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xBullx -> RE: So what happened to Rick Perry? (9/25/2011 8:55:05 AM)
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I want to bring something to the attention of this board that left me a bit unsettled after my trip to Texas.
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ORIGINAL: rulemylife
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ORIGINAL: Sanity
I wonder how many Dems have the hindsight to wish their candidate had been vetted this well back in 08?
Or even, wish that he had been vetted at all, period.
Then how did he get elected?
Just because you are so much smarter than the majority that elected him?
Don't worry Sanity, we take it all back.
Your brilliance has convinced us of the error of our ways.
I was just discussing where I recently was in Texas and I spent a good deal of time talking to folks on political issues (my intention was to vet Perry). I was rather surprised at the answers I got to a great many of my questions. First off I didn't think I'd find Texans that didn't like Perry the way the media portrays him. That couldn't be further from the truth.
I receieved one unsolicited respeonse that amazingly a great many people agreed with or at least nodded in conformation too. I wonder if her sentiment is echoed across the country. I doubt its an opinion will see on NBC, CBS or even Fox. But.
One "supposedly independent" lady stated that she voted for Obama to get this black thing over with. She said he seemed like a nice guy and her opinion was that he couldn't screw to much up in 4 years. She went on to add that she sure as hell got that wrong and won't repeat the same mistake again no matter who is running against him. I believe she called him cluless, after she qualified herself as not being the best judge of character out here. She added that our president must be more than a college educated career politician. I agreed with the last comment the most.
When we elected Obama I made the comment on this very forum that he will have to be one of the greatest presidents in US history or he will set back race relationships 100 years. While I don't believe that is the case, as of yet, he has created distrust and separation in American politics. Some call it class warfare others say he's trying to enslave the white guy.
Now I paraphrased the woman I am speaking about in the above and I do have some unsettling suspicisions on Mr. Obama's objectives, but I am not willing to label him a traitor or anything to that nature. Though I do believe he thinks he is smarter at organizing and running my life than I do. I hate big government on any level and do to this I will respect the man that is our president, but I will have to speak out against his actions as I discover those intended to rob liberty and those intended to spend money we DO NOT have.
The Texans I talked with weren't a bunch of gun toting rednecks either. If fact a few folks at this engagement I was at, there were blacks as well and commented much the same on the issues, even the black president one. I travel alot and I'm going to start asking more on this subject matter. I am bothered by two things mostly when it comes to this. First I can't believe the racist attitude that was in the, "let's elect him and get this black president thing over with, and that we owed the blacks a chance. And then the remark that they should have known better."
First off we don't owe the black man anything special, we owe them a great leader and a country that provides them with the opportunity to succeed at their chosen endeavor. But we owe that to all US citizens and those that come here legally for that chance of the dream.
Sorry about the hijack...
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