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Group: sci.electronics.design · Group Profile
Author: John Larkin
Date: Feb 22, 2008 19:22

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:17:57 -0800 (PST), James Arthur
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Feb 22, 8:58 am, John Larkin
>highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:17:21 -0800 (PST), James Arthur
>>
>> yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>On Feb 21, 8:42 pm, Andy Peters latke.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Ah, the old "I know a homosexual/Jew/African-American, so I cannot be
>>>> a homophobe/anti-semite/racist" argument. Sorry, buddy, as long as you
>>>> align yourself with the right-wing homophobes/anti-semites/racists,
>>>> you get lumped in with them.
>>
>>>FWIW, all the racists I know are Democrats. Really.
>>
>>>--James Arthur
>>
>> Interesting: based on recent voting in the Democratic primaries, white
>> males are more sexist than racist.
>>
>> John
>
>Or that women are sexist and/or racist, and so flock to Hillary.
>
>The buzz in a certain loved-one's crowd (affluent, very liberal
>Democrats) is that the country "isn't ready for a black president."
>Shocked, I was, and so was she.
>
>"Not ready?" Never occurred to me. So I wonder how their world can
>be so different from mine. And theirs, though well-intentioned, is
>racist.
>
>We're plenty ready--color is irrelevant. Obama won Iowa, right? Good
>for him!(*)
>
>(*) (His policies proposals are awful--disasters--but I respect & like
>him, and think him sincere. For me, that's 2/3rds the battle.)

I agree. An Obama-McCain matchup would give the people a choice
between left and right as represented by sincere, well-meaning,
intelligent candidates. That alone would be refreshing.

Hillary apparently mismanaged her campaign and its finances [1] so
badly that it would be frightening to have her try to manage an entire
country.

John

[1] and her marriage, for whatever that's worth.
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