To All of You: Fascinating discussion. I wish I had the time to read all of it. Some of you, especially Fred, sound very thoughtful and reasonable. Not that I agree with his reasoning. It seems I’m the only democratic socialist in the bunch. Maybe, the only person who believes in a democratic system that believes in a “we” society instead of a “me” society.
Fred, I’m a huge fan of Bernie Sanders. I hope you have a chance to listen to him every Friday morning on Thom Hartmann’s radio show, which I’m sure is available in your area. And Fred, your fear of having a terrorist under every bed is resulting in us (U.S.) becoming like them. We are better than they are, and we better show it by example not by military force and bullying. I’m also a big fan of George Soros, who supports many democratic institutions throughout the world and promotes democracy in countries who are less than democratic. By the way, every religion has its terrorist wings including Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.; and Islam is not exception. Personally, I don’t believe in and oppose any religion or philosophy that wants to take us back to the middle-ages.
Please don’t blame the messengers (teachers,professors and media) for influencing those who support Obama.
Bottom line – all of you who think Obama is the anti-Christ, you are wrong and paranoid. You should be more fearful of a system where the government (Bush Administration/neo-con Republicans), the corporations (Halliburton/Blackwater/telecoms/oil companies/defense industries) and religion (Protestant-”end-of-timers”/Catholic-Opus Dei/Jewish-Zionists) share the same bed and ideology, continuous war.
Also, a recent poll of military personnel in Iraq indicates that most of our troops support Obama. I’m a Vietnam veteran and I’m a consultant to the national veterans organization that is helping veterans and their families throughout the country deal with their many neglected issues under this administration. All of the vets I know are for Obama.
Gotta go!
