[Rhodes22-list] A Case for Obama (continued)(Political-What else?)

[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

You wrote, "The fact that both McCain and George W drank to excess in
their youth and that McCain was a notorious womanizer as a young man
should not, in my opinion, disqualify him from the Presidency."

Now see, how difficult was that?  Our politics are pretty closely aligned!

You solve the world's problems today, I'm going to the hangar to make
sure the beer is still cold.

Brad

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/opinion/07rich.html?em
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/opinion/07rich.html?em
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> The foregoing link is to Frank Rich's column of yesterday (re McCain/Palin).
> It is the most forwarded opinion piece in the paper and I hope it will serve
> to balance the opinions expressed by "they who shall not be named" (see
> Harry Potter) herein. It's also entertaining, which is, after all, the
> object of this exercise.
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> Brad, I was delighted to get your kind concession that I am "not
> necessarily" a marxist, just a dupe.  This may be the beginning of a
> beautiful friendship (see, Casablanca), but somehow I doubt it. I would like
> to say that you are "not necessarily a flaming....... "well, you get the
> idea.
>
> Herb, your several references to the "teat" are causing me some concern for
> you.  Are there unresolved issues in your life that we need to discuss. I'm
> here for you bro. .
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> On a serious note, I do believe Brad's concerns about Sen. Obama's
> associations with various nefarious characters (both alive and apparently
> dead) raise questions that should be dealt with.  I don't know whether he
> took any of the views of those people seriously.  I do know that  Barak
> Obama, John McCain, and virtually any politician throughout history has been
> exposed to and thought about all kinds of ideas.  The fact that both McCain
> and George W drank to excess in their youth and that McCain was a notorious
> womanizer as a young man should not, in my opinion, disqualify him from the
> Presidency. Do you know how hard it is for the son and grandson of Admirals
> to finish at the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy? Young men do
> imprudent things. I prefer to judge Sen. McCain by his views as held and
> expressed today. So too with Sen Obama.I believe the quote is most often
> attributed to Georges Clemenceau, that "any man who is not a socialist at
> age 20 has no heart, and any man who is still a socialist at age 40 has no
> head".  I want to judge Sen Obama by his views as held and expressed today.
>
> So, when Sen McCain says, as he did this weekend, that the Ledbetter case
> was rightly decided by the Supreme Court it causes me grave concern. For
> those still paying attention, Lilly Ledbetter worked for Goodyear as a
> supervisor for many years.  She was paid about half of what men were paid
> for the same job. She did not know and could not have known about the
> disparity because any employee who told other employees what they earned
> would be fired. When she was sent an anonymous note appraising her of the
> discrimination she promptly sued. A jury found in her favor but the Company
> appealed and the Supreme Court said she sued too late even though there was
> no way she could have sued sooner. McCain thinks that is fair.  More
> justices like that we do not need.
>
> So, Fanny and Freddie are driven to rely on billions of taxpayer money, we
> don't have the resources we need in Afghanistan, we throw resources down the
> rathole of Halliburton and Iraq, We throw the tax burden on our
> grandchildren because we sure aren't paying for it, the oilmen (Arabian,
> Texan, and Alaskan) get richer, healthcare gets worse and coverage rarer and
> more expensive, etc., etc.
>
> I've got a great idea; let's put an Alaskan hockey mom a  heartbeat from the
> Presidency.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ben C, s/v Susan Kay, Highlands, NJ
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