Oh, you liberals who have inundated my home state. If Barack Hussein Obama is a perfect candidate for president, then I can tap-dance to the moon. This man was born to an atheist woman who hated this country, she was the most influential person in his life. His father and stepfather were Muslims, he attended Muslim schools. His wife has shown scorn for this country. For 20 years, Obama was associated with his anti-rich, anti-white, anti-America pastor. So I had to wonder how he can be perfect, then, By Jove, I got it. He is a liberal Democrat. If John McCain had any of the above in his past, the liberal news media would have hounded him, and he would not be a candidate. McCain has served this country well, and to deride him because of his age is an insult to him and to all senior citizens. Criticism of his years as a POW is despicable, he had to be strong mentally and physically to survive the torture he endured. One being having his head tied between his ankles from morning to night. Obama makes flowery speeches but there's little substance in them, he can only talk about change, but, I wonder, change to what? I love my country now. As I have noted before, this paper does picture Democrats as being perfect. I live in the real world, so I will stay sane. Vote McCain.
PHYLIS PORTER Staunton
After reading Phylis Porter's letter to the editor I felt compelled to write a few words addressing her statements. My purpose is not to argue against voting for McCain, but rather to argue that submission to the sort of politics seen in Porter's letter and throughout much of the advertising from both left- and right-wing groups is irresponsible. At the end of the letter, Porter states the often repeated though false claim that Barack Obama lacks substance. Obama has outlined a clear plan of where he wants to take economic, energy and foreign policy. I have visited both campaigns' websites and have found more detail in Obama's plans than McCain's. I don't care to discuss policy, but rather point out that many people who attack Obama lack either the ability to discredit his policy plans or don't care to learn about them and so instead attack his family and background. Often they exaggerate and make baseless claims. I found no evidence, as Porter claims, that Obama's mother "hated this country." And regardless of his mother's religious beliefs (atheist or agnostic) she exposed her children to different religions and supported them in their choices. For Obama the choice was Christianity. It is shameful to attack Obama's mother for political gain. Obama does an excellent job explaining his association with his church and I would point any to his speech "A More Perfect Union" to satisfy any lingering questions they may have regarding his religious and racial background. Finally, Obama did attend a state-run school in Indonesia for two years. This was after he attended Catholic school for two years and before attending a prep school in Hawaii. I don't see why, given the state of our nation and the frankness Obama has had in answering questions about his religious beliefs, his attending this school for two years holds any relevance to this campaign. Obama has answered the questions concerning his past, so why continue to stir up fear when we should be stirring up discussion about our future? Though I have not personally heard these sorts of attacks aimed at McCain's age and military service, I would challenge all citizens to educate themselves on what really matters and leave the false, shameful family attacks and fear mongering behind.
LIAM de los REYES
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