Positive Obama thread

My take on the attacks toward Obama supporters, be they verbal or physical...this is the mentality of the people they attract.  They would rather be bull headed and march off the cliff with these 2 clearly unqualified people, than stick up for their country.  It seems its become more about him winning then anything that is moral or right.   Perhaps in the beginning they believed they could pull this off, but each day their attempts become more lame.  And it feeds their stuborness.  So they put their pride first and march on in defense of all the insanity that is being fed to them.  Remember...pride cometh before a fall.  Get ready to fall republicans!! 

Obama '08...its almost here!!!!!!!! 

Shirley, 

I'm not attacking Amy.  Yes you are, let me walk you through it;

First, Amy has made it clear, time and time again, that she does not read your posts or respond to your negativity towards her.

Second, you come to a thread that she started and posts regularly on and make these comments to her:  

• • ...Amy, all I'm going to say about you is that you seem to have bigoted ideas.
• ...Amy, stop being so immature.  Do you hate women?
• ...In the way you use it it is truly sexist, disgusting and offensive toward women.  Need anymore    adjectives? 

You post these remarks knowing full well that she does not read your posts or respond to your negativity towards her.

You are calling her out ... You are making a personal attack. 

Let it go, she has made it perfectly clear that she is not going to respond to you and you know it.

This is not about us vs. you guys.  We don't all jump over to "your" thread. I can't even remember the last time I even read it. And your need to defend "us" is unnecessary.

Shirley, we are all good Americans and at the end of day we call ourselves sisters given the journey we have all shared.

As Barack Obama says; there is not a conservative America or a liberal America there is a United States of America.

We have been through a lot together Shirley,  we can get through five more days of this election. If the remarks on this thread irritate you, stay away. It is that simple, my friend.

Laura 

Great posts Obama girls! I so enjoy the positives and the articulation and intelligence of our posts!

Interesting, was watching Olberman, and he mentioned that in trying to make a connection between some nut job (can't remember the name--started with a K) and Obama, Rudy Guilani decided he would ferret out that information; lo and behold, what did he find, BUT a connection of this K character to McCain--seems a number of years ago McCain donated to the Kman's cause--to the tune of almost $500K. Another backfire. Too bad!

Normally I would just ignore Shirley, but if you happen to come back here, I have two quotes for you, and perhaps you will understand what it means when we talk about racism and feminism. Think about it.

Gandhi said: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."

James Baldwin said: "These innocent people are trapped in a history they do not understand, and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it."

Baldwin was an African American writer, one of the best in the 20th century. His quote refers to all those people out there who don't understand racism, and will be trapped with dealing with it, until they come to understand racism. That's why the women on this thread are able to converse on the issues and not get trapped into personality issues or take this election as a personal attack. Some of us may read the Republican thread, but understand the "history" and don't need to respond to whatever is written over there. Personally, I just feel sorry for y'all ------------------>over there. (well, not really)

Again, Amy is not saying something sexist when she uses the "v" word for Palin. Personally, I can think of better descriptions for her, but it would be a waste of my time to write them down!

Newbie here...TY for the advice... Ignore  is on:)

Oct 29, 2008 02:53 pm Little-G wrote: Amy..

"You've got that right.  They don't want to regulate business, banks and stock brokers, but they want to regulate women's reproductive rights and gay relationships."    Wow...you said this SO great!!! 

love what you posted

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103004749.html?nav=igoogle   

What else will George wrought on these his last days as the "Decider." 

And so it goes Detective Lieutenant:)

nite nite

Mina

it will take decades i think to correct the damage done during the bush administration.  

I feel the need to defend LuAnn, though I think she's one gal who's quite capable of speaking up in her own defense.  She is spot on about the tone here, as well as the other thread, lately. It's exactly what Obama wants to change on a bigger scale--our country. Nastiness has no place; there are bigger issues, and we must pull together to make it happen. How can we say we support change, when we keep engaging in the same, tired behavior? We are no better than the ones we take to task for this.

I'm not aiming a lecture at any one person here. But I think it's time we all hold the mirror up to our own faces. How can we expect our country to change, unless we take those first hard steps on this interpersonal level?

No one appointed me peace-maker, either. It's a role I come to naturally as a middle child. I'm not even trying to make peace, nor am I trying to piss people off. But I think we all need to look in the mirror and see where our words and actions are being divisive.

Our country needs so much more than this. Obama is my hope for this shift. But doesn't it start right here, first? Time to walk the walk.

Anne, once again reacting before the first cup of coffee kicks in

Hi Ladies......Just wanted you to know how busy our local county Democratic headquarters is right now!  People are phoning, canvasing, stuffing, collating, doing data entry...You name it.  The excitement and intensity is BIG.....

I heard it said that those of us Democrats who say we are pro-life and pro-gun are not real Democrats...What do you think about that?  I know that there are many pro-life Democrats, and I wish we had more of a voice in the party....

I feel that being a Democrat is more than those issues...It is having a real "Option for the Poor", (a Catholic documetn), and a philosphy that says we really ARE all equa.....I find the "compassionate conservative =" Republican to be somewhat mean-spirited in their attitude toward those who are in need....It's the ol' "I"ve got mine, now you get yours"...attitude....

I find the crowds at Obama rallys to be so  much more incluseive that the ones for McCain and Palin....I just can't stand their smug attitudes....Palin was, to me one of the deciding factors in my decsion to vote for Obama...which I have already done.....That woman is  whacky.

In any event, I can't wait for Tuesday!  We are planning a big celebration....Let's hope that the election goes the way we want it to.

Sandy 

Amy and PatMom.... my aplogies...that was insensitive and certainly not my intent.  I should have used the stated word "skewered".  Sincere aplogies also to anyone who was offended by use of the word rape.

Happy Halloween Ladies....4 more days!!!! 4 more days!!!!  Welcome to our newbie..Mina...glad you  can join us for the ushering in of our new President Obama!!  Amy, I know for sure I am going to be crying tears of joy!!!  I do just listening to him now!! And Nicki, that party is going to ROCK!!  Did you vote yet ;-) ?  Early voting counts are starting to come in here in OR.  Barack has a HUGE lead!!  And so does our democratic Senator!  This is such great news!!  I know it's going to be!!!!  I thought since it's Halloween I'd pass along a "scary" story regarding the troll/side kick ticket.  More uninformed thoughts from a want to be VP.....who can't answer a 3rd grade question on what a VP does...let alone speak on defense cuts...

Palin Opposes McCain On Defense Cuts   

OBAMA' 08....it's almost here!!!!!!!!!!!!            Don't forget BaROCK The Vote!!!!! 

I'm all for healthy debate and discussion between the parties. But politics this time of year gets so emotional, often to the point of being irrational. I have no expectations of us agreeing or getting along 100%. But the negativity has gotten to me.

Thank goodness it's almost over.

Anne