Why shouldn't I vote for Obama??

[StMark]

Originally Posted by FRINGE_NUTTER

If you had to make a choice and you HAD to pick one:

(1) Would you join the Tulsa group or

(2) Vote for Barack Obama?

now what kinda "NUTTER" Question is that ????

[AmazingGrace]

I will throw that question out to everyone... I would start a open poll... but dont know how and too tired... but yea.. everyone? If it was Obama.... would you still vote demo????

[Sister Alvear]

With all respect my dear friend...Obama was born in Honolulu to a black Kenyan father and a white American mother. He lived most of his early life in the U.S. state of Hawaii. From ages six to ten, he lived in Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather...

Do you know how Indonesia feels about Americans? Do you not think any of that has a secret pull on his heart strings?
I have been in the mist of Muslins and know the fear I felt as I rode a taxi through an area they were having a march in...I saw the looks of hate...
I know what it is to be standing in front of a church in the Philippines and the pastor come and ask me to come inside because there were so many muslins and my life could be in danger...
I know the feel that many americans do not know and many would have you to believe it is not so...

[ChristopherHall]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

I do not vote as you folks know but if I were a voting person it would not be for someone who has pulls from two worlds...

I have spent considerable time in Canada and I love the place. I am also an American who has served in the U.S. Army. I am also an Apostolic Pentecostal. I have pulls from at least three different worlds. LOL

Sis...that's a bunch of mumbo jumbo and ya know it.

[Sister Alvear]

I love all you folks so please do not feel bad at me because some of our opinions differ...I just see grave danger for America no matter who gets in.

[Sister Alvear]

Well Cris time will tell...

[StMark]

I wanna wish everyone a good night(except for christopher & chosenby1)

[StMark]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

I love all you folks so please do not feel bad at me because some of our opinions differ...I just see grave danger for America no matter who gets in.

this is the 2nd time you've said this i asked you to explain in detail what you mean by this

[AmazingGrace]

Originally Posted by StMark

I wanna wish everyone a good night(except for christopher & chosenby1)

Good night friend and have a blessed church service!

I will be watching in the morning (dr told me I was not allowed to go at all since my thing yesterday but I am sneaking out tomorrow night lol) so have some good music!

Night everyone else too... gotta go to bed... the drugs are beginning (no comments yall lol) to make me loopy!

[ChristopherHall]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

With all respect my dear friend...Obama was born in Honolulu to a black Kenyan father and a white American mother. He lived most of his early life in the U.S. state of Hawaii. From ages six to ten, he lived in Jakarta, Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather...

Do you know how Indonesia feels about Americans? Do you not think any of that has a secret pull on his heart strings?

Knowing how kids are...I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't know what it was like to get a blood nose because he was born to an American mother. Knowing kids he's probably been taunted for being an American. He might want to be president so he can nuke Indonesia and get some payback. LOLOL

My point is...you're making judgments about him by assuming you know his heart. That's the first sign that you're not altogether going to be right on this.

I have been in the mist of Muslins and know the fear I felt as I rode a taxi through an area they were having a march in...I saw the looks of hate...

I know what it is to be standing in front of a church in the Philippines and the pastor come and ask me to come inside because there were so many muslins and my life could be in danger...
I know the feel that many americans do not know and many would have you to believe it is not so...

Hmmmm....and how did that make you feel? LOL

There it is. You're projecting past experiences (a common psychological mechanism caused by trauma and disassociation) onto a man you don't even know. Sis...he's not a Muslim. And you're no longer in a taxi being stared at by hateful people. No one is going to hurt you. It's ok.

Sis, seriously, Obama aside. You might want to consider that there may be some additional things you're carrying from that time in our life that you haven't really talked about. You might want to find a way to make peace with some friendly Muslims that can dispel some of the fear. God hasn't given us a spirit of fear and I don't believe he intends for you to carry this irrational fear projecting it on others that you really don't even know.

Or...maybe I'm over analyzing. I probably need a shrink worse than anyone here. LOL