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Ashley Judd, others discuss Obama policy at Broadway bookstoreSunday, September 14, 2008
Fuel costs, birth control and transparency in government were issues that worked their way into a discussion between actress Ashley Judd, former U.S. senator Jean Carnahan and Melody Barnes, senior domestic policy adviser to Sen. Barack Obama, held Saturday at Broadway Books and Roasting Co. in Cape Girardeau. The discussion was designed to be an economic policy roundtable talk between the three to promote Obama's plan to support working women and Missouri families. The event, closed to the public, targeted about 20 local women who were undecided about which presidential campaign to endorse. "I frankly think our country is being scarred by corruption," Carnahan said, adding that she didn't feel Missourians were better off than they were eight years ago, when gas was $1.45 per gallon. "Energy is important, and so is getting this country off this dysfunctional addiction to oil," Judd said. She endorsed Obama's New Energy for America plan of spending $150 billion during the next 10 years to create new jobs in renewable energy fields. Judd, a pro-choice advocate, also addressed the abortion issue, what she called a "divisive and polarizing issue in our society." Allowing more ready access to birth control means reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and thus cutting back on abortions, Judd said. Judd, who also worked on the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign, said she felt compelled to get involved with Obama's campaign after seeing him accept the Democratic nomination at the Democratic National Convention. "I was inspired, and I was galvanized," she said. Judd said she's found a warm reaction to the campaign so far in Missouri. Many members of the Republican Party have been "willing to listen," she said. Lucas Presson, president of the Southeast Missouri State College Republicans, said the event was well-staged, but rather than offering change it offered the "same old politics we've seen for decades now." bdicosmo@semissourian.com 335-6611, extension 245 Comments  The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, use the exclamation point icon beside the comment to send a report to the webmaster.
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i think if you dont like obama then you dont like me
i think if you dont like obama then you dont like me
i think if you dont like obama then you dont like me
Is there a listing somewhere of the changes Senator Obama has brought to Illinois or the United States Senate?
Is there any historical information out there supporting his comment that he will be an agent of change?
I'd think a change agent would have some sort of track record showing how effectively they've brought about / encouraged change in previous duties, so this shouldn't be too hard to find.
Thanks in advance.
W
It is absurd that Luca Presson - who is barely two decades old anyway - should be accusing the Obama folks of 'same old politics!' It is his candidates McCain and Palin who have based their entire campaign on lies, and who have the same old special interest representatives as campaign advisors and stratefgists, and the same old tired Republican policies and programs who are the candidates of the past.
Missy: You said "Ok say it is ok to get assistance but only if you have a physical impairment? How many people out there get disablity checks each month because they are alcoholics or they have become alchoholics? Is that ok for you that they get their checks and do drugs and drink it up?"
My Reply: Despite what liberal think alcoholism and drug addiction are not diseases---they are character choices; so, no if I had my way there would be no disability checks for drunks and addicts.
Missy: You said "Also as for welfare there is no color barrier on that, you are someone who stereotypes based on one or two ignorant people you might see in a store. I bet you think only black people get welfare too!"
My Reply: No deadbeats come in all races and colors.
Missy: You said "Everyone needs help sometimes, have you ever been laid off of work and had to feed your family?"
My Reply: Yes I have AND I got not one, not two, but three lower paying jobs to make up for the one larger paying one.
Missy: You said, "Maybe you don't know either, but there was a thing called welfare reform that limited the time you can receive welfare, so the woman you saw in the store won't be collecting it for a lifetime."
My Reply: Perhaps not, but would you allow me into your house to steal from you if I could only take 10 items?
Missy: You said "But I don't have to tell you anything because you apparently know it all!"
My Reply: As a matter of fact I do!
Missy: You said "As I said I haven't made up my mind yet and I may not even vote period, but my point is that people in this country want something different, they want someone who they can relate to."
My Reply: You KNOW you will vote for Obama, don't ******** us. I want a man who will stand up for what is right---not for what the ignorant masses say is right. RIGHT is not negotiable---or relative. Personally I do not want a man in the White House that condones killing innocent unborn children, that promotes gay marriage, that wants to cow tow to terrorists, who wants to take more my hard earned money and give it to people who refuse to work. GIve me a man who is morally straight and clear minded who will stand up for family values and defend this great nation both domestically and abroad.
