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atursvcMaam -> RE: Does Obama have the Democratic Nomination? (6/3/2008 11:14:35 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Irishknight
You got fired for say "niggling little details?" Someone needs some prozac.
Honestly, I think that many are playing the race card to make it seem worse. If whites think he is antiwhite, they'll get defensive and shift to Billary. It is a plan on the part of someone who thinks she "deserves" to be president. It is the way of the Clinton political machine to use anything relevant or irrelevant to attempt to destroy their opponents.
It is sad that many are starting to fall for it. I may not think Obama is the best candidate we coulld pick but he is far better than his opponent.
i imagine prozac might have been a solution. there was no way to talk my way out of this without making the person responsible for my company's contract look like a fool. Rather than make an issue of it, i apologized and moved on.
i do not blame Obama for the comments made. i do, vaguely, recall a poem which explains that if a child lives with hate, the child learns to hate. Mr Obama has claimed an affiliation with this church and the group of Reverends for 20 years. I will admit that while i slept through a lot of sermons over the same period, i can still spout catholic doctrine, and believe quite a bit of it. Although i left the church because a fellow who appeared to be an elitist would introduce his fellow chaplains with a "He is a good man, but (almost a whisper) he is not of our faith." Even though i might denounce that individual, i still hold on to things that i have been taught.
While i will admit that in history those in power have taken advantage of those not in power. This has run along socio-economic lines, as well as racial, gender or religious lines. One can dwell on past injustices, or swear not to repeat them, and move on. The chill which struck me in this regard is that Father Flegler addressed a congregation and said that this was the same as asking a rape victim to move on. That did not sound like an effort to heal, but to keep picking at a scab.
Was Mr Obama ignorant of Father Flegler's views? Having earmarked a large sum (i believe it was in the neighborhood of 200,000 dollars) for one of Father Flegler's Ministries, then if he was ignorant of the Father's stance, then he is fiscally irresponsible for not having investigated.
i don't hate anyone, i do not judge anyone by the color of their skin, their religion, their gender or their orientations. i consider that none of that has any influence on my life until/unless i am asked to be a part of it. i will ignore all of that in either direction. It does not give anyone a free pass, or an entitlement. i am equally deterred by someone displaying an elitist attitude, i find that to be more insidious than racism.
i have been through my personal struggle with the racism issue over 40 years ago (most notably, i changed my phonetic spelling from "b as in boy" to "b as in Boston"). What more does anyone want. Is there a way that a bill can be set up, that can ultimately be marked "Paid in Full"?
A way to repair, and say "okay, we're even" would impress me.
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