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The article below was written by syndicated columnist, Thomas Sowell, a
black man. He wrote it in a humorous way this past week in a column titled
"Random Thoughts" and published it in newspapers nationally, so maybe you've
already seen it. If not, be my guest:
Subject: A Black Columnist In Touch With Reality!
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him Only Hillary
Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.
After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John
McCain; for President.
I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because
some political party was telling me who I should vote for.
We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process
of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words "money" and
"special interests" come to mind, among many others.
Here's the way I see it:
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely
liberal Senator from the State of Illinois, which has a long and rich
history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a
child of that system.
You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate
your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter
of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for
President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we
are indeed the greatest country on earth!
But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the
man for this job!
Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of
your own pastor, the Right Reverend "God **** America" Jeremiah Wright. It
is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It
is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and
that your children were baptized there.
The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a
lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.
We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now.
And you have publicly stated that this man IS your "spiritual mentor"
BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were
disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen
jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me
the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once
heard a "discouraging word" in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell
me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having
anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in
the audience in the background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got
disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she
did the right thing.
Now you look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such
language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you
that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the "N" word.
Yep. And Bill Clinton "did not inhale".
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that
embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so
incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to
believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you.
I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously talented
African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system
has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who
will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid
you ever get near the Oval Office.
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.
John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you have a
notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion,
to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the
nuclear button.
Think about it.
We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like
lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into
nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling
their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to
be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw
one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a
plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I
want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of
these "world leaders" to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat
every time they think of messing with the United States of America.
I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your
night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran, Russia, China,
Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and those other dopes in the
sheets, the Saudis.
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the
opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do
something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For
all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The
liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just my
kind of guy.
I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate.
Good choice. I want a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in
his mind and who is royally ticked off at all of these towel-headed morons
in the Middle East to be the next in line if something should happen to
John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.
Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer
horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for
their love of America. When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what
he did was "nothing special. " Even more incredibly, he states that ANY
American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in
that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real
point is that John McCain believes that about the "average American," and
that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for
on election day for John McCain -- warts and all"
black man. He wrote it in a humorous way this past week in a column titled
"Random Thoughts" and published it in newspapers nationally, so maybe you've
already seen it. If not, be my guest:
Subject: A Black Columnist In Touch With Reality!
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him Only Hillary
Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.
After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John
McCain; for President.
I have always voted for the person and have not voted for anyone because
some political party was telling me who I should vote for.
We all know the choices by now and, that said, I do believe that the process
of selecting a chief executive is deeply flawed. The words "money" and
"special interests" come to mind, among many others.
Here's the way I see it:
Barack Obama, you are a fine public speaker. You are also an extremely
liberal Senator from the State of Illinois, which has a long and rich
history of political corruption of the first magnitude. You are indeed a
child of that system.
You have finally insulted my intelligence far beyond my capacity to tolerate
your insults. It has nothing at all to do with your skin color. As a matter
of fact, it would be so COOL to finally have an African-American for
President. What a great statement that would be to the entire world that we
are indeed the greatest country on earth!
But, unfortunately, General Colin Powell is not running, and YOU are NOT the
man for this job!
Barack baby, you want me to believe that you have never heard the sermons of
your own pastor, the Right Reverend "God **** America" Jeremiah Wright. It
is a matter of record that this has been your church for over 20 years. It
is a matter of record that you were married there by this very pastor, and
that your children were baptized there.
The good Reverend saw fit to visit Khadafy in Libya with you and to give a
lifetime achievement award to Louis Farrakhan, of all people.
We have all now seen excerpts of his sermons all over the airwaves by now.
And you have publicly stated that this man IS your "spiritual mentor"
BUT, your pastor is NOT the reason I am NOT voting for you. His words were
disturbing enough, but it is your own HUGE church congregation, seen
jumping, hooting and howling to his words in the background that disturb me
the most. And please don't tell me you attended church there and never once
heard a "discouraging word" in the 20 years you attended there. Don't tell
me, that in addition to the good reverend, that you are now not having
anything to do with all those other people seen hooting and howling out in
the audience in the background of his fiery tirades. Even Oprah Winfrey got
disgusted and walked out on your campaign. I am no Oprah fan, but still she
did the right thing.
Now you look me in the eye and ask me to believe that you never heard such
language in all the years you attended there! This is like me telling you
that I attended dozens of Klan rallies and never once heard the "N" word.
Yep. And Bill Clinton "did not inhale".
Yes, Mr. Obama, we all have friends who have said stupid things that
embarrassed us, but NOW you have asked me to believe something that is so
incredibly stupid that you are telling me that I am just stupid enough to
believe you. THAT is the main reason that I will never vote for you.
I am deeply sorry, that in a country teeming with enormously talented
African Americans who would make a good President, that the political system
has chosen YOU. You are a pathetic and plastic excuse for an American, who
will not even salute the Flag during the Pledge of Allegiance. God forbid
you ever get near the Oval Office.
Which leaves us with Senator John McCain.
John, you are a flawed man. You are a bit old, a bit loony, and you have a
notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qualifies you, in my humble opinion,
to lead us for the next eight years. I WANT your trembling hand on the
nuclear button.
Think about it.
We have Kim Jong IL, Chavez and Ahmadenijad all running around like
lunatics, threatening America and threatening to plunge the world into
nuclear Armageddon. We have Putin and the Chinese blustering and rattling
their sabers at us. I want John McCain in the Oval Office and I want him to
be really ticked off at all these other nut jobs around the planet.
John, once you are elected, I want you to go into the Oval Office and throw
one of your perfect FITS. Jump up and down and throw something through a
plate glass window. Rip the drapes down and foam at the mouth a bit. And I
want the whole thing on camera so that Ahmadinejad can see it. I want ALL of
these "world leaders" to lay awake at night and to break out in a cold sweat
every time they think of messing with the United States of America.
I want the nuclear button sitting right next to the alarm clock on your
night stand. I want pictures of this to be sent to Iran, Russia, China,
Venezuela, Cuba, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and those other dopes in the
sheets, the Saudis.
On the domestic front, poor John did try and reach across the aisle to the
opposition in a desperate effort to compromise and to get the Congress to do
something. You may not agree with his efforts, but at least he TRIED. For
all his efforts, all he got handed to him was his head in a basket. The
liberals are ticked at him and the conservatives are ticked at him. Just my
kind of guy.
I predict that John will select Senator Joe Lieberman as his running mate.
Good choice. I want a Jew whose memory of the Holocaust is still fresh in
his mind and who is royally ticked off at all of these towel-headed morons
in the Middle East to be the next in line if something should happen to
John. Shalom, Vice President Joe. One heartbeat from the Oval Office.
Finally. John McCain knows on a most personal level what it is to suffer
horrible torture for years and to see others die, right in front of you, for
their love of America. When you ask him about it, he will tell you that what
he did was "nothing special. " Even more incredibly, he states that ANY
American who truly loves his country would do exactly the same as he did in
that situation. You and I will have a hard time believing that, but the real
point is that John McCain believes that about the "average American," and
that, dear friends and neighbors, is why I will cast my one poor ballot for
on election day for John McCain -- warts and all"