Missy: You said, "Obviously you have some race issues as you kept quoting Brown vs Board of education, what does that have to do with anything?"
My Reply: With our argument probably nothing. It was a snide jab that I should not have made. That being said, I find it extremely ironic that the black students are the ones lagging behind in test scores. Figures do not lie. It has gotten so bad that one of candidates for the Supt. job in St. Louis Public Schools actually said that the traditional classroom was not suited for young African American males. (Sunday 9/14/08 St. Louis Post Dispatch) He was black and everyone goes YES! Praise him for his ideas. Had I said that, I would lose my job because I am white. It would be interesting to compare the Little Rock 9's scores with those of black students today.
Missy: You said "Would you prefer if all us black folks were still out in the field picking cotton and beans? That is ok as long as your family was benefiting from it all."
My Reply: Well I DID trace back MY roots and my family DID own slaves in Cape County in the early 1800's. Farming is a losing proposition today. I like to MAKE money.
Missy: You said "You call yourself a Christian, but what would Jesus think of your racist comments?"
My Reply: Jesus DID say "If a man does not work, he does not eat." Jesus would probably also tell me that deadbeats come in all colors and races.
Missy: You said "I want to vote for the best candidate not just because of their race. Did you know that there are Black republicans in this world? That might shock you that they are educated enough to be a Republican!"
My Reply: I'm calling bull sheet on this one. I bet you anything that Obama carries the black vote by a significant margin. Care to take me up on it?
Missy: You said "As for my spelling of Klan, you would know the correct spelling now wouldn't you?"
My reply: Yes I would. I paid attention in my English class in school.
Missy: You said "Well you have your opinion and I have mine. That is the reason for these forums of course!"
My Reply: Opinions are like @$$Holes---everybody has one.
To John in Jackson, you are correct, all these politicians do is tell lies to get in the door! I agree with you on that, that is why in my last post I said I may not even vote because I have been watching different political shows and they are all telling stories and going back on what they originally said. I am so sick of this already. I have several friends also who would rather vote independent, because they feel neither of the two candidates are not worthy of their vote!
To Jack Torrence:Ok say it is ok to get assistance but only if you have a physical impairment? How many people out there get disablity checks each month because they are alcoholics or they have become alchoholics? Is that ok for you that they get their checks and do drugs and drink it up? Also as for welfare there is no color barrier on that, you are someone who stereotypes based on one or two ignorant people you might see in a store. I bet you think only black people get welfare too! Everyone needs help sometimes, have you ever been laid off of work and had to feed your family? Maybe you don't know either, but there was a thing called welfare reform that limited the time you can receive welfare, so the woman you saw in the store won't be collecting it for a lifetime. But I don't have to tell you anything because you apparently know it all! As I said I haven't made up my mind yet and I may not even vote period, but my point is that people in this country want something different, they want someone who they can relate to. Obviously you have some race issues as you kept quoting Brown vs Board of education, what does that have to do with anything? Would you prefer if all us black folks were still out in the field picking cotton and beans? That is ok as long as your family was benefiting from it all. You call yourself a Christian, but what would Jesus think of your racist comments? I want to vote for the best candidate not just because of their race. Did you know that there are Black republicans in this world? That might shock you that they are educated enough to be a Republican! As for my spelling of Klan, you would know the correct spelling now wouldn't you? Well you have your opinion and I have mine. That is the reason for these forums of course!
Uberfan,
No ... it has nothing to do with a central limit theorem. And my comment to which you posted had nothing to do with (INSERT RANDOM ECONOMIC AND/OR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY HERE).
Reading for context is not your strong suit. Perhaps I confused you though, as I am an independent voter and we are a confused bunch. Well, at least that's what you believe.
I applaud your time investment in beers; however, there is most definitely a pattern in pie. The more slices I use to divide the pie, the more likely I'll be able to eat some of my wife's portion.
