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Obama and Doritos
I grew up in 7 states as a child. I've lived in several more since then. I've lived in 3 foreign countries all very different from each other. Russia, Egypt and China. I have known so many people, so many kinds of people, of innumerable persuasions. I consider my upbringing politically neutral. I went to a conservative college with liberal professors. But as I grow older, I can currently classify myself as a conservative American Republican. As with the new Miss USA/gay marriage scandal, I have felt countless times while talking to people who are obviously liberal, that my opinion doesn't count, that I am wrong, and that I am obviously an ignorant inbred hick white racist. As if somehow had I been born 1/4 each of Chinese, Hispanic, Black and East Indian my words would be credible. Why is it that white republicans are stereotyped as narcissistic racists? Even when my arguments as to why my political persuasion is what it is, are superior to those of my liberal colleagues.. I am given the brush off as wrong, and attacked for my beliefs. I join the conservative cause for many reasons, but the one strengthening me in my beliefs is the way the two sides treat each other. For the most part, the conservatives use fair, empathetic logic and arguments, while the liberals attack, name call, and use sarcasm to back themselves up. America was so focused on insuring our next president would be black, that they didn't put as much importance to his logic and arguments and plans as they should have. At a time when the economy is bleak, and numerous disastrously difficult obstacles are presented to us simultaneously I cannot say that we picked the right man for the job.
A liberal's typical reaction to this statement is "That's so ignorant and racist of you to say that a black man can't handle this job." That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying Obama was not the best choice Americans had placed in front of them. If Obama was white, would he have been elected? I honestly believe he wouldn't have been. People would have listened more to he arguments and logic, than to his face, his color and his repetitive "Hope and Change".
Obama used lobbyists to get himself to where he is. He made people believe that he would be their president. I don't think he is. He said what he needed to say to enough people to get elected. But even if he IS the president of the majority, speaking up for them, having their best intentions at heart... whose right is it to say that each and every one of the other candidates didn't. It's the liberals' right, because to them a white person obviously wouldn't have the people's agenda at heart. It's like this. There's a starving family, and they've been eating rice cakes for years. Someone comes along with a shopping basket full of food and tells them they can pick a food item from the cart. There are a whole bunch of food items, each one different. Some packages are bright and fancy and have attractive logos and slogans on them, but inside it's just some Doritos. Other packages less fancy, but the nutritional contents are amazing. The family has been wanting change, something different for so long, that the bright bag of Doritos catches their eye and they are ready to have their taste buds revived. They take no, or little time to glance at the nutritional value of the bag. In the process they skip over some amazing other food items because they have some similar coloring to the bags of rice cakes they've eaten for so long. There are several food items in the cart which taste great, are much more healthy and will sustain the family longer and happier than the bag of Doritos they chose. But alas, they chose the bag of Doritos, had a taste bug high, and then crashed as they were not filled sufficiently, were left hungry, and with arteries clogging and skin stretching. Then, when they feel maybe they didn't make the right choice, they justify it by saying the change was needed, we needed that refresher, a new nice taste in our mouths as short as it was. Things will work out in the end.
And now I'll be accosted for comparing Obama to a bag of flashy Doritos. Obama has said so many things, promised so many things, and then done another. Look at his so called non-existant lobbyist groups and interests groups. He's now doing their agenda. "Our president." Yeah right.
A liberal's typical reaction to this statement is "That's so ignorant and racist of you to say that a black man can't handle this job." That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying Obama was not the best choice Americans had placed in front of them. If Obama was white, would he have been elected? I honestly believe he wouldn't have been. People would have listened more to he arguments and logic, than to his face, his color and his repetitive "Hope and Change".
Obama used lobbyists to get himself to where he is. He made people believe that he would be their president. I don't think he is. He said what he needed to say to enough people to get elected. But even if he IS the president of the majority, speaking up for them, having their best intentions at heart... whose right is it to say that each and every one of the other candidates didn't. It's the liberals' right, because to them a white person obviously wouldn't have the people's agenda at heart. It's like this. There's a starving family, and they've been eating rice cakes for years. Someone comes along with a shopping basket full of food and tells them they can pick a food item from the cart. There are a whole bunch of food items, each one different. Some packages are bright and fancy and have attractive logos and slogans on them, but inside it's just some Doritos. Other packages less fancy, but the nutritional contents are amazing. The family has been wanting change, something different for so long, that the bright bag of Doritos catches their eye and they are ready to have their taste buds revived. They take no, or little time to glance at the nutritional value of the bag. In the process they skip over some amazing other food items because they have some similar coloring to the bags of rice cakes they've eaten for so long. There are several food items in the cart which taste great, are much more healthy and will sustain the family longer and happier than the bag of Doritos they chose. But alas, they chose the bag of Doritos, had a taste bug high, and then crashed as they were not filled sufficiently, were left hungry, and with arteries clogging and skin stretching. Then, when they feel maybe they didn't make the right choice, they justify it by saying the change was needed, we needed that refresher, a new nice taste in our mouths as short as it was. Things will work out in the end.
And now I'll be accosted for comparing Obama to a bag of flashy Doritos. Obama has said so many things, promised so many things, and then done another. Look at his so called non-existant lobbyist groups and interests groups. He's now doing their agenda. "Our president." Yeah right.
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