Six percent, that's how much a of a difference race could make in this election. At least according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll conducted with Stanford University which sought to determine the potential effect of race on Senator Barack Obama's candidacy on election day. They polled 2,227 adults across America and their results tell a sad story. Rather than vote their interests voters are still stuck on race as a compelling reason to vote against Senator Obama. Likewise I'm sure the perception amoung some is that Black people will just vote automatically for the senator because of his skin color...maybe some will, but many are voting their pocket book, their health insurance, their job or their children's future.
The Repugnican (spelling intentional) Party has damn near destroyed America as we know it in the last 8 years and all John McCain needs is 4 more years to finish the job! This reminds me of an encounter I had with a Repugnican congressional candidate outside my daughter's school last week when attending Open House. This gentleman came up to me and introduced himself after seeing me pick up a couple Obama bumper stickers from the table and told me he was a Repugnican running for Congress. He offered me some of his campaign literature and i politely refused to take it. To which he replied, "Well I'm not running against Barack Obama". I froze in my tracks, looked him in the eye, and said, "This has absolutely nothing to do with Barack Obama. Your party has nearly destroyed the country I love and there is no way I will vote for anyone who would even call themselves a Republican. Sir, you've got the wrong party." Several people who were around applauded lightly or voiced their approval in some way.
It just made me angry that our country is falling apart and all this guy thought I cared about was race. Dammit...I'm not blind, yes, I'd love to have a Black President, but more importantly I want a President who looks forward and fights for our future, rather than looking backward as does Senator McCain. I applaud Senator McCain and honor him for his wartime service...he is a true American hero and I'll be the first to take my hat off to him, but that doesn't mean we OWE him the White House for it! If you could stomach the Repugnican National Convention (I watched...have to know what the enemy is up to) it was all about THE PAST. We heard about his service in Vietnam ad naseum, but very little about our future and how he wants to make it better. Isnt' this the same guy who said he didnt' know much about the ecnonomy? And I won't even start on Governor Palin...I will save that for another post of its own.
So if you are in that 6% who would rather vote skin color over your own interests, then go ahead. While you're at it, you might start looking for other nice countries to live in that don't mind taking a few American immigrants, because when the Repugnicans get through with us, we'll be economically, politically and morally bankrupt and America as we knew it will never be the same.!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Why I Call Them Repugnicans
Hey ABM can't you spell, some might ask. Yep, pretty well too, but you have to understand that when discussing the modern Republican party, the first thing that comes to mind is REPUGNANT. Defined by Webster's, repugnant means incompatible, inconsistent or exciting distaste or aversion as in a morally repugnant practice. Yep, hits the nail right on the head for me.
Something that is repugnant usually sickens or nauseates us. That's exactly what 8 years of Repuglican rule has done for me. Just the thought of what they've done to the country I love, the country that I have served in uniform my entire adult life, sickens me to my very core. Remember 8 years ago when Repugnicans promised us morality, family values, TRUTH, responsibility and above all, accountability. Yep, this was the American Pie, moral crusader regime who was supposed to make America that bright beacon on the hill. They ranted and raved against immigrants, homosexuals, thsoe who wanted to government regulation and oversight on the business world and most of all the evil, immoral Democrats, personified by the Clintons. They said, "elect us and we will make everything better:"
Hello, I don't know about you, but I was doing fine 8 years ago. I slept well at night and felt confident that America would only grow stronger and more vibrant. We were at peace and had a prosperous economy. Americans had real hope back then. So, what have we gotten out of those empty promises? Let's examine the record:
Do the names, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Libby, Rove and the Patriot Act mean anything to you? How about Alberto Gonzalez, Jack Abramhoff, Kenneth Lay, Bernard Kerik or Tom DeLay? Do they ring any bells? Or Tom Foley, Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, Duke Cunningham or Randall Tobias? Still drawing a blank? Well try Googling these names and read for yourself. These are just a few examples of the rampant lies, abuse of power, corruption, greed, crimanility and malfeasance of every type imaginable. (Check out this link for an interactive "Scandal Map" http://slate.com/features/2007/scandal_guide/scandalmap.html )
The party who promised a strong defense, lied to us about Iraq and used terrorism to justify everything they want to do whether it is legal or not. If it's real illegal, they will just change the laws to make it legal. They want to remake the world on their neocon theories without the benefit of considering history, culture or regional politics.
The party who promised to protect society against homosexual culture, has had more gay sex scandals than you can shake a stick at (no pun intended of course). This is the party of Foley who sent lascivious emails and text messages to teenaged House pages....and the Speaker of the House Denny Hastert helped cover it up! This is the party of Senator Larry "Wide Stance" Craig for Minneapolis Airport bathroom fame (wonder if he flew to the Twin Cities for the Repugnican convention?)
The party who promised accountability presided over the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression (the jury is still out on this one) while their friends in the banking, real estate and petroleum business got filthy rich and then pulled the rug out from under the people who live on Main Street, all the while telling us our economy is fundamentally sound. They bankrupt companies, running them into the ground then running off with huge severance packages...can you say Golden Parachute? Where the hell was our government when Wall Street was fleecing America? Now as Bill Maher recently said, "We're asking the poor to bail out the rich".
The party who promised to "clean up Washington" has left a foul stench in our nostrils. It will take a least a generation to clean up their messes. Yep, the Repuglicans have left a huge pile of #@$ for us all to clean up...hope you've got a big shovel.
