First a few qualifiers:
I’m registered in Maryland as an Independent voter, which means that my vote carriers zero weight in primaries.
It also means I’m not beholden to Republican or Democratic political platforms, so I also feel zero guilt voting for the person I think is right for the job, regardless of party affiliation.
And for the record, I haven’t decided who I’d like to see in the White House yet. I have yet to research the candidates sufficiently to make a choice… but I do know who I won’t be voting for because of this message a friend posted as a MySpace bulletin which seemed to exude noxious racist ideology when bashing Obama.
Enough with the surveys and the chain letters… enough with the jokes that aren’t funny, and the threats to delete people who don’t respond. We’re on the eve of an election year, people. You’re doing yourself a great disservice wasting your time with myspace shit and not learning about the candidates.
Ten bucks says that 95% of you, when asked who you would vote for, if you absolutely had to, would name Obama or Hillary.
Let’s look at the facts:
-Obama doesn’t have the tenure or experience to be a President. He makes empty promises about ending the war, when we know that is no longer an option. Is the US ready for a black president? He doesn’t even have a great approval rating from our black citizens, as they dont feel like he’s lived the life of a typical black american. And his name is Muslim!
-Hillary is a mess. She’s cold, ruthless, manipulative, and dishonest. And who can forget that affected southern accent she tried to pull off earlier this year. Furthermore, what women in her right mind would respect a woman who stands by her man after he has embarrased himself, her, and their family publicly by cheating on her with several women? Her votes are coming from battered housewives and uneducated voters. Don’t become a statistic. Besides, what kind of First Lady would Bill make?? You know it’s the first lady’s job to decorate the White House. He’d have stripper poles and strobe lights. Shit, who cares that they shut down Nation, we could start having Buzz again in the Lincoln bedroom!
Please take time to research your candidates, we made a huge mistake in being negligent about our presidential choices in the last few years. Let’s make a good decision this time and get this country cleaned up. No more republicans in office. Remember the Great Depression? It was caused by a number of things, most detrimental were: debt, lack of free trade, and government deficit spending; all issues that republicans refuse to comment on. We were under republican rule last time, let’s not let history repeat itself, friends.
Also, read my blog on ********, Democratic candidate. He’s super.
When I see things like this circulate, it just emphasizes that racism is alive and well, even amongst the “liberal Democrats” who post messages like this. It emphasizes that racism is not the sole province of folks in Jena, LA. It emphasizes that when the chips are down, the groups that claim to be full of progressive thinkers may not be any better than anyone else, because they’ll use race the first chance they get to pull someone down.