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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

If you look at the age of a large majority of the folks out there, I'm 
thinking their "unrest" started long before the last three.  I've talked to 
a few and the comments kind of start with Reagan and being irritated that 
North is running around like some kind of hero instead of wearing black and 
white stripes.

I still hear irritation about "No New Taxes."

I think Teflon is the straw that broke the camels back.  I think far to many 
people willingly smoked what he was providing and now they've come down and 
are really disillusioned.

Plus, I think they are fed up with television and not being able to get a 
straight answer out of anyone.

Kinda like the song "clowns to the right of me, jokers to the left, here I 
am stuck in the middle again."

And, I personally wish that Pelosi would go back to Maryland where she came 
from!

Lynda
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we 
are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."  Theordore
Roosevelt, 1918.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I had to google Carter and find that story, as I had not heard of his
> comments.  He is saying what others are saying, but I think if the media
> and the powers that be simply think this is a racial issue(and I fully
> admit that it surely is for some people who have jumped on the tea party
> bandwagon to get publicity and hopefully recruit new militia members or
> whatever), then they are missing the bigger picture and will be
> surprised one day when the protests become violent, probably after Obama
> is out of office and the next president becomes just as inefficient as
> those who preceded him.
> I think this movement has been building a long, long time.  I think it
> started with the Clinton administration and all the scandals.  It really
> gained ground during the Bush years and all the scandals about hanging
> chads, mission accomplished, nepotism in elections, etc. etc. you name
> it.  The country gave Barack Obama a chance to change things and so far
> he is not doing so well.  People are angry, and while a few may have
> racial issues, most do not.  Those with racial issues would have never
> voted for a black president, and yet, we see Democrats(whom we assume
> voted for Obama) in the Tea Party crowd, too.  Racism makes a convenient
> rebuttal for the dissatisfaction shown, but it is a red herring.
> President Carter stated that whites do not want blacks to lead the
> country.  My mouth dropped open to hear him say this, as he lives and
> works in a state where most of the elected and appointed officials are
> non-white.  The metro Atlanta area, where the Carter Library is located
> and where he lives, has a population of almost 5.5 million, 57% of which
> are black.  Whites make up 37%.  Atlanta has not had a white major since
> 1973.  Atlanta is a city where black leadership is commonplace, and just
> like white leadership, there are good politicians and bad ones.  There
> is corruption and there is progress.  Most folks call it as they see it,
> and race doesn't play a part.  I'm not sure what Carter was basing his
> comments on, but it certainly wasn't local politics.  It seems to me
> that when things are good, like right after the inauguration during the
> honeymoon, the word was that white America had overcome racism and
> elected the country's first black, rather bi-racial, president.  Now
> that things aren't going quite as well, the race card is pulled out, and
> by Carter of all people. Is he trying to regain favor within the Party
> or what?
> Carter sucked as a President, IMO.  The good things he tried to do(like
> rescue hostages) failed miserably, and the press always had a field day
> with him.  They made fun of his accent, his peanuts, his brother, his
> mother, his daughter, his town, etc. etc.  Carter was a nuke submariner
> under Hymen Rickover.  That is not a small statement.  The man is
> extremely intelligent and has worked for World Peace for many years
> since he left the White House.  I've met him and Rosalyn when I was at
> Emory.  My great uncle is a personal friend of the former President down
> in South Georgia.  I know he is a good man, and I know he has good
> intentions but I think he is wrong about his assessment of the tea party
> crowd.  Maybe there are some racists on the fringes, but the main
> movement is not racist.
> I knew that somehow the Democrats-Pelosi, Frank, Dodd and the gang-
> would try to find a way of discrediting the Tea Party movement and
> messages, but to finagle a 85 year old former President into crying
> racism, well, I'm just disappointed.  That was really low.
>
> If President Obama wants to quell these tea party protests, perhaps he
> should take a long look at Nancy Pelosi and start playing hardball
> within his own party.  He needs to find a way to get her out.  If Pelosi
> was sent home, you would probably lose 25-50% of protesters.  They may
> not be racist, but I haven't talked to anyone yet who thought Pelosi was
>  a good thing...most think she is just evil.  Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, and
> Reid should be investigated. Maybe Michael Moore's new movie will spark
> some kind of action from the top.
>
> Bev
>
>
>
>
> Robert Walton wrote:
> > > A few days ago, Rob Walton made a post about the signs he saw on
> > > ABC's coverage.  I missed it, but he stated that ABC's coverage was
> > > "huge". Rob, can you estimate how many people showed up?
> > No clue, I just happened to have ABC on that day and got news of the
> > event. They might have said how many showed, but I didn't pick up on
> > it.
> >
> > I think that the supporters of the event said that the "state run"
> > media reported the number as high so that they could then discredit
> > the event as having less people. Then others were saying that they
> > reported it low, because they did not want to do much coverage on it.
> >
> >
> > Personally, I think that President Carter's comments on the stop
> > Obama at all costs movement ring true.
> >
> > I'm going to duck and run for cover now, cause that ought to get the
> > flames on my ass.
> >
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