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Political Correctness
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:54:05 +1100
From: jingles <mommab...@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: Political Correctness
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Thank you for this input - I appreciate your taking the time to
enlighten me.
jingles
Geno4321 wrote:
> I have been polical for over fifty years,
> I have stood out front of 100's of polling places.
> I became an expert at slipping Democratic ligiture into a Republican hand.
> While eye balling the person I would slip the paper into his hand. The
> person would take three or foue steps look at the paper make as he would
> throw it on the ground then eye me and slip it into his pocket and give me a
> silly grin.
> There is a racist tendacy among the less educated Americans. But those born
> after 1970 are less motivated towards racism.
> And they are the ones mostly voting for Obama.
> Remember Bush had two high profile afro-Americans in his adminisration. To
> be fair to Bush that helped pave the way for Obama.
>
> "jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:490e25a4_6@news.peopletelecom.com.au...
>> I was just quoting the views of a correspondent in the US. Although a vote
>> may be secret - the conscience or the racist tendencies of the voter would
>> certainly influence the vote.
>> jingles
>>
>>
>> Geno4321 wrote:
>>> Gosh Jingles, America is full of dumb answers. As a vote is secret there
>>> is no way to valify that stupid remark.
>>>
>>> "jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:490cd335_9@news.peopletelecom.com.au...
>>>> Geno4321 wrote:
>>>>> "jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:490bc4e2_1@news.peopletelecom.com.au...
>>>>>> Geno4321 wrote:
>>>>>>> "jingles" <mommab...@mail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:490ba4ef$1_5@news.peopletelecom.com.au...
>>>>>>>> **Rowland Croucher** wrote:
>>>>>>>>> jingles wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I was watching a news report from the US yesterday and was
>>>>>>>>>> surprised to hear Obama described as a man of 'colour'. Surely we
>>>>>>>>>> are all people of one colour or another...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> jingles
>>>>>>>>> And I heard him say he once shared his toys in kindergarten with
>>>>>>>>> another kid so he must be a communist :-)
>>>>>>>> Or a well raised child....8>)
>>>>>>>> jingles
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Obama is a American that all can be proud of.
>>>>>>> He is part FDR and pat JFK.
>>>>>>> And I have lived long enought to know all three of these Americans.
>>>>>>> One a Protestant, one a Catholic and one an Afro-American. America is
>>>>>>> truely a melting pot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://jinglesb.googlepages.com/home
>>>>>> But surely that is what it has always prided itself on....
>>>>>> jingles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>> Tell that to the Faith Based Christians.
>>>>> They hardly tolerate Republicans.
>>>>> They belive that FDR was the devil who tried to make America a
>>>>> Socialist pit of hell. And that Clinton who brought sex into the White
>>>>> House was a George Washington plant. Now those demon Democrats want to
>>>>> put a slave into the White House. And banish their hero Soccer Mom to
>>>>> the kitchen.
>>>>> grin
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://jinglesb.googlepages.com/home
>>>> Interesting comment made by one of our (Oz) political commentators in
>>>> the US.
>>>> That - many Americans are stating that they will vote for Obama because
>>>> they don't want to appear racist. In actual fact they will not vote for
>>>> him. Although he appears to be the 'people's choice' he could fail.
>>>> jingles
>>>>
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>>>
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