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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

SJC wrote:
> EarthNSky wrote:
> > Pro Posters: Gene, Rob, Rob, Marie, Don, Lisa, Moon, Jerry, Susan
> > Jane,
> Hey, you putting words in my mouth?

Last night, when I wrote that, I could have SWORN I saw a post where in
the last few lines, you said you would be voting for Obama.  I was
trying to be very careful to make sure I did not do something like this,
but apparently I was not careful enough as today, I cannot find such, so
I don't know what happened.  I did, however, in looking for what I
thought I saw, see the following posts in which you did not straight out
say you would vote for Obama, but from which I gleaned that you lean a
bit left of center(which is fine, of course) and from that I made the
jump(Bad Bev-should have known better!) that you would be voting for Obama.

[Homestead] Disappointed in Obama
Sat Aug 23 13:52:32 EDT 2008

[Homestead] was Reading the bailout bill, now Maine politics
Thu Oct 2 20:57:10 EDT 2008

[Homestead] was Powell endorsement--Palin
Mon Oct 20 00:22:08 EDT 2008

> I do not recall saying I am, or was, pro-Obama.  I am strongly 
> anti-McCain, no doubt of that.  It's my opinion that he's no hero; in
>  fact, I consider the man a  sociopath, based on personal,
> longstanding knowledge, but that doesn't mean I'm pro anybody, simply
> that I think McCain is a dangerous alternative.   Not liking one
> candidate doesn't mean I necessarily like another.  So far the best
> thing I can say about Obama is that he knows how to give a good
> speech.  Not interview, speech.

If you will re-read what I wrote, I said the list falls into those
Pro-Obama and Anti-Obama.  Part of my criteria, as you might gather from
my comments under Lynn's name, was to have written anti-McCain/Palin
posts.
I included myself as Anti-Obama, but that certainly does not mean I am
pro-McCain.  I think Lynda and James and others fall into that category,
too.
*****Obviously, I equated-wrongly-that anti-McCain sentiment is the same
as Pro-Obama sentiment.  That may or may not be true generally, and
specifically, you are saying it is not true for you.  I accept that as I
certainly would not want anyone assuming I am pro-McCain just because I
post Anti-Obama things.


> So if you just want to poke fun, or whatever, have at it, but please
>  don't present your opinion about someone else's belief as accurate 
> unless you qualify it as a joke/whatever.   In other words, from my 
> point of view, you are welcome to believe anything you like about my
>  ideas, but please don't present your opinions as my truth.

That was not my intention.

> Also, you say ".......posts are just as irritating to some people as
> the Anti-Obama posts are to........".  Well, that makes me think for
> a minute.
>
> I see and read every day, not only on this list, but in many places,
>  things that are in direct opposition to my thoughts, feelings,
> beliefs. It doesn't occur to me to be irritated.

Perhaps, Susan Jane, you are more tolerant than some people.

 Of course people think
> different things.  That's what they do; each of us IS different, with
>  different backgrounds and experiences, whatever.  I'm a just curious
>  person, and find the very interchange of ideas to be of interest to
> me, regardless of another's viewpoint.

Me too.  At least we can agree on that.

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hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda