this letter makes some excellent points.

[Margies3]

WORTH READING.

This letter is so well written, it may even make some of his supporters think twice; or maybe not. Nonetheless it has 7 remarkably great questions
to the type of man he is. I don't know who Mark Gregg is but I am so glad this letter is circulating.....please help keep it going.

Dear Mr. Obama,

It is August 30, 2008. My name is Mark Gregg. I am a 50 something conservative white male. I have followed your campaign closely, including
the speeches you and others made at the democratic national convention. I am respectfully providing you with seven simple (probably shallow) reasons
why I could never vote for you. I believe my opinion is shared by many people. While there may not be quite enough to prevent you from becoming
president of this nation, I do think there is an awakening to the fact that you are not a (the) messiah that the media and liberal Hollywood entertainers are trying to portray you.

1. I hear your mantra of change, change, change. Yet, you picked a long term, liberal, Washington insider (Joe Biden) to be your running mate. This
is NOT change. It is a move that hypocritically refutes the very thing you supposedly stand for. Your campaign then slammed McCain for picking Sarah
Palin, apparently, because she is NOT a Washington insider. She is a maverick who cleaned-up Alaska's quagmire of political scandals. Which way
is it, Barack? Is it okay for you to pick a Washington insider under the mantra of 'change', but not okay for John McCain to pick a smart,
aggressive reformer?

2. You have the single most liberal voting record in the senate. This indicates to me and others like me that you may very well be an angry black
man seeking to punish our country for sins of a different generation. I am not racist. I have some biases just like you and every other human alive.
Unlike the democratic party who claims to be for the minority (but their record heavily refutes this), I will give any person who truly needs help,
help. I married a 'minority' girl 35 years ago (she is Hispanic) and have seen the evils of prejudice first hand. However, I have also seen my wife
and my children and others in her family throw off the veil of self imposed prejudicial bondage and move ahead. They love our country and do not view
themselves any different than I view myself as a citizen of this country. Your lovely wife so disappointed people like me during this campaign when
she stated it was the first time she had ever been proud of this country. She apparently never noticed the massive aid we give dozens of other
countries. She apparently never noticed the sacrifice of literally millions of veterans who helped make this country a free nation and helped liberate
other nations from brutal dictators such as Adolf Hitler. She apparently does not remember that she attended ivy league universities with scholarship
money that ultimately (at least some of it) was paid for by our taxes. This troubles me more than you know. She is an angry black woman who appears to
not like her country very much. I don't want her representing me to the rest of the world.

3. You claim Christianity but apparently do not realize that the Bible teaches that he who does not work, does not eat. The Bible does not say or
even suggest that he who CANNOT work, should not eat. Yet, your liberal policies reward people who are capable of working, but choose to not do so.
This bothers me. I know that if you are elected our taxes will spiral upwards. You should heed the words of Winston Churchill: 'We contend that
for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.' If I like anything
about you, it is your campaign promise to balance the federal budget. Unfortunately, we have heard this a huge number of times from a number of
different politicians and we realize that when you energize the very liberal Nan cy Pelosi, Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, etc, etc, and the many other
democrats like them, a balanced budget will never, ever happen on your watch.

4. During your question and answer session with Rick Warren of Saddleback Church your answer concerning the question of where does life begin, stunned
me: 'Above your pay grade?' Does this mean when something bad happens as President of this nation that you are going to look at your salary to
determine if you can respond? I am sorry, but this was the most serious gaffe I have seen you make. Frankly, it shows me that you are pandering in
the most obvious manner. You will choose your words not from your heart, but from an agenda that I believe is still hidden from the American people.

5. If anything stands out about you it is probably your appeasement mentality. In this era of rampant, radical Islamic extremism and with the
latest stunt pulled by the re-energized Russian government, I am not sure appeasement is healthy. I again revert to the words of Winston Churchill:
'An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.'

6. You and your party tacitly believe that a 13 or 14 year old girl must have the parents approval to have the school nurse provide them with a
Tylenol when they have a headache at school. Yet, this same girl can become pregnant and the school can skirt her off to a clinic and abort the child in
her body without the parents knowing or being notified. This scares the hell out of me. You have two little girls. Would you be upset if this
happened to them and you were not informed? Then why do you stand for this? It makes no sense to me.

7. My seventh and final point (for now) is your supporters. I have watched the Hollywood entertainers that support you, systematically embrace Hugo
Chavez of Venezuela and others like him. I see the continuous smut and garbage produced by Hollywood, the very people who promote you the most
vigorously. It is not a positive point to me and others like me to see these over-paid, bizarre, poor examples of human existence fawn over you and
push you and your liberal agenda as hard as they do. The way I see it; when the devil is for you, we should question whether or not we should be
against you.

In closing, I just want you to know that you scare me. I cannot vote for you. It is not because of your skin color. It is because these items I've
listed and many, many others like them. Do not claim that my dislike for you is race based. It is because I do not feel you have the best interests
of this nation at heart.



Respectfully,

Mark A. Gregg