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Your assertion that Obama wouldn't have won if he were white is pretty ridiculous. It is an OPINION, not a fact as you claimed it was.
If you love war veterans so much and think that's a good reason to vote for someone, then I'm assuming you voted for Al Gore and John Kerry who both served in Vietnam, instead of for George W Bush who didn't?
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I do love war veterans. Patriotism is easy to talk about but they've actually put their lives on the line to protect what this country is all about. I respect the fuck out of that and don't care what "party" the person belongs to - and yes, I did vote for Al Gore over GW
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I've never once said anyone should vote for Obama because he's black, neither has anyone in his campaign.
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Agreed, you haven't, but to say that race doesn't play a part in this election would be completely ridiculous. It played a HUGE part of it and the exit polls for the Democratic party nominee shows that it did - it doesn't "have" to be said and so did gender.
If you were to poll the black population that voted for Obama on 10 things that he stood for you couldn't get an answer. They voted for him because of his skin color or against Hillary's gender. The majority of people are uninformed and that's terrible. Hell, I don't keep as up to date as I should but I certainly don't wear blinders either.
I've been on this earth 45 years now and have yet to meet a person that is tolerant of all things from all people. It exists, plain and simple...
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The 700 billion a year is a red herring. Yes that money gets shipped overseas so to speak....but if we produced that energy here, it wouldn't put 700 billion in the government coffers that could be spent on schools. That money would go to whomever owns the land where the resources are, and to the companies that recover and then put the product on the market.
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That 700 billion is in foreign aid
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The resources we have here vs. the resources in the middle east is something alot of people don't understand. If we drill for oil here and it produced oil tomorrow, it wouldn't drop the price of gas much, if at all. Not only that, but these ads and campaign propaganda keep talking about how this energy is "ours" as if the American consumer wouldn't have to pay for it.
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Absolutely right. Those ads are geared to pull on the heart-strings of emotions. I dislike them as well
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If people are that pissed about "sending money overseas" then we should stop trading with China too.
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We should certainly do something. The trade deficit is one of the reasons the dollar is so weak
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If energy independence is truly your hot button issue, you ought to be voting for the Democrats.
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Energy independence isn't my hot button issue at all.
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Obama's energy plan is much more comprehensive than McCain's and he's been talking about it for alot longer.
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Obama hasn't been talking about anything longer than McCain has - hasn't been around nearly as long.