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--- On Sat, 8/23/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

On Aug 23, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Akka Homestead wrote:

>  I, for one, am very disappointed in Obama.  While I had already  
> decided not to vote for him, I still had hope that those who  
> believed in the man were right-that he did symbolize and would work  
> for real change and do things differently-look at problems with  
> fresh eyes, etc.

I am puzzling how someone could be disappointed in someone they had  
already rejected.


It is not hard to understand. One always hopes against hope that any 
pessimism is unfounded.  I was quite
 pessimistic about the man, and hoped that he would prove me wrong, but in 
the end, I am only more disappointed.









Perhaps you are new to American politics. Fickleness is common;  
expediency is the norm. Getting elected and then reelected is the  
primary goal.


?????  Perhaps you have forgotten who I am?  I have voted in every election 
since Reagan was elected the first time.



Biden voted for the invasion authorization. Soon after he began  
criticizing how it was handled and he has continued to criticize it.


He walks a fine line.  He can criticize all he wants, but in the end, he 
votes with the Republicans on war funding and operations.






>   Americans are ready for something different,

Anyone who votes for McCain will almost certainly get a continuation  
of present failed policies. 



Anyone who votes for Obama will
 almost certainly accrue a new set of failed and expensive policies





>  In 1972, Biden was already a Washington insider.  In 1972, John  
> McCain was inside the Hanoi Hilton.

I fail to see how getting oneself shot down and enduring prison  
qualifies one for the presidency. 


It doesn't, and I never said it does.  Your link is a red herring to my 
point.  Let me clarify why I made the comparison between the two men.  It has 
nothing to do with being qualified to be president. IMO, both men are 
qualified, it is just a matter of who will be the best choice for the country 
in the long haul.   Obama has run a few ads attacking McCain as a Washington 
insider, perhaps you have seen these???  Oh wait, I forgot that you don't 
have a TV to see all the negative ads (from both sides).  Anyway, O-man has 
been critical of insiders and touts his path as a new way of conducting 
business/politics...no politics as usual, as they say..BUT, what does he do?? 
 He recruits THE DC insider to be his VP.  If he is so against the status quo,
 why does he select Biden, an insider for 36+ years?  Of course, now, since 
Obama is throwing the change up, he has to spin it differently, and that spin 
is just what you stated---he's taking the experienced manager angle.  I don't 
understand why you don't see that contradiction.


Akka




      
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Thanks, and I agree 100%.=A0=20

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It shows politics as usual, which is what a president actually does.  =20
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I already stated in a previous email that I don't believe that kind of thin=
g qualifies anyone for the presidency, but let me remind you that just 4 ye=
ars ago, it was a very big deal that John Kerry won 3 Purple Hearts.=A0 Ser=
vice and sacrifice seems fine if is it your candidate who has done so, and =
trivial if it is the other party's candidate.=A0 Politicizing sacrifice is =
never good, and we should have learned that lesson 50 years ago, but appare=
ntly not as we are still doing it (in both parties)
As a writer and as someone who champions diction and self expression with w=
ords, you should be ashamed of yourself Gene.=A0 I think the way you worded=
 that below is disrespectful to all aviators who have been POW's.=A0 In fac=
t, it is disrespectful in general.=A0 It is blaming the victim...one does n=
ot get oneself shot down, just as one does not walk into an ambush, get his=
 ship sunk or his submarine torpedoed....Just my opinion though.

Thank you to all who served their country in the military, in peacetime or =
in war.=A0 I am grateful that you are here to vote, even if it is for Obama=
..=A0 :)

Akka B

--- On Sat, 8/23/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

I fail to see how getting oneself shot down and enduring prison =20
qualifies one for the presidency. =0A=0A=0A      
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Thank's Gene.  That is an excellent opinion piece by someone who knows many 
truths about Sen. McCain.  The commentary points out good reasons to respect 
him as a warrior and still not want him in the oval office.  It is from the 
perspective of a longtime sociologist/peace activist , but it is still a very 
good commentary.  

"Senator John Sidney McCain, III is a remarkable man who has made enormous 
personal achievements. And he is a man that I am proud to call a fellow POW 
who "Returned With Honor." That's our POW motto. But since many of you keep 
asking what I think of him, I've decided to write it out. In short, I think 
John Sidney McCain, III is a good man, but not someone I will vote for in the 
upcoming election to be our President of the United States."

...me and the stupid dog are writing in for Ron Paul....bobford


--- On Sat, 8/23/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Disappointed in Obama
 Those who think it does
> should read  
> what Philip Butler has to say. He had been in the Hanoi
> Hilton two  
> years before McCain arrived. He also knew McCain at the
> Naval Academy.  
> His piece is on Militarycom:
> 
> http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_2,00.html
>