Something that is repugnant usually sickens or nauseates us. That's exactly what 8 years of Repuglican rule has done for me. Just the thought of what they've done to the country I love, the country that I have served in uniform my entire adult life, sickens me to my very core. Remember 8 years ago when Repugnicans promised us morality, family values, TRUTH, responsibility and above all, accountability. Yep, this was the American Pie, moral crusader regime who was supposed to make America that bright beacon on the hill. They ranted and raved against immigrants, homosexuals, thsoe who wanted to government regulation and oversight on the business world and most of all the evil, immoral Democrats, personified by the Clintons. They said, "elect us and we will make everything better:"
Hello, I don't know about you, but I was doing fine 8 years ago. I slept well at night and felt confident that America would only grow stronger and more vibrant. We were at peace and had a prosperous economy. Americans had real hope back then. So, what have we gotten out of those empty promises? Let's examine the record:
Do the names, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Libby, Rove and the Patriot Act mean anything to you? How about Alberto Gonzalez, Jack Abramhoff, Kenneth Lay, Bernard Kerik or Tom DeLay? Do they ring any bells? Or Tom Foley, Larry Craig, Ted Haggard, Duke Cunningham or Randall Tobias? Still drawing a blank? Well try Googling these names and read for yourself. These are just a few examples of the rampant lies, abuse of power, corruption, greed, crimanility and malfeasance of every type imaginable. (Check out this link for an interactive "Scandal Map" http://slate.com/features/2007/scandal_guide/scandalmap.html )
The party who promised a strong defense, lied to us about Iraq and used terrorism to justify everything they want to do whether it is legal or not. If it's real illegal, they will just change the laws to make it legal. They want to remake the world on their neocon theories without the benefit of considering history, culture or regional politics.
The party who promised to protect society against homosexual culture, has had more gay sex scandals than you can shake a stick at (no pun intended of course). This is the party of Foley who sent lascivious emails and text messages to teenaged House pages....and the Speaker of the House Denny Hastert helped cover it up! This is the party of Senator Larry "Wide Stance" Craig for Minneapolis Airport bathroom fame (wonder if he flew to the Twin Cities for the Repugnican convention?)
The party who promised accountability presided over the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression (the jury is still out on this one) while their friends in the banking, real estate and petroleum business got filthy rich and then pulled the rug out from under the people who live on Main Street, all the while telling us our economy is fundamentally sound. They bankrupt companies, running them into the ground then running off with huge severance packages...can you say Golden Parachute? Where the hell was our government when Wall Street was fleecing America? Now as Bill Maher recently said, "We're asking the poor to bail out the rich".
The party who promised to "clean up Washington" has left a foul stench in our nostrils. It will take a least a generation to clean up their messes. Yep, the Repuglicans have left a huge pile of #@$ for us all to clean up...hope you've got a big shovel.
The US Economy on Life Support...$700 Billion Dollars Worth of Bad Medicine?
Ok, I've had it! This is the first post on Angry Black Man. Well I'm not angry in the usual sense that Black men are characterized as, rather I am mad as hell that my country is falling apart at the seams and too many people dont' seem to give a damn. The Repugnican (spelling intentional) party and all their rhetoric about deregulation and lack of government oversite (in the guise of reducing Big Government) have let their friends on Wall Street squeeze every dime out of our economy like the air out of a balloon.
So what's the solution (drum roll please) Ta Da! You, Mr. or Mrs. American Taxpayer, pull out your checkbook and make out a modest $700 BILLION DOLLAR check to prop up the economy. Well I'm no economic whiz, though I did get an A in it in college, but I dont' remember the part about how buying 3/4 of a TRILLION dollars worth of BAD DEBT, is a good thing. That wasn't in the textbook. I read it cover to cover and didn't find that part anywhere. And, oh yes, they don't want any oversight, just mail in the check and "trust us". Well that's like leaving your doors unlocked, posting a sign in your yard announcing it and inviting every criminal in town to stop by for a visit.
So we're supposed to give $700 Billion dollars to the same bunch of kleptomaniacs who fleeced us once and let them figure it out. And just like the Patriot Act, it's so essential that we do this quickly and take a vote without reading the fine print..."trust us". Last time I checked our money said "In God We Trust". If He asks us for $700 Billion then I say ante up, but to give those crooks (wasn't Treasury Secretary Paulson a former Chairman of Goldman Sachs after all?) that much money without any real oversight and accountability is pure lunacy. If we do...then we deserve what we get!
So what's the solution (drum roll please) Ta Da! You, Mr. or Mrs. American Taxpayer, pull out your checkbook and make out a modest $700 BILLION DOLLAR check to prop up the economy. Well I'm no economic whiz, though I did get an A in it in college, but I dont' remember the part about how buying 3/4 of a TRILLION dollars worth of BAD DEBT, is a good thing. That wasn't in the textbook. I read it cover to cover and didn't find that part anywhere. And, oh yes, they don't want any oversight, just mail in the check and "trust us". Well that's like leaving your doors unlocked, posting a sign in your yard announcing it and inviting every criminal in town to stop by for a visit.
So we're supposed to give $700 Billion dollars to the same bunch of kleptomaniacs who fleeced us once and let them figure it out. And just like the Patriot Act, it's so essential that we do this quickly and take a vote without reading the fine print..."trust us". Last time I checked our money said "In God We Trust". If He asks us for $700 Billion then I say ante up, but to give those crooks (wasn't Treasury Secretary Paulson a former Chairman of Goldman Sachs after all?) that much money without any real oversight and accountability is pure lunacy. If we do...then we deserve what we get!
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