Ok – I have had enough of the Obama is a terrorist and “I don’t know anything about Obama” bull.
Last evening I had a discussion with a woman who I have never met until then and these gems came out of her mouth – “I just don’t trust him. He isn’t from this country and is Muslim. He went to Muslim schools.”
Madam first thing – By the second article of the Constitution, in order to run for presidential office, you have to be at least 35 years old and a natural born citizen of the United States. This is why Arnold Schwarzenegger can never run for president, he was not born in the US.
Second – if you do not know anything about Obama or McCain, for that matter, you are stupid. In today’s age, anyone can find the proper information with just a easy search online or in any newspaper, 24 hour news programs. You can’t turn around without hearing or seeing something about the presidential race. I STRONGLY suggest that before you vote, you educate yourself on the truth of the canidates and not the soundbites, mass emails of fear and various BS lines that The Weekly World News paper tells you. Batboy is not running for president.
For all those that say well I am voting for McCain because he is against abortion. Here is the dealio on that nugget. All four canidates : McCain, Obama, Palin, and Biden, do not agree with abortions. They believe that the federal government does not need to deal with it though. They all want to put the judgement on a state level. So for all those that have not started looking into your State officials, start reading on them, because they are the ones that are going to change your ideals on abortion. Not the people running for Pres and VP.
Now to the Muslim statement. First, I am sorry that people that are Muslim get thrown into the radical side of it. Yes, I claim a Christian faith but I do not associate with bible beaters and Neo Christians. They are a danger to my faith. They are no different than the suicide bomber that claims to be doing his faith good.
But Obama is not Muslim. Obama lived in Indonesia as a child, from 1967 to 1971, with his mother and stepfather and has acknowledged attending a Muslim school. He was 6 to 10 years old. Attending a Muslim school in Indonesia is like attending a public school in the US.
People associating Obama with Bill Ayers is also stupid. Yes, Bill Ayers did some bad things during late 60’s. And yes Obam worked with him on committees in Chicago. Comparing the relationship is very similar to this : I had a friend who shot and killed another person when he was in his teens. I developed a friendship after the fact. This does not make me want to kill people. I also have another friend that is anti government. He yells it to the world. His actions do not make me that way. Claiming that association makes you as guilty, is an insult to free will and the common sense that should be instilled in us all. More people should use their common sense. Look at your own life and the people that you have associated yourself with. Does that make you like them?
Gov. Palin associates with the AIP, Alaskan Independance Party. They want to remove themselves from the US. Does this quote from Joe Vogler suggest someting bout Palin? – “I’m an Alaskan, not an American.” – http://www.akip.org
Please, please, please, educate yourself – Use these links to find out more : www.factcheck.org, www.politifact.com, and www.opencongress.org
I am not saying to vote for Obama. I am just wanting your vote to be true to you. Not by what a email or 30 second ad claims.
