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No more Republicans
I am from a smaller town in Texas called Amarillo. I grew up there. I am a white male age 54. My High school days were in the 70’s. So I have seen a lot of things change in America since then and really this America is not the America I grew up in. I want the old America back. American used to be strong; if you had a job in with AT&T you had a job for life. You were living the American dream. Look what we have done to the telecom industry, it is so unstable you have to be nuts to work there.
But I have had it with the Republican’s belief that they should let business run itself.
Greed is dominating business leaders today. Today’s CEO’s gobbles up all the companies profits for their personal bonuses. They don’t care about the workers working for them. They will send your job overseas in a heartbeat, if they see a few million dollars more in it for them. I sent Fred Thomson money this year, because I heard him speak about how he came from nowhere, he sounded just like me. Then I saw them ask him a question during the debates, what would you do about the record profits the oil companies are announcing, his reply “Nothing”. Because he believes that if you let a business run itself, the money will trickle down. Well it does not. I’m glad he lost.
I voted for George W Bush in the first election, I am ashamed of a lot of things I done early in my life, but voting for this man, tops them all. He has done zero for me or you in eight long years. I will jump for joy the day they take him out of office. I wish I could help him pack.
This country needs a new breed of politician. I have listened to Mr. Obama, and I believe he is going to be the greatest leader this country has ever had. I believe he wants to help me and you. We need to find more great men and women like this man in this country today and beg them to replace these old aging politicians of the past. I also hate the political parties period. Red vs. Blue, Republican vs. Democrat, why can’t they just vote for what is best for the people who put them in office.
We need to take back America from Corporate America and get our piece of the pie back.
Vote for Mr. Obama, and anybody who said they will support his new dream.
The Republican party of old has certainly lost its way. I can't tell if you're suggesting that you're disgusted with the new version of the party or just rejection the party's core values altogether. Either way, I'm glad you resonate with some of Obama's platform.
I'd suggest, if you don't mind my saying so, that you take your email address out of your user name. The spambots that crawl the web will find it and you'll get a ton of spam to your account.
Welcome to the RFO family, frost! I think you'll find this to be a very welcoming group.
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Amen Bill!
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Well I'm still a Republican and I'm still voting for Obama. I hope I don't regret it.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, & wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel
jaygade, just remind yourself that the Republicans have had their chances - 8 years of them - and our country is hurting. We have to try a different approach.
Oh, I know it. I just read stuff here once in awhile that reminds me -- we don't all share the exact same opinions of what is wrong and what is right with the Republican party. And that's okay -- I just gotta remember the disagreements aside we are still working towards a common cause.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, & wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel
No worries brother. Let's meet in the middle ;-)
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, & wiser people so full of doubts.
-- Bertrand Russel
One of the many things that impressed me with Obama's acceptance speech was his statements on where liberals and conservatives can find common ground:
"America, our work will not be easy. The challenges we face require tough choices. And Democrats, as well as Republicans, will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past, for part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose, and that's what we have to restore.
We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country.
The -- the reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals.
I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in a hospital and to live lives free of discrimination.
You know, passions may fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers.
But this, too, is part of America's promise, the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort."
If Obama is elected, he will want to be re-elected, and I believe he knows he cannot go too far left if he wants that to happen.