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Originally Posted by Bugs Hardly everything that I post is negative of Obama. | 'hardly'.
really? needless to say, i think you and i have a very different understanding of 'hardly'.
but let me ask you...what percentage of your posts on the general election have been positive about obama and his campaign?
what percentage of the articles you have linked to have been positive about obama and his campaign?
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Rough percentages - maybe 5%.
But when I link or quote something that I think is over the top, I generally say so. Unless I think the entire link/quote is over the top and I am just posting to wind up.
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Originally Posted by Bugs Why should he care what I find appealing? Simple I have voted for folks from different parties in the past and I am open to voting for different parties in the future. | let's get back to those percentages......you aren't going to vote for obama, and you were never going to vote for him. why would he waste his time trying to address the type of person who would spend hours of his life spreading negative information about him on an internet forum.
obama was speaking to democrats and real independents (not just those who are too embarrassed in 2008 to admit they're republicans) people who might be open to his message.....and as we both know, that doesn't include you. |
I would not say that I was never going to vote for him. Indeed it would be very unlikely that I would have voted for the blue team. And I know that the Obama speech was not geared towards me, hence my comment in my "angry" post about "this might have worked for him with most,".
When getting down to the party nitty gritty I do not consider myself a Republican. Mainly because I think the Republican party of today has lost touch with what I consider to be the core of things – small government, more personal freedom, and less taxes. The Republican party of today has not kept to these principles, and thus I don’t consider myself to be part of the party. Not believing in god, being a very strong supporter of separation of church and state, and my views (albeit not strong views) on abortion, don’t hold me in good steed with most Republicans. Fortunately for me I have a strong belief that the US Constitution will withstand any battering the red team might be able to dish out on these issues. On the up side I am very strong supporter of the individuals right to keep and bear arms so I do have something to talk about on that side of things with other members of the red team. That being said my views generally line up more with the red team than the blue team, there is no doubt about that.