For example, if I slice my pie to get eight pieces, I can usually get that fifth piece (slightly over half) without my wife saying anything. But if I slice into just four pieces, my wife will contest my reaching for that third piece (much more than half). Interestingly enough, this also works with pizza.
W
It's not relegated to the US.
I'm not sure what the equal distribution theory is, but I assume you're referring to the central limit theorem. Although polls accross the board show that the presidential election is 50-50, you will not find a normal distribution across sub sets.
For example, union members will have a population density favoring socialism, while engineers will vote for capitalism almost on the whole.
Although I have quite a bit of talent for physics, I've chosen to apply what I've learned on a lesser scale so I can spend more time drinking beer.
If the socialists would get out of the way, we'd advance physics at a much higher rate. Even with them out of the way I don't believe we'll ever to find a unifying theory (see link for latest try).
We won't ever find a pattern in pi either.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...
regarding I Cor. 6:9
Contemporary English Version
"Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual
King James
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind"
Today's New International Version
"Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals"
'The Message' version
"Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom"
So WHICH infallible, immutable word of God is the right one? Is it CEV? "behaves like a homosexual" --does that mean if my home is tastefully decorated I'm damned to hell? Or is it TNIV "practicing homosexual" -- so celibate gays are okay? Or it's okay as long as you don't, ahem, bone up on your skills? I'm so confused.
Wow ... I didn't know someone out there was smart enough to roll up all of our Nation's issues into just two, singular positions. It's so clear to me now ... I only have to choose between socialist fascism and free market capitalism.
Thank you, Uberfan! You are truly a gift to the readers of the Southeast Missourian. So few words, yet such a powerful and concise statement on human political choices. Why, you even threw in philosophic foundations for good measure.
Now please start devoting some of that massive brainpower on a unifying field theory in physics. With your noggin and self-assured confidence at work, I bet you'll be posting your results by dinner time.
Thanks also for illustrating a corollary to the Equal Distribution Theory, which is: there are self-righteous know-it-alls throughout the political spectrum.
Chop chop, Uberfan ... I can't wait to see the fruits of your next brain wave!
Humanity has only two politcal/philosophical choices: socialist fascism and free market capitalism.
Everyone in between aren't independent, they are confused.
I'm a firm believer of the Equal Distribution Theory. Pick a descriptive term and I believe you'll find an equal representation in any two groups.
There are plenty of idiots and lazy people in our United States ... they don't confine themselves to any political party, race, gender, or part of the country. There's a boat load of scum bags in both political parties.
There are plenty of patriotic, hard working, and intelligent people in our United States ... and they're found in both political parties, in all races, in both genders, and throughout the country.
I'm an independent voter and proud of it.
True conservatism is the belief in the smallest minority on earth - the minority of the individual.
There is no racism or sexism or any prejudice inside a conservative. You are judged only on your ability to produce.
If you vote democrat and believe you are helping to wipe out racism and poverty, ask yourself this question: What would become of the democrat party without racism and poverty?
The answer is that it cannot exist without racism, poverty, and other fears that fuel their engine.
A vote for a democrat is a vote for racism, poverty, fear, and death.
CPGnative- I believe you have nailed it. Listen up fellow conservatives, until some (not all obviously) of you get over skin color and who is married to who, the GOP will lose ground.
Before you crucify another person, as I've mentioned earlier, I'm not marching in favor of same-sex marriages, but I'm not looking forward to a theocracy either. Lets leave governments run on a specific religion in total to Iran and other Middle East states. Ask God to bless this country, and then, deal with the fact that it is a democracy and not all U.S. citizens go to Cape Bible Chapel.
Build the "big tent" for the GOP, and they will come.
I cannot logically see how people can talk all this garbage about Obama, without truly getting the facts. JackTorrance, just say it, you are against Obama because he's black!! Not mixed, as you so stated that he denies, which is a LIE!! BUT BLACK!! So really it doesn't matter that he is 1/2 white, and was raised by his white grandparents. But because he identifies more with his black heritage, so much that he married a black woman, he's being raked over the coals. Reading your posts, you are more concerned that reparations for slavery will be granted, that you can't see the truth, or dont care to find the truth. Barack has already said NO to reparations. So come up with all the excuses and BS you can find to talk bad about him, but he IS what is needed for this country!! VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN!!
lindagayle: While I am against homosexuality, I am also against "good Christians" who condemn homosexuals to hell but overlooking their own backbiting, lying, gossiping, and hatred toward their brother.
