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Old 11-12-2008, 03:30 AM
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A local Republican says that America has come a long way, and the 2008 election was historic.

EDITOR,

As president of the South San Joaquin Republicans and also chairman of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign in San Joaquin County, I extend congratulations to the Democrats and to President-elect Barack Obama.

Although I am concerned about Obama’s positions on issues and policies, his election was historic from a position that breaks a racial barrier that has burdened so many people of color. It shows we have come a long way in America and that anyone who seeks a position or political office has the opportunity to achieve it.

We are not Republicans or Democrats; we are Americans first.

Tracy Press - We are Americans first
So then...let's try to find common ground...
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Oh the hell with that guy. You lost pal. Stop trying to buddy up now.
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Oh the hell with that guy. You lost pal. Stop trying to buddy up now.
Yeah take the path of the left for the last 8 years and engage in the most vitriolic hatred of a President ever seen in recent memory. That's the way to handle a loss....
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Yeah take the path of the left for the last 8 years and engage in the most vitriolic hatred of a President ever seen in recent memory. That's the way to handle a loss....
Pointing out that the Potus's policies are moronic doesn't mean you are filled with hate. It means you hate the policies. And by the looks of things it appears I was right to complain. Bush/Cheney policies have hurt my country. Would you expect me not to point that out.
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Pointing out that the Potus's policies are moronic doesn't mean you are filled with hate. It means you hate the policies. And by the looks of things it appears I was right to complain. Bush/Cheney policies have hurt my country. Would you expect me not to point that out.
If you and rest actually stopped there, that would be acceptable. The reality is you and the rest have lobbed more vitriolic hatred at a sitting President than I've seen in my lifetime. The office of the President has been dragged through the mud, and not just by Bush.

Many of us completely disagreed with the policies of Carter or Clinton, but the level of personal hatred directed squarely at our current President went far beyond simply disagreeing with policy. At times it seemed there was a concentrated effort to completely undermine the authority and respect due the person holding the office regardless of the impact it had on our country, going all the way back to 2000.
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At times it seemed there was a concentrated effort to completely undermine the authority and respect due the person holding the office regardless of the impact it had on our country, going all the way back to 2000.
2000? Really?

I thought the concentrated effort to completely undermine the authority and respect due the person holding the office regardless of the impact it had on our country began around 1994 when Ken Starr was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel.
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If you and rest actually stopped there, that would be acceptable. The reality is you and the rest have lobbed more vitriolic hatred at a sitting President than I've seen in my lifetime. The office of the President has been dragged through the mud, and not just by Bush.

Many of us completely disagreed with the policies of Carter or Clinton, but the level of personal hatred directed squarely at our current President went far beyond simply disagreeing with policy. At times it seemed there was a concentrated effort to completely undermine the authority and respect due the person holding the office regardless of the impact it had on our country, going all the way back to 2000.
I would point out here that the current administration questioned my and my families patriotism. That was the final straw for me. But if you think this president was 6treated as badly as Clinton your crazy. Do you know how many investigations the right conducted to try to get Clinton on something.
Just for example. How about the investigation conducted in the house under Dan Burton. Trying to prove that Bill and Hillary had Vince Foster killed. You really don't remember that? Ya old Dan Brought in the FBI the Park Police. Hell, He even went out and shot Melons to prove Foster was murdered. How soon we forget this shit Huh? I don't remember Hearings like that regarding Bush. They investigated everything these people did. Even rich outsiders funded groups to get the Clintons. They spent millions of dollars. Ken Starr spent millions of dollars. Get real man.
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To the victors go the spoils, I suppose. This is the part where you whine about Clinton getting his own lying ass impeached and claim your own complete innocence for the past eight years.

Pretty soon, no matter how it's said you'll start claiming that anyone who takes issue with anything the Chosen One says or does is a mean spirited racist. That's how the game is played...
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To the victors go the spoils, I suppose. This is the part where you whine about Clinton getting his own lying ass impeached and claim your own complete innocence for the past eight years.

Pretty soon, no matter how it's said you'll start claiming that anyone who takes issue with anything the Chosen One says or does is a mean spirited racist. That's how the game is played...
I already take issue with Obama. I don't like his plans to give a tax break for education. I don't think I'm too big on auto industry bailouts either. I am not even saying Clinton didn't lie about Monica. But that wouold have never even been brought up without millions funded Paula Jones attorneys. Are you going to tell me that they should have been persicuted to that extent?
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