Thomas Sowell, is a very respected black political journalist, born in
North Carolina, served in the Marine Corps, Harvard educated (magna
cum laude), syndicated columnist and Senior Fellow of the Hoover
Institution at Stanford University in Stanford, CA. He stated in a
recent column published in newspapers nationally:
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"Random Thoughts"
Senator John McCain could never persuade me to vote for him. Only
Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain. So,
you know my vote but I'd like to fill in some gaps here.
After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John
McCain for President. I have always voted for the person and have not
voted for anyone because some political party was telling me who I
should vote for.
We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the
process of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words
'money' and 'special interests' come to mind, among many others.
Here's the way I see it:
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely
liberal (most liberal, in fact) Senator from the State of Illinois,
which has a long and rich history of political corruption of the first
magnitude You are indeed a child of that system.
You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to
tolerate your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin
color. As a matter of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an
African-American for President. What a great statement that would be
to the entire world that we are indeed the greatest country on earth!
But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are
NOT the man for this job!
Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the
sermons of your own pastor, the Reverend 'G...D.... America' Jeremiah
Wright. It is a matter of record that this has been your church for
over 20 years. It is a matter of record that you were married there by
this very pastor, and that your children were baptized there.
The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and
Wright gave a lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all
people. That's one scary dude.
We have all now seen excerpts of Wright's sermons all over the
airwaves by now. And you have publicly stated that this man IS your
'spiritual mentor.'
BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words
were disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation,
seen jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that
disturb me the most. And please don't tell me you attended church
there and never once heard a 'discouraging word' in the 20 years you
attended there. Don't tell me, that in addition to the good reverend,
that you are now not having anything to do with all those other people
seen hooting and howling out in the audience in the background of his
fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got disgusted and walked out on that
congregation and your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she did
the right thing....and she's a gal that has no political sense and
believes there is no God, unless it's Oprah Winfrey.
Now YOU look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard
such language in all the years you attended there! This is like me
telling you that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once
heard the 'N' word. Yep. And Bill Clinton 'did not inhale'. Racism
cuts both ways, Bro.
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that
embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is
so incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid
enough to believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote
for you. I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously
talented African Americans who would make a good President, that the
political system has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse
for an American, who will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge
of Allegiance. God forbid you ever get near the Oval Office.
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.
John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you
have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my
humble opinion, to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your
trembling hand on the nuclear button.
Think about it.
We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like
lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into
nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and
rattling their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and
I want him to be really pissed off at all these other nut jobs around
the planet.
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and
throw one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something
through a plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the
mouth a bit. And I want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad
can see it. I want ALL of these 'world leaders' to lay awake at night
and to break out in a cold sweat every time they think of messing with
the United States of America. I want the nuclear button sitting right
next to the alarm clock on your night stand. I want pictures of this
to be sent to Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria,
Pakistan and those other assholes dressed in the white sheets, the
Saudis.
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to
the opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the
Congress to do something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at
least he TRIED. For all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his
head in a basket. The liberals are pissed at him and the conservatives
are pissed at him. Just my kind of guy. I predict that John will
select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Good choice. I want
a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in his mind and who
is royally pissed off at all of these towel-headed morons in the
Middle East, to be the next in line if something should happen to
John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.
Finally John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to
suffer horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in
front of you, for their love of America. When you ask him about it, he
will
tell you that what he did was 'nothing special.' Even more incredibly,
he states that ANY American who truly loves his country would do
exactly the same as he did in that situation. You and I will have a
hard time believing that, but the real point is that John McCain
believes that about the 'average American,' and that, dear friends and
neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot on election day for
John McCain---- warts and all.'
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/t/thomas-sowell.htm Donn, you disappoint me once again with posting false information. After the last post I would think you'd learn but you haven't. I don't understand why you keep doing this, only to have it pointed out to you time and time again that you made a mistake again. Aren't you embarrassed? You should have gone for that beer yesterday. Lindy A good read no matter who the author isAgain I ask, why aren't the McCain supporters posting threads that support McCain and his positions, rather than trashing Obama? The liberals on this board have not attacked McCain.
On the contrary, he has paid a huge price for resisting our enemies, even when they held him prisoner and tortured him. The choice between him and Barack Obama should be a no-brainer"
If you read the entire column Nancy links to, it is not the same as what is posted in the first post. Someone added a lot of text to an existing Sowell column. No, it is not the same article, but the bottom line is that Thomas Sowell will not vote for Obama, and he tells us why.I wish Sowell was running. But this time it is exactly as he states, a no-brainer. I just don't understand why there are so many people running around with less than that. Yes, but I don't wouldn't want people to get the wrong impression of Mr. Sowell. His writing is very intelligent and reasoned. He would not take the kind of cheap shots that this writer did. Walter Williams is another example of an entertaining black conservative columnist, his columns are posted on the same website as Mr. Sowell's. [QUOTE=Hillhoney]Again I ask, why aren't the McCain supporters posting threads that support McCain and his positions, rather than trashing Obama? The liberals on this board have not attacked McCain.