CORRECTION:
My reply: We agree on something. We just DISagree on whether Barack Obama is one of them.
Missy1793: You said "JackTorrence you are obviously a racist and a Klu Klux clan member."
Reply: No I'm not. I do believe one race is better than another. NASCAR racing is much more superior to dirt k racing. As far as being a KLAN (check your spelling--it is spelled KLAN--Looks like Brown vs. the Board of Education worked for you)member, I wouldn't look good in white. Besides, they wouldnt accept me because I judge people on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
Missy1793: You said "I am a african american women and I haven't made up my mind who I am voting for, but people like you are why so many won't vote Republican."
My reply: And its people like you are why so many won't vote for Obama.
Missy1793: You said "All black people don't talk slang, some are actually educated."
My reply: We agree on something. We just agree on whether Barack Obama is one of them.
Missy1793: You wrote "I understand people wanting someone Christian in the White house but I also want someone who is going to make things better for me."
Reply: It's not about what's best for you. It is about what is best for our country. But if you still want a non Christian who will make things better for you, vote Obama. He might well be the anti Christ.
Missy1793: You said: "For the person who made the comments about welfare, you must have never had cancer and had to depend on others to help you make it through."
My reply: Actually I know someone very close to me who had cancer and had to depend on assistance. If you will look at my post, I have no problem helping those with physical infirmities or mental handicaps. Again, Brown vs. the Board of Education seems to be working for you.
Missy1793: You said "And if you want to know, I use to get them, but I haven't received any for years, I used the system as a help up and I take care of me and my children without any help. I haven't received any assistance for more than a decade."
My reply: Unless you had a physical infirmitiy or mental handicap then in my humble opinion you have no voice in this argument. Such a voice is like allowing lawmakers to set their own raises.
Missy1793: You said " People are tired of paying a arm and a leg for gas and they are not worried about gay people or abortion, they are worried about how they are going to pay their bills from week to week and month to month."
My reply: I have a way---It's called WORK. Most people on welfare suffer from Operphobia---fear of work.
Missy1793: You said "Is McCain going to do that, does he even care about middle and lower income people? I don't know if Obama is the right person either, but I know I am tired of paying a bunch of money just to fill my tank, pay my bills and buy food for my family! We need some one who is going to make a difference!"
My reply: I depend on no man to take care of me and mine. It's the grace of almighty God coupled with my hard work (by my own admission, it's really all God--I'm just an instrument in His hands) who provides for me and mine.
Missy1793, you know the main difference between you and I? I trust the one true and living God and you think Barack Obama is a god.
This is why there are so many different churches because everyone interprets the bible to say what they want it to,but in 1 corinthians it plainly states that homosexuals will not go to heaven.Whoever said I was judging is dumb as a box of rocks.Good night and good bye.I can see I'm way to smart for you girls.(the men on here sound much brighter than you)
lindagayle,
Thank You for chapter & verse! I disagree with your interpretation of these verses, I think that verse 11 clarifies that those that Paul was talking to had quit doing these things, but I am not really equipped or wanting to have a Bible debate at the moment.
Missy,
Neither candidate can do a thing about your situation, Congress spends the money and makes the laws, the President just proposes laws and budgets and approves or disapproves what congress passes. Congress is the body that *****- up our economy and finances. For instance, Congress is the body that set up Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.
JackTorrence you are obviously a racist and a Klu Klux clan member. I am a african american women and I haven't made up my mind who I am voting for, but people like you are why so many won't vote Republican. All black people don't talk slang, some are actually educated. I understand people wanting someone Christian in the White house but I also want someone who is going to make things better for me. For the person who made the comments about welfare, you must have never had cancer and had to depend on others to help you make it through. I know couples right now who get food stamps and subsidized housing because they don't make enough to make ends meet otherwise. Everyone getting welfare is not a lazy bum, people can work and still get food stamps. And if you want to know, I use to get them, but I haven't received any for years, I used the system as a help up and I take care of me and my children without any help. I haven't received any assistance for more than a decade, so you see everyone is not a bum as you seem to think. People are tired of paying a arm and a leg for gas and they are not worried about gay people or abortion, they are worried about how they are going to pay their bills from week to week and month to month. Is McCain going to do that, does he even care about middle and lower income people? I don't know if Obama is the right person either, but I know I am tired of paying a bunch of money just to fill my tank, pay my bills and buy food for my family! We need some one who is going to make a difference!
How about this verse....Judge not, that ye not be judged.
Ask yourself...what would Jesus do? Would he be playing chess with Bible verses on a newspaper website with strangers with code names? I'm voting "no" on that one.
Amen....
Thanks for the verse lindagayle, but I'm still leaving it up to God. And thanks babe for making my point. Oh and lindagayle, you might want to check the facts first and then take YOUR foot out of your mouth.
suelynn,in 1 corinthinthians 6:9-10 tells who will not go to heaven,and homosexuals are some of them.You don't only have to believe in Jesus,but you also have to obey him.
lindagayle,
Sorry, but you are going to have to tell me chapter and verse as to where it says that about homosexuals.
In John 3:16 the Bible says ..."that whosoever believes in Him shall have eternal life."
That is "whosoever" not "whosoever except..."
McCain doesn't use a computer because he can't! Just like he can't lift his arms above his shoulders and can't fully bend one of his knees because of war injuries, his fingers don't work good enough to type.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/...
GEEZ, Give a guy a break!
Thank you Babe for making Suelynn's point...The quote was NOT made by Barack Obama.
It's stuff like this that gets twisted and twisted until the truth is lost and then we blindly elect yet another Republican, under whom the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Like taking candy from a baby.
I never cease being astounded by how our economy is in the toilet, working people can't afford gas, food or their mortgage and 2 wars are being raging in the middle east...yet when election time rolls around we forget all about it and cast our vote to continue drinking from the poisoned well that is the Republican party. And all of that so that gays can't get married? Really? No kidding? Is that what worries folks when they lay down at night? Seriously?
Spare me the speeches about religion, abortion, guns and gays. Those are all issues that are dusted off every 4 years by the conservatives and will never be settled or agreed upon in our lifetime. However, the economy, gas prices, mortgage crisis and the wars are urgent issues that are at our front door now and can be turned around by our votes, so let's please stay focused here and not behave like a "nation of whiners."
How do any of you know what Jesus meant? Were you there? Do you somehow have an inside track on the meaning of Jesus' message? How did you get to that elevated position at his right hand?
What about Obama? How do you know what he meant?
STOP the insane bickering!
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. He who is without sin...
Dem. Rep. Steve Cohen (TN) - I submit to you, Mr. Speaker, that the parties have differences. But if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about. Pontius Pilate was a governor. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
And if I remember correctly lindagayle, Jesus also tells us how to treat the least of our brothers. He's watching you and I wonder what he thinks?
-- Posted by suelynn on Sun, Sep 14, 2008, 5:20 pm CDT
Yes it is true, but Jesus did NOT mean your government should force you to do unto your brother by forcing you to look down the barrel of government's gun. Obedience to God is always, and should be, a free will choice.
lindagalye, Give me a link to that direct quote from Obama...I sure can't find it.
Until then...
suelynn,what I said about obama was not a lie.He said"Jesus was a community organizer,and Pontius was a governor.(meanig he is Jesus and Palin is Pontius Pilate.You need to know what you're talking about before opening your mouth and inserting FOOT.
I give up lindagayle...someday you will be judged and I leave that to Him.
suelynn,apparently you don't know your bible because it also says that if you see a brother doing something wrong and don't tell him,when he dies his blood is on your shoulder.What part of all this don't you understand,or do you read the koran?
And if I remember correctly lindagayle, Jesus also tells us how to treat the least of our brothers. He's watching you and I wonder what he thinks?
This is your lie lindagayle:
Obama is the one trying to replace Jesus.He says he is Jesus,and Palin is Pontius Pilate.Go figure!
-- Posted by lindagayle on Sun, Sep 14, 2008, 4:57 pm CDT
Did you feel good about writing this?
suelynn,I haven't judged anyone.I merely stated what the bible says about homosexuals.That is no lie.In 1Corinthians,it says homosexuals will not enter the kingdom of heaven.Where's the lie in that?
Babe, I said "if you didn't sound so lame, I'd respond with the list of celebs that support the Republicans (or should I say the Scoop Jackson Democrats)." Can't you read and understand? Silly, silly woman. giggle
Obama is the one trying to replace Jesus.He says he is Jesus,and Palin is Pontius Pilate.Go figure!
-- Posted by lindagayle on Sun, Sep 14, 2008, 4:57 pm CDT
And lying can't be good for your soul either.
lindagayle with the way you judge others and God's statments about that, you might be the one to find "truth hurts".
Obama is the one trying to replace Jesus.He says he is Jesus,and Palin is Pontius Pilate.Go figure!
lindagayle - Larry Craig, Mark Foley, Tom DeLay...just a few.
suelynn,I'm just saying what the bible says.Homosexuals will not enter the kingdom of heaven,so do you think you could be a Christian and be for homosexuals?That's not judging,it's merely stating a fact.Truth hurts,I know!!
suelynn
Go ahead and make your list of celebrities who support Republicans. You will find all of them to be intelligent unlike the babbling Babs who is dumber than a rock. giggle
Babe if you didn't sound so lame, I'd respond with the list of celebs that support the Republicans (or should I say the Scoop Jackson Democrats). Go ahead and giggle.
Lindagayle, as a Christian, are YOU supposed to judge others? Just wondering. I mean you are free to vote who you please, but to say someone is not a Christian sounds like YOU are trying to replace God.
Who next? Maybe Babs will be coming to tell us to hang our laundry outside and cook fish in the dishwasher?
Revolutionary
Can you name several reasons why the President of the USA would need to use a computer? giggle
Jack Torrance sounds like a real smart man.I agree with him 100%.I,too,am sick of welfare people that live in a better home,drive a better car and eat better than I do,not to mention being able to buy all the things that I can't afford.I'm one of those people paying for what you have.I'd like to retire one day,but if I have to keep supporting all the lowlife bums out there,I'll never be able to retire.Welfare should be for disabled people only.I also get tired of paying for all the illigitimate babies.My children got married,then had their families.What's wrong with this picture?!?!?
I want a Christian president,and that wouldn't be Obama.You can't be a Christian and be for homosexuals and abortion.GO McCain and Palin.Keep the morality going.We don't need anyone for the immoralities.This country needs to get back to good Christian values.
Barring any major physical infirmity or mental handicapped, those in poverty can start doing a little something for themselves. There is no reason to be able bodied and in poverty in this country.
These are precisely the deadbeats who sat in school and did not take advantage of a free public education and whose kids are likely sitting in classrooms doing nothing to prepare themselves for the real world.
I have worked two or three McJobs (at the same time) with a college degree to make it until something in my field opened up. People today call them burgerflippers---I called it opportunity. Barring any major physical infirmity or mental handicapped, there is no such thing as poverty IN THIS COUNTRY---just lazy.
Case in point, I was in line at the grocery store while a woman pulled out one of those food stamp cards---all the while she was talking on her cell phone, displaying her ornately adorned newly manicured nails--all the while buying expensive junk food with no nutritional value. Then she went out and got into a car much nicer than the one I am driving.
Face it, even the poorest among us have televisions, cell phones, microwaves, DVD players, cable television, IPODS, etc.
Obama wants to tax me more and give it away to those who won't work? Call me bigotted. Call me racist. I don't give a sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Say what you will, but our country was much safer, more economically and educationally sound in the 1950's----when there was less tolerance of immorality, less racial strife, and homes were for families to sit around and have dinner together and watch good wholesome family shows.
Obama is what is wrong with American today. Everyone wants to LOOK good and put on a good show, but they are not willing to put in the sweat equity to have the substance necessary to run a country. It reminds me of a quote from "White Men Can't Jump"---"A black man would rather look good and lose than look bad and win."
That quote not only applies to blacks, it applies to the younger generation.
Revolutionary----call McCain McKKKain all you want. That does not make it so. McCain is a true war hero who as repeatedly gone against the Bush Administration and the Republican party. Even if he HAD agreed with Bush 100% of the time AT LEAST HE SHOWED UP TO VOTE YEAH OR NAY. 126 times OBAMA voted PRESENT because he did not want to take a stand.
Again if you want our country to continue killing unborn children, vote for Obama. If you want our country to allow queers to marry queers---vote for Obama. If you what white people to pay reparations for slavery vote for Obama. If you want sex education taught to kindergartners---vote for Obama.
Obama is not right for the United States. He will sink the US further into immorality and degregation.
Celebrity endorsements mean absolutely nothing to this voter. Opinions are like noses. Everyone has one. I could drop down to Cape and spout off about my favorite candidate and I would hope no one listened to me. My decision will be made on an analysis of the candidate and then confirmation of that decision the way scriptures say: through prayer and fasting.
The last sentence in my earlier post should read:
In Missouri's 8th District many would-be Democrats feel abandoned by the Jeff City Carnahan clique who's financial existence depends upon 'business as usual' same old politics.
Oh no, the bigots of Cape Girardeau are mad. It will be OK though. Once the Democrats win, you can still be scared by FOX and sadly, this rag of a newspaper.
Mrs.Palin is no Hillary Clinton,this is for all those men/women that are jumping on this bandwagon for the opposition to continue to use the war and 26years experience to scare real america. She has done somethings in her life the average person couldn't. This doesn't mean shes ready..we all know shes not. Great stratagy though,but she's just a pawn. I don't know how else to say this but...ALASKA???? Of course it's a state,but it's 3lightyears away from America right! Do they even have crime there? I bet last year alone cape girardeau had more crime than the whole gigantic state of AlASKA. Someone send me a picture of a black person there,not a darker eskimo either. Any homeless round Mrs.Palins house??There is right in the alley in back of my house here in cape..Folks the real voice of America is with Obama/Biden..Cant wait til November...its gonna be cold!
Yes, please tell me about Obama's policies on our country's issues...I am sure that Ashley Judd, Ms. Carnahan and "others" can tell me Obama's exact stance on every issue out there. It is just more "known" people sent to Cape to try to win votes for Obama, and it will fail miserably.
Vote McCain/Palin!
Hello everyone...theres some good opinions and some that are way off. Obama is a black man,his father is a black man..its not that he doesn't credit his white side,its that american life deems anyone with african blood simply black here. Im not with either party,i've grown up here in cape girardeau where nothing changes but more banks,churches,and fast food huts. Its almost funny that such a republican town can do nothing about its poverty,lost, and abandoned sons and daughters of this city. Im currently in school and still serving in the military,yet the very people in this area treat you less of a man,black,white,yellow,if you don't buy into the norm here. Lets not worry about Mrs,Judd,she doesn't know these parts,or Obama,or McKKKain,but honestly,folks,change is absolute,i can remember back when they used to say the revolution wouldn't be televised,well it is today.Its ashame that if he was john mckkkain the garbage man,in his old age,he would not get a second look at any job interview,you would think that a president would need to use the computer,and things of that nature,???Wouldnt you.
The first impressions are lasting impressions and the first thing about honesty is believing in who you are and what you stand for.
Obama refuses to acknowledge who he is: He is 50% white which he refuses to acknowledge. The other half is mostly Arab and a small part black from a grandmother in Kenya. He has not a drop of African-American blood with no ancestors brought here chained to ships as slaves. In fact, his ancestors were slave owners for centuries until the British stopped the practice.
You combine that with his relationships with Rev. Wright, the radical priest, the radical terrorst, and the convicted Resco: You quickly see what you are buying.
You look at his tax plan and if you work for a living, you will fast see how much more of your money he wants to take. He says he will cut income taxes on 95% of all wage earners. Since the bottom 40% currently pay no income tax, that can only mean he will increase the amount of income tax credits for those folks at the expense of those that actually pay income tax. Ther are many more issues including capital gains taxes and other tax increases you will pay. A sheep in wolfe's clothing--YOU BET.
Hey deviantwriter, You have a point about McCain vs Obama but the comment made by Lucas Presson is about the Jean Carnahan/Ashley Judd event. Unfortunately for Barack Obama's campaign Mr. Presson is correct. In Missouri's 8th District many would-be Democrats feel abandoned by the Jeff City Carnahan clique who's financial exist depends upon "business as usual" same old politics.
redlicorice on Sun, Sep 14, 2008, 10:01 - PRICELESS
So the democrats are offering the 'same old policies'? Just what are we going to get with McCain (someone who has voted with Bush 90% of the time) a new brand of republicanism or the same failing policies we have experienced for so many years? This is one old dog who is very unlikely to learn new tricks.
Nothing cracks me up more that to see Republicans scream about Hollywood speaking about politics when THEY are the ones who always elect them when they are on the Republican side....Sonny Bono, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Fred Thompson, etc....and for God's sake, don't forget the patron saint, Ronald Reagan.
I promise you that if Ashley Judd would have been a Republican actress, the conservatives would've said she was doing God's work.
And as for JackTorrance...you and your kind make me sick.
BRAIN DEAD LIBERAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bigot JackTorrance convinced me.
What qualifies Ashley Judd to discuss economics? Absolutely nothing, of course. But we're not supposed to realize that because we're small-town hillbillies in the presence of a celebrity, and Ashley's from Kentucky so she obviously speaks our lingo. I wonder how Ashley's position on abortion might be different if her mother, who had a child while single, had exercised that option?
JackTorrance - I'm voting for McCain, however, you tirade just about lost my vote. Being a Republican, I thought, also meant allowing people freedom from the Federal Government and the increase in state's rights. So, while I'm not wearing buttons advocating same-sex marriage, if a state decides that is what the people want, well, welcome to the concept of state's rights (at least that is how I understood it when President Reagan was promoting it).
Again, I am a McCain supporter, but I'd still like to know just how do you know Obama "hates Christians and (sic) loves queers"? Someone that concerned with a person sexual preference may be hiding something <wink>
When you start a paragraph "White people", you are clearly nothing more than a Klan member or at the least a poser. The GOP helped end slavery, help end seperate but equal (but not quickly enough) with Brown v. the Board of Education after a Republican put Earl Warren on the supreme Court. Do you really want to bag on the President that help plan Operation Overlord when he was General Eisenhower? Ask you Grand Master if that would be okay.
Perhaps Michelle Obama wouldn't have a chip on her shoulder if she didn't have to deal with people like you.
Please tell me you are a Libertarian - otherwise the GOP is truly doomed.
Obama and his supporters have held two Cape events which were closed to the public. How is a man who is advocating change "for the people" be taken seriously if he will not meet WITH the people.
If you want this country to continue killing unborn babies vote for Obama. If you want this country to allow queers to marry, vote for Obama. If you want more of your hard earned money to to be taken from you, vote for Obama. If you want someone who embaraces "my Muslim er, I men, Christian faith." vote for Obama. If you want someone in the White House who hates Christians amd loves queers, vote for Obama.
White people, if you want to have to pay reparations for slavery (money for an injustice) to all the Negroes in this country, vote for Obama. If you want a man who wasn't even smart enough to name Hillary as his vice Presidential candidate (virtually assuring the Democrats of a November win), vote for Obama.
And the biggest reason NOT to vote for Obama, is that with Obama you get a black woman with a chip on her shoulder (Michelle)---With McCain you get two hotties with killer bodies! No contest.
If Obama wins this election, sagging will be in style, the White House will be refered to as "Da Crib," and Lil Wayne will play at the Inaugural Ball.
What in world are they thinking?
People please think this through before voting.
Clique politics sux.
Have celebrity's help get you votes, and then complain that Mccain is out of touch. Ha ha... the celebrity's are very in touch... ha ha