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I tried being civil, but respectfully, screw you.
I've worked at Dunkin' Donuts, The Dollar Tree, and Hoffman Car Wash (Upstate NY). I've also graduated from a Boston-area university and proudly reflect on the opportunities afforded myself and all Americans who follow the path of education. Spare me your garbage leftist stereotypes.
Your rambling post about Obama's history aside, I don't think you've said anything substantiative. I'd like to add that your party's reduction of the complex conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan to matters of "victory" and "surrender" are meaningless - just ask General Petreaus. Maybe one day someone will ask John McCain what he thinks a victory in Iraq will look like. It also bodes poorly for you and him that the farce of a military strategy that is the Surge is beginning to unravel - those US taxpayer-funded Awakening councils, credited by our own military as the major factor in the recent reduction in violence, are coming under fire from the Maliki government. So please, tell Senator McCain to keep putting all of his foreign policy eggs in the Surge basket.
And incidentally, wouldn't the voting exam I suggested earlier elimate both one-issue antiabortionists and African-American voters who will cast their ballot for Obama simply because he's black? Wouldn't it be a positive for everyone? Or are you too jadedly partisan and hurried to consider something like that?
Educating voters isn't a partisan issue. You think voters would be swayed if they knew the "truth" about Obama's record. I think voters would be better off if they knew the truth about everyone's record. Once again, it's a two-way street.
Try as you might to reduce this to an issue for partisan bickering, having an informed electorate is something we all should care about.
