Fight on against the slanted media, and the unfairness in today’s political landscape. Until I know a man personally, all I can do is judge his character based on what he chooses to display through action and speech, and company he keeps.

And to the guy above me, there are about a thousand reasons not to vote for Obama that have nothing to do with knowing some crazy old preacher. I’d be willing to bet you know people in your personal life who have unpopular (and maybe even disgusting) views. How would you feel if people judged you based on those friends’ opinions, completely ignoring the fact you don’t agree with them?

If Bush had been a member of a White supremacy organization for twenty years, are you telling me that the left wouldn’t be commiting guilt by association til the cows come home?

Make no mistake, Obama’s church and its pastor are Black supremicists and that is a big deal. The media has given him a pass and are smearing those who dare ask the hard questions about Obama.

Even if secession had been unquestionably legal, was it a good idea for the integrity and security of our country for future generations? Absolutely not. A nation based upon the right to secede is not going to last long, compared to a strong union. The Civil War proved that beyond all doubt. So did our experience with the Articles of Confederation. There is a very good reason why confederations based upon supreme states’ rights are the least common form of government in the world.

Secession was favored by only 5 million Americans in 1861–at most. That’s only 16% of the American population at that time. The overwhelming majority of Americans were opposed to allowing the South to compromise the future of the nation for the purpose of extending slavery for a few more generations. If secession had succeeded, we’d be a poor collection of quarreling republics today, just like Central America. What would have happened to the world when Hitler and Tojo came along?

If the Confederates didn’t commit treason by the strict Constitutional definition, they came pretty close. While the Federal Union was preserved with an over-emphasis on centralized power, it sure beats the alternative. Looking at Central America and Europe confirms this.

WHAT? He just slapped Ron Paul in the face and stole his platform.

The answer is simple, at least in theory. Severely restrict immigration from Islamic nations and end foreign military intervention in the Middle East. Leave them be. Of people running for president this year, only Ron Paul wanted to bring the troops home, and wanted to end all student visas from “rogue” nations.

President Bush has the WORST possible answer on both - Bush, the illegal-alien loving, multiculturalist, believes Islam is purely a “religion of peace,” and would never suggest restricting immigration on cultural/religious/ethnic grounds - PLUS, he has plunged the U.S. headfirst militarily into the Middle East in the worst way possible. “Invade the world, invite the world” is the Bush/neocon philosophy.

The far right in Europe, groups like the British National Party or the Fronte Nationale in France - despite what people may think of them - are absolutely right on both immigration and war. So is London’s new mayor Boris Johnson, who is a Buchananite (Pat, that is) with strong libertarian tendencies. Johnson is anti-war AND anti-Islam - at least in his own backyard.

In other words, the Right in Europe “gets it” because they have to. In America we can still afford silly fantasies about “terrorists hating freedom” which amounts to nothing more than a sales pitch for American imperialism

Jack

Good speech, and excellent observation of what we that have “awoken” see clearly also.

While you point out the problem, any suggestions on fixes? I’m trying to get to know the local chapter of the Republicans. So far they seem rather friendly on the surface. But my goodness make a suggestion that the current approach may be a “bit off”, and they seem to transform as a werewolve in the full moon. Scary bunch of folks to be around when you mention the Constitution.

So, my point is any clue as to how to re-educate these older generational follow the leader folks?

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The confederates by no means committed treason. If you believe that, you don’t know your history. To the founding fathers, the right of secession was the most fundamental principle of political philosophy. The Declaration of Independence itself was a declaration of secession by the American states. It is the cornerstone of the states’ rights doctrine which is, in turn, the most important defense against the tyranny of a centralized government. Secession is not expressly prohibited by the Constitution. In fact, there was a proposal made at the constitutional convention to allow the federal government to suppress a seceding state, and it was rejected.

Every civilized nation managed to end slavery in a peaceful manner - with the exception of the US. No doubt the Confederacy would have ended slavery peacefully as well; we have Lincoln, not the South, to thank for the “needless bloodshed.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” - Declaration of Independence