boforsenate (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} boforsenate) wrote,@ 2006-11-06 04:15:00 |
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Issues anyone?
Today "superstar" politician Barack Obama was in Nashville campaigning for Ford. My question is, why is Obama considered some shining star? What has he ever done? I've asked people and have never been given a real answer. And don't you love how he's making race an issue? He told a black church today that "I know that all of you are going to work the next couple of days to make sure it happens, because I'm feeling lonely in Washington". I take it he said this because he's the only black Senator. Give me a break. The only people who are making race an issue in this election are Ford and his cronies. People who are real conservatives, such as myself, are often labeled racists and bigots. Have I ever ONCE mentioned anything about Ford's race? No. Has he or someone on his staff made statements or had press releases where race is an issue? Plenty of times. And one other thing I don't get, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there were laws about campaigning at a church? Doesn't that have some sort of impact on tax-exempt status? I know Ford dismissed this over the past week because he said something to the effect of that it wasn't Sunday and they just used the building, but today IS Sunday, and yet they were campaigning at churches? But hey, what do I know. After all, I have tried to play by the rules and actually do the right thing and be honest in this campaign. I don't care what race someone is, and I don't care what party someone is with...if they have their head screwed on straight I will support them. Can we PLEASE leave race out of this? It's just such a cheap tactic. My gut feeling is that by bringing race up, they are trying to "guilt-trip" people into voting for Ford. Like I said, I don't care what race someone is. If they are the right person with real vision and a backbone, I will support them.
Here is what I really don't understand. I'm writing this on Sunday night at about 10:00. The election is Tuesday, and during the football game that's on right now, all I see are ads where Ford is the wrong man and Corker is the wrong man. All weekend these are the ads I've seen. All weekend all I have been reading about from Ford and Corker's supporters are poll results. Do these candidates not realize Iran was conducting wargames this past week? Do they not realize that Russia is going to continue to sell weapons to Iran? Did they have anything to say about the verdict to hang Saddam Hussein? Of course not. If they did, I never saw anything on it, and to me that's a little more newsworthy than hearing for the hundredth time that Corker allowed 31,000 911 calls to go unanswered or that Ford is the most liberal Congressman from Tennessee. Voters should feel completely insulted by these "real" candidates and the lack of time they spend actually addressing issues and HOW they plan on dealing with them. Both "real" candidates have spent over $10 million for a job that pays $160,000. You really have to wonder about that. To me it's a lot of wasted money. The only reason a candidate would have to have an ad on every commercial break is because their message has ZERO substance to it.
This is all another example of why it's so important to vote on principle and not party. Until more of us break away from that mentality of throwing our votes away on a third party or independents, we will always get more of the same. Oh, and let me say one more thing, I wish those soldiers who captured Hussein had just shot him when they found him. I'm glad they got him, but next time one of our soldiers finds a brutal dictator hiding in a hole in the ground, just go ahead and put a bullet in his head. That way some traitor like Ramsey Clark won't have a chance to defend a madman.
Today "superstar" politician Barack Obama was in Nashville campaigning for Ford. My question is, why is Obama considered some shining star? What has he ever done? I've asked people and have never been given a real answer. And don't you love how he's making race an issue? He told a black church today that "I know that all of you are going to work the next couple of days to make sure it happens, because I'm feeling lonely in Washington". I take it he said this because he's the only black Senator. Give me a break. The only people who are making race an issue in this election are Ford and his cronies. People who are real conservatives, such as myself, are often labeled racists and bigots. Have I ever ONCE mentioned anything about Ford's race? No. Has he or someone on his staff made statements or had press releases where race is an issue? Plenty of times. And one other thing I don't get, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought there were laws about campaigning at a church? Doesn't that have some sort of impact on tax-exempt status? I know Ford dismissed this over the past week because he said something to the effect of that it wasn't Sunday and they just used the building, but today IS Sunday, and yet they were campaigning at churches? But hey, what do I know. After all, I have tried to play by the rules and actually do the right thing and be honest in this campaign. I don't care what race someone is, and I don't care what party someone is with...if they have their head screwed on straight I will support them. Can we PLEASE leave race out of this? It's just such a cheap tactic. My gut feeling is that by bringing race up, they are trying to "guilt-trip" people into voting for Ford. Like I said, I don't care what race someone is. If they are the right person with real vision and a backbone, I will support them.
Here is what I really don't understand. I'm writing this on Sunday night at about 10:00. The election is Tuesday, and during the football game that's on right now, all I see are ads where Ford is the wrong man and Corker is the wrong man. All weekend these are the ads I've seen. All weekend all I have been reading about from Ford and Corker's supporters are poll results. Do these candidates not realize Iran was conducting wargames this past week? Do they not realize that Russia is going to continue to sell weapons to Iran? Did they have anything to say about the verdict to hang Saddam Hussein? Of course not. If they did, I never saw anything on it, and to me that's a little more newsworthy than hearing for the hundredth time that Corker allowed 31,000 911 calls to go unanswered or that Ford is the most liberal Congressman from Tennessee. Voters should feel completely insulted by these "real" candidates and the lack of time they spend actually addressing issues and HOW they plan on dealing with them. Both "real" candidates have spent over $10 million for a job that pays $160,000. You really have to wonder about that. To me it's a lot of wasted money. The only reason a candidate would have to have an ad on every commercial break is because their message has ZERO substance to it.
This is all another example of why it's so important to vote on principle and not party. Until more of us break away from that mentality of throwing our votes away on a third party or independents, we will always get more of the same. Oh, and let me say one more thing, I wish those soldiers who captured Hussein had just shot him when they found him. I'm glad they got him, but next time one of our soldiers finds a brutal dictator hiding in a hole in the ground, just go ahead and put a bullet in his head. That way some traitor like Ramsey Clark won't have a chance to defend a madman.
