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Obama bashing by email

This was an email sent to me by my sister-in-law. My comments are in italics. This was written by someone who is deathly afraid of a half Black man running the country. It is full of specious arguments aimed at instilling fear in people who are easily swayed because they themselves hate Blacks. See notes with each comment: The Obama Tidal Wave We are witnessing a political phenomenon of rare magnitude with Barack Obama. His speeches have inspired millions, and yet most of his followers have no idea of what he stands for &n bsp;except platitudes of "Change" or that he says he will be a "Uniter". The power of speech from a charismatic person truly can be a powerful thing; Certainly, Billy Graham had charisma, and both his manner of speech and particularly the content, changed millions. On the extreme other ha nd, the charisma of Adolph Hitler inspired millions and the results were catastro...

Obama and Clinton

McCain should be easy to beat but he can better his situation by the right choice of VP. Obama should pick Clinton being that we know what votes she will pull in. I can see where Obama might feel hurt what with all the dirty politics that Clinton used against him; but, politics makes for strange bedfellows and he's got to put the hurt behind him. Get elected, put Hillary in charge of health care reform and you do the other stuff you promised--you can't do it all and Hillary is well informed about the obstacles. If she intrudes upon the oval office, you know you can give her the silent treatment like so many other presidents have done to their VP's. Accept Hillary, Barack, for you need every help you can get!