deep breath yet. The drive-by media would love to convince you Barack The Magic Hopenchange Negro has the election in the bag. Why do they want you to believe that? So you'll give up and just stay home on election day. Don't be fooled. Vote. Personal to a good friend I hope will see it here: "I am an American fighting man. ... I will never surrender while I still have the means to resist." Get mad at them damned eggs! Lie of the day: Also worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 23, 2008 at 01:01 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 22, 2008 at 12:47 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 21, 2008 at 07:15 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 20, 2008 at 11:47 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Spreadin' the wealth?
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry Or, is it spreadin’ the fertilizer? Joe the plumber reinforced some things for me this week. Some things that are important to me personally and to our country. One of them is the death of |
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Contributed by J D on October 19, 2008 at 04:31 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM in Bill Faith, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 18, 2008 at 06:57 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Associated Press Attacks "Joe the Plumber!" Objective Journalism? Obama Already Putting Americans Out of Work?
Contributed by Ron Winter Joe the Plumber, the working man from Middle America who had what may turn out to be an unfortunate encounter with Barack Obama, has been outed by the Associated Press which has revealed Joe doesn't have a plumbing license! After a minutes long investigation during which at least one person was interviewed, probably over the telephone, the AP is now crowing in its latest pro-Obama expose that Joe had the temerity to respond that he doesn't need a license. "Oh Yeah?" Retorted the AP? "Why Not?" "Because I work for someone else and am not required to have a license," Joe averred. But after another 30 seconds of incisive investigative reporting the AP was able to locate a county bureaucrat who says Joe may be mistaken and at least his company has to have a license, but also doesn't. The future of the two man firm, which gained national fame when Joe told Barack Obama earlier this week that he'd like to purchase it and be his own boss some day, now is in jeopardy. Joe made the mistake of eliciting an admission from Obama that the Pretender to the Presidency actually would be charging him a much higher tax rate for realizing the American Dream and making a good living for himself. Barack told Joe, that if Joe becomes successful, he should "share the wealth." Hey, Barack has a lot of money and really big mansion. How about sending a few hundred grand my way? I have a couple projects on the back burner due to the economy, and if Barack shared his wealth with me, I could spread it around to a bunch of small contractors in my area. Unconfirmed reports from the front indicate that Obama's Personal National Police force, which at the moment is still operating under the guise of Secret Service, are now looking into confiscating Joe's house, vehicles, kid, neighbors, and goldfish since his view of the world doesn't put Barack in a good light. "We'll prosecute his ass to the fullest extent of the law," said an unnamed local reporter for an entirely forgettable news outlet. The reporter was reportedly a distant cousin of another alleged journalist who earlier this month created a national stir when he lied by saying he had heard someone yell "Kill Him!" at a McCain-Palin rally. The alleged threat was supposed to be aimed at Barack, but even though the Secret Service and police were swarming all over the rally and have interviewed huge numbers of people since, the only person who heard the alleged remark is the alleged reporter. HMMMMM. Things that prove again and again that the media is in the tank for Barack Obama. Anyway, Joe the Plumber says he is studying to take the test for his license, and I'm sure this will all work out once Barack and the media forget about him. Unless the bureaucrats in Joe's area are looking for their own 15 minutes of fame and get it by busting him and forcing him out of business and onto the unemployment line. Is there a moral to this story. Well, yes kind of. It goes like this: If you are at home minding your own business, and you see Barack Obama, a bunch of Democratic campaign workers, and the media heading down your driveway, run inside as fast as you can go. Shut the door and lock it. Pull the drapes and shades. Don't answer the phone, don't answer the door, and by all means don't talk to them. You never know, you could end up jobless, broke and subjected to a fine for trying to make an honest living. |
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Contributed by Ron Winter on October 17, 2008 at 08:39 PM in Decision '08 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 17, 2008 at 12:53 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 16, 2008 at 12:29 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 15, 2008 at 07:52 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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2008.10.14 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith Posting may be sporadic for a few days due to medical appointments, computer upgrades, barns that need built, etc. In case you missed it yesterday: Worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 14, 2008 at 01:18 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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2008.10.13 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith Must-read post of the day: Also worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 13, 2008 at 12:58 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Angry? Who Me?
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry Mob mentality? Racist? This I hear from the people who have never had a decent or kind word to say about any African-American who holds conservative views. From this foul-mouthed morally deficient garbage who viciously slanders a pregnant seventeen-year-old girl and her mother, I am now called racist for questioning the character of their chosen one. These people wonder aloud why a mother would not abort a Down syndrome baby. I love these selfless and thoughtful attitudes. This collection of reprobates believes that race and gender counts only if the woman is like Madonna or the man some foul-mouthed Ludacris like thug rapper. I do not like to share much of my private life, but just for the record, I have been one-half of an interracial marriage for going on 36 years. The two men I count as most influential in my 28 years in the Army were a Puerto Rican First Sergeant named Pedro Olivari and a Black Sergeant Major named Jim White. One thing I have learned about the left leaners is they like to project their personalities onto others. The most bigoted are the first to call others bigots. You possess no morals, no ethics and to use your favorite expression, no tolerance for someone whose beliefs differ from yours. So spare me. |
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Contributed by J D on October 12, 2008 at 02:08 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Obama Says He Was Only 8 Years Old When Ayers Was Bombing the US! How Old Was Obama in 2001?
Contributed by Ron Winter Barack Obama has been claiming on the campaign trail that it is OK to hang around with, and work for an unrepentant domestic terrorist - William Ayers - because he (Obama) was only 8-years-old when Ayers was bombing the US. In a statement released this week on Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground terrorist organization that bombed police stations, the US Capitol and the Pentagon, committed crimes including murder and robbery, Obama said he "assumed Ayers had been rehabilitated." Really? Well a picture is worth 1,000 words, so apply 1,000 to this photo of Ayers wiping his feet on the US flag. Now we must ask ourselves, just how aware is Obama if this photo could slip by him in his hometown, in the same time frame that he and Ayers were working together? Based on Obama's "Assumed" claim, I bet the entire Chinese army could infiltrate over our southern border and he would "assume" it was just workers coming in for their day shifts. |
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Contributed by Ron Winter on October 12, 2008 at 09:23 AM in Decision '08 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 11, 2008 at 02:05 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Undecided....
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry I know who I am voting for. Do you? I hope not to offend anyone. Well, maybe I do. Sometimes you need to hit someone in the forehead with a piece of dimension lumber before you get their attention. I never did appreciate it when people appeared in front of the cameras a few days after they called America’s Warriors Nazis and said, gee, if anyone was offended by what I said I apologize. If you said it during a hissy fit of anger, you meant it. You believed it. You should have spine enough to stand up for it. Words matter. What comes out of a politician’s mouth is not always the best reflection of who he is except for those angry tongue slips or the times when they believed no one was listening. It is those times and those words that opens the window to their character and bares their souls. As we near America’s day of reckoning (A.K.A. Election Day), which is only a few days away, I am asked to believe that there are great numbers you out there who do not know who you will vote for. The great undecided mass, I am told and asked to accept, will choose the leader of the free world based on debate performances or whatever is offered up to them in the political ads during the latter days of the current edition of our perpetual political campaigns. If this is true, and I have never accepted that it is, then I have to tell you that the great undecided mass is too stupid to vote. |
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Contributed by J D on October 10, 2008 at 04:00 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |