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Originally Posted by CRad
But I have to tell you that it looks like you are trying to rationalize not voting for a black man. There's nothing wrong with that. I know a lot of good people who feel exactly thatsame way. It doesn't mean they are bad people. It only means they have life experiences that cause them to be wary.
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Wow....Hmmmm....One thing I've learned is that "
the heart of man is deceitful beyond all else - Who can know it?"
I don't think I am trying to rationalize not voting for Obama because he is black, but you might be right. Frankly, I have never thought of him as black until it became an issue. Let me tell you why I don't think you are right. One of my favorite writers is Thomas Sowell. My favorite speaker is Alan Keyes. In my opinion, the best Secretary of State since George Shultz was Colin Powell...All my favorite athletes are black....I could go on and on. But that's not it...
The person I most admire on the planet will one day be a black man. The hero among heroes in my life is my 12 year-old adopted son Salifu Sesay Thomas. One of Charles Taylor's thugs tried to snuff his life out with many machete blows to the head - But failed! It's a long story, but let me say he's the most precious human being I know.
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But I have to tell you that it looks like you are trying to rationalize not voting for a black man. There's nothing wrong with that.
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If there's nothing wrong with that, then why do you write in such a way that one perceives an objection? If I'm rationalizing my not voting for Obama because he's black then that is objectionable - I object to you saying it is not. I think for a person not to vote for a person because of his or her skin color is wrong - rationalizing it is even worse. Rationalizing as I understand it is like code for lying to oneself - like logically making a false proof.
According to those groups that count the Senators votes, Obama has
the most thoroughly liberal voting record in the Senate. Let me be clear, I'm to the right of Attila-The-Hun - That's probably why I wouldn't vote for him even if he were crimsom & blue (I'm a KU Jayhawk).
Is it possible that you have a hard time accepting the fact that someone could be so opposed to a guy that otherwise seems so charismatic and winsome? If anything, I am kind of suspicious of people who emotionally sweep other folks off their feet - Folks that buy before they try do drive me crazy - I have a prejudice against folks who lead their arguments with emotional appeals - It revolts me somewhat. I'm not saying this as a justification; Im saying this to illucidate how I and many other middle-aged guys feel. Perhaps, I'm jaded. However, even as s a young person I found myself loathing people that were popular yet vacuous. I find Obama an interesting combination of nuance and complexity - yet, as a thinker outrageously shallow and as a man of action surprisingly demure. These are tough seemingly contradictory combinations, but Obama seems to be able to pull it off. The Pied Piper blows his pipe...
Quite amazing.
Three Soldier Dad...Chuck