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I'll be commenting on this later.
Update: Pretty brilliant! More later :-)
Updated again: Except for towards the end which was pretty blech! (Kennedy wrote the education bill when Bush got into office and we have spending millions for years, when is it enough?)
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as opposed to conservatives who do it just because they like the smell.
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of course, i want you to explain your opinion to my liberal friends who are working 2 jobs to make ends meet. or maybe to my conservative cousin who is so lazy he claims workman's comp so he doesn't have to work, or my conservative brother-in-law who works for minimum wage because he's a high-school dropout. you have NO clue what you're talking about. you are so void of critical thought that you've bought into ridiculous stereotypes.
so what if obama is liberal? that's why liberals support him, big deal. he also appeals to us independents. and most of us won't be persuaded by your attempts to paint him as a racist radical. i wouldn't expect any conservatives to vote for obama anyway, unless they're interested in balancing the budget, having affordable health care, breaking our oil addiction, and fixing our economy.
but back to my earlier comment and your response...
that's exactly why he understands both sides of the black/white race issue. and, as you can't tell by just looking at him that he has any anglo heritage, i think that you'd be wrong about the racial slurs. i'd bet he's heard his share. besides, if racial slurs are aimed at your "group" you still resent it even if it's not directed at you personally.
i never said that his skin color was enough qualification to be president. but his experience with one foot in the "white" world and another in the "black" world is just an added bonus that no other candidate can claim! so, thanks for making that point.
Oh, yeah, living in the wealthiest nation in the history of the planet is just such a burden.
I'm sure all those black folks who lived under Jim Crow and the more subtle post-Civil Rights hatred are happy to take ont he buden of white resentment because they get to do so in the wealthiest nation in the history of the planet.
Let me ask something of the recipients of white privilege: why should people who do not benefit from the greatness of this nation care about the greatness of this nation?
And true to form - it always comes down to money with conservatives. Profits are more important than people.
But... God bless America, right?
Which America?
Sounds like somebody has some friends and family that are kind of on the shady side. You need to run with a better crowd, anonymous, I guarantee you they are out there. Most of the people who have to work two jobs to "make ends meet" do it because they overspend and buy houses they can't afford. A credit card bill for a big screen TV is not a food bill.
"having affordable health care" - meaning I pay more and you pay nothing. No thanks
"breaking our oil addiction" - nothing is going to do this exept higher prices, the president has nothing to do with it.
"and fixing our economy." - The president can't do anything about this except talk. Clinton yakked about the economy during his race and did nothing except watch an expansion that was going to happen anyway. FDR's new deal was a sham because poverty rates and wagers were no better in 1939 than in 1930. WWII ended the depression, not FDR.
"people who do not benefit from the greatness of this nation". The poorest single mother living in the worst slum in America is more priveledge than 90% of the people in Africa. They do share.
"it always comes down to money with conservatives. Profits are more important than people."
Yes, putting food on my own family's table is more important than giving a handout to somebody I never met, and would rather have the goverment take my money than to ask for help themselves. You're obviously a young, single guy.
fortunately i'm not like you. i have no problem helping those in need, and my children enjoy helping too, by giving toys and clothes and food.
none of my friends are "shady" and they don't drive expensive cars and they don't live in mcmansions and they don't have big, fancy televisions either. but they are all good dads and good moms. all of my friends are well educated, nearly all have college degrees. four are war veterans. five others are business owners (one just closed his business due to the bad economy). some of them have suffered job losses. one's son died in iraq, another's died here in a car accident. all of them are suffering from the market. and i'd rather hang with this crowd than the likes of you.
on the other hand, the two family members that i mentioned are indeed lazy. they sound a lot like you, blaming socialism for their problems while happily and ignorantly reaping its fruits. oh well, you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
"meaning I pay more and you pay nothing" lie. i already pay for it.
"the president can't do anything about [the economy]" wrong.
"the president has nothing to do with [breaking oil addiction]" wrong again, dope.
"you're obviously a young, single guy"
i assume that your last comment was aimed at meh. well, i share most of his views posted here, and i'm neither young (unfortunately) nor single. i've been married for 15 years and have 2 children.
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