Syndicated columnist and Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution at
Stanford University in Stanford, CA, Thomas Sowell, a black man, wrote
this in a column titled 'Random Thoughts'and it was published in newspapers nationally:
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 vo te 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 Damn 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 ha ving 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 tha t 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 looney, and you
have a notoriously bad temper. This perfectly qua lifies 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 pissed 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 A LL of these 'world leaders' to lie 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 assholes 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 pissed at him and the
conservatives are pissed at him. Just my kinda 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 mad 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 on election day for John>> McCain -warts and
all.'
God Bless America !
Freedom is Not Free....nor is it given!
Living A Life That Matters Doesn't Happen By Accident.
It's Not A Matter Of Circumstance But Of Choice....
Choose To Live A Life That Matters.
