[Vision2020] Barack Obama

[Paul Rumelhart]

I think this election will ride on the votes of those who like their own 
candidate the least.  There are a lot of Republicans that aren't McCain 
fans, and if Clinton gets the nomination there will be a lot of 
Democrats who don't like their candidate.  What they decide to do could 
be decisive.  How many will stay at home on election day?  How many will 
switch sides?  How many will vote the party ticket?  How many will 
"throw their votes away"?

It's going to be an interesting election.

Whoever we get, can they really be as bad as who we have now?

Still, I won't be half surprised if some sort of orchestrated 
"catastrophe" or "emergency" happens right around election time and our 
President postpones the elections because of "national security".

Paul

P.S.  Just call me "conspiracy boy"...

keely emerinemix wrote:
> Tom has my vote for most right-on analysis of voting for third party 
> candidates whose efforts virtually guarantee a  loss for the 
> Democrats.  Hillary Clinton disgusts me, but if Obama doesn't get the 
> Democratic nomination, she'll have my vote because the stakes are too 
> high to risk a McCain presidency.
>
> Keely
>
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>     From: idahotom at hotmail.com
>     To: tiedye at turbonet.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
>     Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:22:06 -0700
>     Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Barack Obama
>
>     Although I tend to agree with your sentiment, Dave, it is this
>     attitude that will get McCain into the White House.
>      
>     As much as  I passionately support Barack Obama, unless a
>     third-party candidate has a serious chance of winning the November
>     election, even if Barack Obama does not receive the party
>     nomination, I will be casting my vote for the Democratic Party
>     candidate. 
>      
>     The alternative of "President McCain" scares me. 
>      
>     What Bush has irresponsibly and unaccountably gotten away with,
>     under the auspices of ignorant stupidity, will simply be cast
>     aside as "senior moments" under President McCain, and
>      
>     - We can then run office pools in guessing when the casualties of
>     the Iraq civil war will achieve the ten thousand, fifteen
>     thousand, twenty thousand, and on and on and on, benchmarks,
>      
>     - Our civil liberties vanquished,
>      
>     - Our addiction to oil exploited by corporate America and foreign
>     governments,
>      
>     - Our degenerative economy reducing our nation into a two-class
>     society (the grotesquely rich and the painfully poor) as our
>     government continues to outsource our jobs and our security.
>      
>     So, although I have lost virtually all my respect for Hillary
>     Clinton, in the absence of Barack Obama, the alternative may cost
>     us considerably more than respect.  It may very well cost our
>     children their hope.
>      
>     Tom Hansen
>     Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>
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>
>     > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:51:03 -0700
>     > From: tiedye at turbonet.com
>     > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>     > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Barack Obama
>     >
>     > I would vote for him too. If Hilary gets the nomination I will
>     vote for
>     > either Nader or the Green party candidate which will probably be
>     Cynthia.
>     >
>     > "A vote for the lessor of two evils is still a vote for evil"
>     > -Jerry Garcia
>     >
>     > Dave
>     >
>     >
>     > Bill London wrote:
>     > > I just finished Barack Obama's first book, "Dreams from My
>     Father,"
>     > > which he wrote in 1995, before he was first elected to political
>     > > office. The book is autobiographical, detailing both his
>     remarkable
>     > > racial/cultural heritage and his very personal journey to
>     acceptance
>     > > of his responsibilities as an African-American man.
>     > >
>     > > Obama's book is so much better than I expected. First, it is
>     obvious
>     > > that he wrote every word -- in 1995, he was too poor and too
>     unknown
>     > > to have a ghostwriter. Second, the book shines with a remarkable
>     > > passion and integrity. He has an astounding intellect and
>     charisma.
>     > >
>     > > I plan to vote for him every chance I get.
>     > >
>     > > BL
>     > >
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