Comments on: Reaction from the Right

By: spineydave

spineydave — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:55:34 +0000

That’s cool. Your Mom reminded me of some of the outright racist and stupid things people you know have said about our President Elect. Just remember I’ll be somewhere watching you like that character under the bleachers on the original David Letterman show Spiney

By: bridoc10

bridoc10 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:23:04 +0000

Just to be clear, Dave, I absolutely know there are ignorant “assholes” on both sides of the political aisle. I could have been clearer in my post, but I find E’s reaction to pretty over the top. In my opinion – and in many others – the McCain/Palin ticket did not do enough to tamp down vicious rumors such as Obama’s “muslim ties,” etc.

As for Ronnie, I may have been only five or six at your wedding in 1981, but I do remember him! (I guess I didn’t see many African Americans in Schuylkill as a young child!)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:04:25 +0000

Exceprt form my sister’s blog…

So we voted this morning. Neither of us could wait until late morning (when we agreed we’d go), we were way too excited, so we walked over after breakfast. It was (surprisingly) a pretty quick line and we were entertained by Dash, who was sharing his favorite political cheer with everyone in earshot. It goes like this:

US: Obama!
DASH: Biden.

I’m not sure it’s legal to be campaigning at the polls, but we had to stick that in there somehow. Besides, who would tell this little critter to stop talking?

By: spineydave

spineydave — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:31:41 +0000

Your friend here seems to have drank the kool-aid of the Far Far radical right, or is just an outright racist. As a relative with a good 18 years on you I beg you to have open eyes and not paint all republicans as ignorant, uneducated, unsophisticated oafs. There are assholes from both sides of the aisle, and then there are honorable men and woman with different views who are open to work together for the good of the country. In it’s current shape the country will need the best and brightest of all stripes to get her back on track. I for one plan on giving our new president plenty of time and a wide berth to prove himself, before I make any judgments. When I was young and ideologically free I voted for John Anderson an independent approximately 1980? because he was for alternative energy and solar power among other things. He got about 10% of the vote, enough to get matching funds from the govt. Look him up. FWIW I also had an African American friend from my college days in my wedding in 1981. His name was Ronnie from Pittsburgh and he sure caused some whispers in little old Frackville & Ashland, PA. At the time he was one of my best friends. Those of us who broke away from Schuylkill County young enough quickly saw how racist of an area it was. Spiney

By: stuffjourneymemberslike

stuffjourneymemberslike — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:31:17 +0000

obama may not have much “experiene” but neither does palin. that’s what biden is for. speaking of biden, that quote was taken out of context- biden stated that once barak is put to the test, everyone will get to see what he’s made of. additionally, guess who else had little to no experience? george washington. he did just fine.

i have friends from all races, religions and walks of life. should it be automatically assumed that i agree 100% with every single thing they believe? refusal to communicate with anyone other than people who are exactly like us in every way sounds rather communist to me… but then, what do i know? i probably have no “common senses.”