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Campaign 'Racism'?

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wljewell - Member

Less than a month, and one more bogus slanted debate, to go, folks –

Can we reflect, now, too, on the results of the use of purported ‘racism’ in this election? We find virtually every criticism being called racist by both the One’s campaign and their moron MSM (as in, increasingly, 'MMSM') surrogates. It seems to matter nothing that no such promulgation has occurred on the part of the other campaign, that they have taken pains to give ‘race’ no airing. Nor does it seem to matter that if the One were a (CINO) Catholic-converted WASP I wouldn’t (CANNOT) vote for him for dog catcher. His record, such as it is in the prevalence of ‘present’ votes is 1. absorbed into the culture of death and 2. socialist tending toward Marxist.

Hmmm – can this emotion-driving, phony ‘racism’ mark whatever candidate who wins for assassination attempts by various deluded parties?

Some high-profile types have already maintained that ANY vote against the One must per se be racist. And, therefore, as the threatening noise goes, that some violence (’revolution’?!) may reign.

But, too, such talk can lead certain other types to look around, smirk and remark such untoward rhetoric as: “WELL! If I am a racist, don’t I have to find the [fill-in-the-slur] about which I am racist?”

I do worry about this, as well, because my daughter and her family, and I myself, live in a community where we are the minority; and, not a very large proportion of ‘minority’ at that. Any defensive suggestions, besides moving or running from car to house, and the like?

Posted 2 months ago #
fishman - Member

you could always keep a vote oboma sign around and hang it out your window the day after the elecion just in case ;)

Seriously, oboma's pro-gay anti-hate speach tactics prove that he is himself a anti-catholic bigot

Posted 2 months ago #
MREINER16 - Member

I am not voting for Obama and I am certainly not a racist. On almost evry major position in thsi election, I think Obama's policies are the wrong ones. He is anit-life, he is pro big government, he wants to nationalie health care, somehow he will give tax breaks to 95% of the people and still increase spending. Not one of these reasons is because of the color of his skin. I find these commenst and these racism innuendos' to be insulting to all Americans. May I ask, how is it possible that according to the most recent polls that somewhere like 95% of African-Americans are supporting Obama? Is this a form of racism in reverse?

Posted 2 months ago #
wljewell - Member

MREINER16 -

Don'cha know that 51% of the party of the one part are voting by some nasty thing like 'racism', but the 95+% of the party of the other part are merely voting as a 'bloc'? (Oh, if only American Catholicism voted en bloc, eh?)

Plus, what nastiness can be so easily assigned to the former applies not at all to the latter.

PLUS, in spite of being for a candidate who by my lights has been privileged beyond any apparent deserving they are all 'oppressed victims' - subject to such GIM-ME affectations as demanding compensation for an injustice that they themselves never suffered.

Yea, it is true - switch issue positions, as you highlighted, between the two and I am more anti-McCain and pro-Obama, regardless of race, ethnicity, etc., et al.

Yet, as Phyllis Schlafly points out in her latest column (The Audacity of Obama at http://www.creators.com/opinion/phyllis-schlafly.html), the O-man may be more dangerous in his hate-filled (anti-American, anti-non-black) ways than we think or imagine. Has not his campaign waved the 'racism' flag to questionably suspect and perhaps even inciteful ways, means and purposes? And, what can I think of such a one who's recently been refered to as a 'messiah' by the likes of Louis Farrakhan?

In how 'race' is an issue has been mainly in the minds and campaign of the Obamaniac/moron MSM set. If race is so important, then, why should not the Asian Americans run a Korean, the former eastern Europeans a Pole, the Native Americans a Sioux chieftain, the Mexican Americans and Central Americans and the South Americans each one of their own - or, in fact, the Caucasian Indo-European-blooded vote McCain right out of THEIR skin-colored hands?

How about candidates for every stripe - say, 'orthodox Catholic', 'dissident Catholic', 'Protestant'? 'Engineers', 'Scientists', 'Truck drivers'? 'Mommies', 'career women', 'lesbians'? Can any of us not think of a myriad of separate (and separatist) affiliations?

Why do I think that if one such as Thomas Sowell was the Democratic candidate we'd never hear about 'race' - (AND, I'd vote Democratic for President!)

Posted 2 months ago #
Tarheel - Member

This election more than ever before requires all voting Americans to get out and vote. Too many times in the past I hear of Catholic voters not exercising their right to vote. Not voting is one way of saying you are happy or content with what the majority decided for you. And we as Catholics need to fully exercise our right to vote and be a "voice" that shapes America. And we should vote as true and honest Catholics and not like somke of the wishy-washy, pew-placeholder, seasonal (Christmas and Easter), pick-and-choose what I like about catholicism Catholics. And unfortunately there are a few of these kind of catholics that fit this descrition that already hold political office.

I'm not a fan of Obama in any way shape, form or fashion. I have never felt comfortable with Biden. And I'm not all that confident in Mccain. Palin has some qualities I like. As we don't have the option to vote and say "We don't like this bunch, let's find another bunch." We need to make our decscion on what has been made available. So as I have heard on Catholic radio we need to vote for teh lesser of the two evils.

Both candidates have pro-abortion leanings (Obama more than McCain) and that wll be a deciding factor about how I choose to vote. I fear Obama will appoint a very liberal court that in time will ruin our society. McCain will probably be more conservative in this arena.

Neither candidate is a clear choice for me. But Obama is a no-choice as I for one don't get a trusting feeling from him. His big toothy smile and charisma make me suscipicous. He reminds me of a used car salesman.

Posted 2 months ago #
lpioch - Moderator

Up in New Hampshire, driving to our annual hike for the fall foliage, I saw a sign on the lawn of someone's house: "She likes Obama, I like McCain. If you don't vote yourself, you can't complain!"

This is the first voting year that I am focusing even more on local and state elections than ever before. It's finally hitting me that we have to nip this in the bud. We keep letting these "lesser of 2 evil" folks climb their way up the public service ladder - so that by the time they're at the top, you just wanna say, "Next..."

Posted 2 months ago #

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