Re: I have figured part of it out.

Thanks so much for sharing so openly (as others say below). All I can say is
take the leap of trust. I feel we must get a democrat in the white house and
we absolutely cannot have McCain. I spoke to a doctor the other day who is a
strong republican who says we cannot have McCain as he is (in his opinion)
far worse than Bush -- he has a horrible temper and in his opinion suffers
more than just PTSD. He is voting for Obama. Here is a new site to check out
about smears concerning Obama:




http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/



At his website he discusses his issues, etc.



http://www.barackobama.com/index.php



His life is pretty much an open book, literally, as he has written about it
in Dreams from My Father and Audacity of Hope. The first one he talks about
his youth and upbringing. He spent a lot of years in Hawaii and only a few
in Africa.



I like the fact that he is not a veteran Washington insider, this in my
opinion is a good thing. Look what insiders have done to this country. He
will not act and cannot act on his own. He will be surrounded by good
people. There is no doubt he will utilize Jim Webb, Joe Biden, Bill
Richardson and many more very well seasoned Washingtonians in his cabinet
and to work with him. He is a very smart man and will, I feel, be good for
the country. I sincerely feel you have nothing to fear. I actually do
believe the fear many feel is his name and his color, even if we don't think
that is what it is. That is not to say anything negative about you
personally, but I think since we "white folks" are used to white leaders we
fear the backlash (thinking perhaps we would be that way) of a black leader.
Remember he is half white.



Your honesty in your writing was great and I feel just what a lot of folks
are pondering. Thanks.




Sue -- Firefighter mom -- still rabid UW DAWG fan!


"Blupencl" <Blupencl.3b3rfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The idea of Obama winning the presidency just gives me the freakin
willies. I really, really thought Hillary would win!

I have always known I am not prejudiced against him because he is of
mixed race. I know that he is not Muslim. He's a very accomplished
person. He's not a dummy by any means.

My family all came over yesterday. My brother and his wife are so
pro-Obama it is insane, just like I was pro-Clinton. We've really not
discussed it much because it's like gasoline and a match, and because
I'm not a political person. I can never really defend my feelings
because I don't know enough about it.

I know I am a Democrat. I am scared to death to have another Repub
administration in there. But I just went nuts when Clinton conceded. OMG
it was awful, I was so sad!

So I sat here and thought about it a lot. I think I am prejudiced
against him because he seems like a foreigner to me! Not because he is
brown, not because his wife is black, but because he doesn't seem like
an American. If his name were John Smith, I might not have such a
problem with it. It's because of his childhood and background.

I am so confused. I also think, for some insane reason, that he will
throw us white folk in the trash - which is just plain goofy. I don't
think the white bread white guys will throw black people in the trash, I
never think about it.

This is the only time in my life I have been so confused about an
election. I feel as if I have no vote!


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