My son loves Barack Obama so when I saw on the front page of the Jackson, Tennessee, paper this morning that a campaign office was opening here, I determined to go find it to get my son some bumper stickers, badges, etc.
I drove and drove though an icy rain, trying to find the address. Finally, at 1:30, I saw a house with lots of Obama signs and balloons in the yard. I thought that must be it; since it had only opened at 11:00 that morning, it would be full of people.
But it was completely deserted. As I looked through the window, I saw Obama signs and placards resting tantalizingly in the darkened front room.
I thought there would be more enthusiasm on the first day of opening. But maybe I was wrong about enthusiasm for Obama among Jacksonians because a letter to the editor in today's paper reads like this:
"I don't like any political presidential candidate in the present list. Clinton and Obama are socialists who will bankrupt this nation with their higher taxes, socialistic projects and failed national health care.
I don't care for the GOP candidates, either. None can come close to assuming the mantle of Ronald Reagan. They are not true conservatives. McCain is also a socialist and free amnesty advocate. I do not know where Mitt Romney gets his finances for his presidential run - his Mormon Church, maybe? Both have flip-flopped in their values, and their records prove that they are not conservatives.
A true conservative demands smaller government. More tax rebates back to the people. No pork. No earmarks. No national health care. A true conservative streamlines existing agencies and gets rid of the excess in government. A true conservative goes to war and wins the war completely and gets out when victory is achieved."
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Political son
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4 comments:
So that means G. W. Bush isn't a conservative, either. Wish he had pointed that out.
Go steal all the signs. Mikey will make better use of them!
Yeah, you're right. He didn't mention George.
I can't steal those signs! Remember what happened when people stole Webb's signs? Didn't they end up in the newspaper?? If you run across an Obama bumper sticker while you're working for him, steal that for Mikey....
You know what else? Isn't Bush's economic stimulus package socialism? where the government intervenes to stimulate the economy through handouts? I'm sure this letter writer won't like that!! :)
Oh right, I was the one who helped lead the media campaign against the folks who stole Webb signs. We had a vigil and everything. Ixnay.
Bush has given nothing but handouts to his Repub cronies from the get go. He believes that by running up the deficit to spread welfare to his buddies, we will all conclude that government is broken.
I can't even get an Obama sticker/pin for myself, and I've given him hundreds of bucks thus far. Not one lousy bumper sticker. But I'll get one for Mikey.
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