I'm a baby boomer who has seen a lot of elections. I remember Kennedy as a child. I remember Nixon. I remember Jimmy Carter (my favorite). The negativity seems to have grown enormously. I was recently driving to work and listening to NPR as usual. They were doing a segment on a documentary from Stefan Forbes titled "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story". I had forgotten the ads from those elections, but was stunned to find out that one man was behind them. And that he was proud of his work. This baffles me.
As I look at elections today and the Fox News cable network, I see that his work has mushroomed into the most incredible machine ever seen. It's impressive actually. But it's also depressing. Yep, I'm a liberal. I'm also stunned at how much conservatives love to hate. But they do it with a smile, so I guess that makes it ok. And they do it as Christians which also makes it ok. In the NPR interview on the documentary it was said that democrats have never learned how to counter those huge negative attacks. I think I'm actually proud that they can't play that game. I would be disappointed if we were to sink to those levels.
And guess what! I'm a Christian too. I'm pro-choice. That doesn't mean I'm pro-abortion. It doesn't mean anyone is. It just means we want people to have that choice. I would be delighted if people didn't feel like they needed to take that option, but I'm not going to deny them that right. I believe that I am as good a Christian as anyone on the righteous right.
My problem with the oh so pious and righteous is that they feel they are better than everyone else. They feel they have the right, no the duty, to look down at people who don't believe the same as they do. They mistake the act of going to church as signifying their goodness. They have a God given duty to show their superiority. Ugh. Enough already!
I pray every day. I talk to God every day. I believe in stem cell research. I believe in the right to choose. I believe in separation of church and state -- as did our forefathers. I believe that we are loosing our ability to be tolerant. We were making progress towards tolerance, but we seem to have lost our way and are back to hating. It makes me very sad. Very sad.
I am particularly bothered/annoyed that Mrs. Palin feels that it is all right to say the things she is saying about Obama. He associates with terrorists?! Come on! She calls herself a Christian but can say those words with a straight face. She can put her head down on her pillow at night and close her eyes and actually sleep soundly?! Stop it. Stop it right now. If that's what you have to do to win, then you've lost. Shame on you.
Using Obama's middle name as a way to try and strike fear in people?! This is the Christian way?! This is how you treat people who have a different opinion? Come on!
Argue the issues. Discuss the differences. Say what you'll do. Stop the crap. You're an embarrassment to the United States and to our political system. Stop the Atwater tactics now. It's not too late to actually act like the Christians you say you are.
As I look at elections today and the Fox News cable network, I see that his work has mushroomed into the most incredible machine ever seen. It's impressive actually. But it's also depressing. Yep, I'm a liberal. I'm also stunned at how much conservatives love to hate. But they do it with a smile, so I guess that makes it ok. And they do it as Christians which also makes it ok. In the NPR interview on the documentary it was said that democrats have never learned how to counter those huge negative attacks. I think I'm actually proud that they can't play that game. I would be disappointed if we were to sink to those levels.
And guess what! I'm a Christian too. I'm pro-choice. That doesn't mean I'm pro-abortion. It doesn't mean anyone is. It just means we want people to have that choice. I would be delighted if people didn't feel like they needed to take that option, but I'm not going to deny them that right. I believe that I am as good a Christian as anyone on the righteous right.
My problem with the oh so pious and righteous is that they feel they are better than everyone else. They feel they have the right, no the duty, to look down at people who don't believe the same as they do. They mistake the act of going to church as signifying their goodness. They have a God given duty to show their superiority. Ugh. Enough already!
I pray every day. I talk to God every day. I believe in stem cell research. I believe in the right to choose. I believe in separation of church and state -- as did our forefathers. I believe that we are loosing our ability to be tolerant. We were making progress towards tolerance, but we seem to have lost our way and are back to hating. It makes me very sad. Very sad.
I am particularly bothered/annoyed that Mrs. Palin feels that it is all right to say the things she is saying about Obama. He associates with terrorists?! Come on! She calls herself a Christian but can say those words with a straight face. She can put her head down on her pillow at night and close her eyes and actually sleep soundly?! Stop it. Stop it right now. If that's what you have to do to win, then you've lost. Shame on you.
Using Obama's middle name as a way to try and strike fear in people?! This is the Christian way?! This is how you treat people who have a different opinion? Come on!
Argue the issues. Discuss the differences. Say what you'll do. Stop the crap. You're an embarrassment to the United States and to our political system. Stop the Atwater tactics now. It's not too late to actually act like the Christians you say you are.
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