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I had forgotten about The Point for awhile but after you mentioned it, I bought it from Amazon.com immediately. The song began to go through my head and I am singing it now. Thanks for the memories and you've got to see it! I would also recommend the Lesley Ann Warren Cinderella and Shelly Duval's Farie Tale Theatre. It's wonderful.
The people who put Obama up for the nomination betrayed the Democratic Party and so democracy downriver. Now we have two poor candidates that betray democracy in America. Mc Cain I have a bit more confidence in but not based on the campaign he has run but on his past as a moderate. Using the Internet as a source of political engineering caused many people, mostly older Americans to lose their voice and having their voice disenfranchised. The younger people, by virtue of being young, don't know how much experience counts and have little respect for the fact that Obama used people's money and support to get a job in the senate and never did much with it. The voters in Illinois deserved more. In setting up this inexperienced man with little history with the Democratic nomination, we have all lost and I'm getting worried how we can get the country back. We needed someone to bring back Constitution rights, not throw it out the window. I am voting for Nader, which may seem like more of a protest vote, but he is the only candidate I can stomach voting for. I would prefer to have the Democratic Party and the Republican Party get its act together, but I suspect both are beyond hope.
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I do get amused when Obama supporters really believe if Hillary just stopped her divisiveness the Democrats would win. It is Obama who divided the party and not Hillary. Obama basically hijacked the Democratic Party and is a poor candidate. The most he can do is talk and that is proven in his law career, career as professor, and as a community organizer. He also has charm that he has used to sway a huge number of believers. His entire political career has been running for another job. The tactics he uses in his campaign rival what Fascists and Communists have done before to win over voters and governments. As long as he can inspire the people and use the mainstream for an appearance of legitimacy, he has been successful. I don't believe his policies or issues that he supposedly runs on, they can change on any given day as far as I can see. So this election can't be on the "issues". It has to be on Obama's character. Obama basically cloned Hillary's policies anyway, again to assume the air of legitimacy. Obama supporters can fool themselves that this really a mainstream campaign with a "inspirational" message. Some do come out and announce it is a revolution at times. Obama even has the audacity to drink Kool-Aid as a signature drink even though it has a strong association with Jim Jones but he wouldn't allow members of his entourage in Asia and Europe to wear green, which he associated with Hamas.
I am a Liberal Democrat, a Hillary supporter and I do hope she allows her name to be put into nomination at the DNC. Many candidates have done so before her and never been pressed as much as she has in withdrawing her name. I am not unified with the Democratic Party under Obama and am not voting for Obama. The idea is frankly ludicrous.
I can't vote for John McCain as his policies are not my interests. I am pro-choice and anti-offshore drilling, but voting for Nader. I do know he may not win, but could bring some good input into the race. I would also feel better with McCain as president with a Democratic Congress than Obama at the helm. The Democratic Congress is hopeless but it may offset some Republican policies from getting in.
Hillary was the best choice for president and the Democratic Party screwed up big time. I will wait and see what happens before I change my party affiliation but I would never consider voting for Obama. Obama supporters will not get their way with making us vote for him and I quite frankly am alarmed that many would even support him in the first place.