Posted on 09/13/2004 12:13:40 PM PDT by 1smallVoice
I have heard Alan Keyes called a carpetbagger because he is from Maryland. But I have not heard Obama called a carpet bagger and this confuses me. Obama was not born in Illinois, he was born in Hawaii. I bet Alan Keyes was born closer to Illinois.
Obama's mother was a white woman from Kansas, his father was African, Keyes' roots lie in slaves brought here from Africa, sold into slavery by Obama's ancestors, yet Obama better represents Illinois blacks.
Obama was raised a Muslim like his father and his step father who moved him it Indonesia where he was raised as a Muslim. Keyes is a Catholic. Obama claims to be Christian, a member of the United Church of Christ, check it out, they are not Baptists.
Obama went to school on the East Coast and returned to Illinois to begin his political career in Chicago in the 1990's. He is a teacher. He worked to get Bill Clinton elected. They say Illinois is a liberal state and Kerry will win here.
I do not know but from where I sit Obama is the carpetbagger, not Alan Keyes.
Why does he hide the fact he was born Muslim? Why does he hide the fact he was raised a Muslim in Indonesia? Why does he not tell us how he got his drug money when he was an addict?
LOL! An old bag for sure.
I'm sorry. I was wrong. Please forgive me.
OK. Let's let a Keyes supporter's rationale for voting for him shine.
OK in Islam what does Obama mean?
Islam is not a language either.
Of course. Half the people eligible to vote choose that option.
Why do you refer to Carol Moseley Braun as "Carol Mostly Brown"?
Killing this thread will help hide the truth about Obama.
You're batting about 0. Islam isn't a language either. Islam is a religion, and its adherents speak a plethora of languages. Just as surely as Christians speak English, German, Italian, Spanish......
They do look like twins separated at birth.
Arabic? It means something like Kunte Kinte.
Carol Measley Brain is much better.
Answer the question if you can-what does Obama mean ? The name Obama that is, everyone knows what liberals mean to do to this country.
The truth is that a man raised in Hawaii and indonesia and raised as a Muslim who lives in Chicago and teaches Law wants to represent Illinois voters in the Senate as a Democrat.
Unless the Senate, House and Presidency become democrat majorities, then a Republican from Maryland will better represent Illinois voters. Let us speak the truth, Obama is no Christian, he does not represent me.
It has to do with her stellar career in the US Senate.
Calling Obama is a carpetbagger is intellectually offensive, because we know it's not true.
Instead, use this: He twice voted against bills prohibiting tax funding of abortions. In April 2002, he voted against a bill to protect babies born alive after a failed abortion procedure.
Don't pick on the man's given name, because that's offensive to every one of us who uses the name our parents gave us.
Instead, use this: In 1999, Obama voted against requiring school boards to put Internet pornography filters on school computers meant for students' use. In 2001, he voted "present" on a bill to keep pornographic book and video stores and strip clubs from setting up within 1,000 feet of schools and churches. In 2003, he voted in the Health and Human Services Committee for a bill requiring "age appropriate" sex-education for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Don't degrade the man over religious leanings which quite frankly, you aren't in a position to prove. You can't know the man's heart, so you don't know if he's a christian, a muslim, or a rastafarian.
Instead, use this: Obama has been markedly soft on crime. In 2001, he voted against a bill that added extra penalties for crimes committed in furtherance of gang activities. He also voted against a bill making it a criminal offense for accused gang members, free on bond or on probation, to associate with known gang members. In 1999, he was the only state senator to vote against a bill prohibiting early prison release for criminal sexual abusers.
See, there are ways to rip Obama to shreds, without resorting to half-truths, dispersions, and outright lies.
Obama's Jesus is not my Jesus, I relate to Keyes when he speaks about eliminating abortion, Keyes speaks the truth about Gays and the press is hanging him for it. The liberal press, like CBS, can not deal with the truth, can you?
Sure.
Just like your tagline has nothing to do with skin color, either.
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