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creekster · 09-30-2008, 04:44 PM

The other day I had a change to my cable TV service that required a guy to show up several hours late and then charge me $60. While there, he wanted tot talk abotu politics. becasue he seemed to work faster iuf I agreed with him, I encouraged it. He told me there were three reasons he would not vote for obama, no matter what. The reasons were, in reverse order of importance (really, that's what he said):

1. He can't stand Joe Biden.

2. He does not want more taxes.

3. Although he is not a bigot, he just can't vote for a muslim as president.

I laughed at the third item, assuming he was kidding, but he looked at me menancingly and I suddenly had visions of no cable TV for a week and so I straightened up. He was very serious, btw, he just would not have a muslim as president of this country.

Weird, huh?

Mindfulcoug · 09-30-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

The other day I had a change to my cable TV service that required a guy to show up several hours late and then charge me $60. While there, he wanted tot talk abotu politics. becasue he seemed to work faster iuf I agreed with him, I encouraged it. He told me there were three reasons he would not vote for obama, no matter what. The reasons were, in reverse order of importance (really, that's what he said):

1. He can't stand Joe Biden.

2. He does not want more taxes.

3. Although he is not a bigot, he just can't vote for a muslim as president.

I laughed at the third item, assuming he was kidding, but he looked at me menancingly and I suddenly had visions of no cable TV for a week and so I straightened up. He was very serious, btw, he just would not have a muslim as president of this country.

Weird, huh?

No ,not at all.
Just look around to see how many comments bouncing around,contemptibly calling him muslim .Or may be it has become "common" with hearing it over and over and over again.

Ma'ake · 09-30-2008, 05:17 PM

There was a letter to the editor in my wife's hometown newspaper (Kentucky) where a guy said he could never vote for Obama because he's black.

Gotta love the candor, if nothing else.

il Padrino Ute · 09-30-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mindfulcoug

No ,not at all.
Just look around to see how many comments bouncing around,contemptibly calling him muslim .Or may be it has become "common" with hearing it over and over and over again.

Hearing it? Like when Obama said that it was true that McCain had not commented on his Muslim faith only to have Stephanopoulos remind him that he's a Christian?

Mindfulcoug · 09-30-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Hearing it? Like when Obama said that it was true that McCain had not commented on his Muslim faith only to have Stephanopoulos remind him that he's a Christian?

He was clarifying a point which had been made falsely and the point was not "his christian faith" rather "his muslim faith" and Stephanopoulos reminder ,was sort of irrelevant me thinks .That's why he followed the interrupted conversation by saying :

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Well, what I’m saying is that he hasn’t suggested...... that I’m a Muslim.And I think that his campaign’s upper echelons have not, either.

I could not care less about his religion ,but what it makes me burn precious calories to understand ,is why some people are so preoccupied about his religion as a head of a secular state???

Archaea · 09-30-2008, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by mindfulcoug

He was clarifying a point which had been made falsely and the point was not "his christian faith" rather "his muslim faith" and Stephanopoulos reminder ,was sort of irrelevant me thinks .That's why he followed the interrupted conversation by saying :

I could not care less about his religion ,but what it makes me burn precious calories to understand ,is why some people are so preoccupied about his religion as a head of a secular state???

He's not religious by nature but by convenience, and I'm okay with that, if his politics were good. Because his politics stink, I'm not okay with him as a candidate.

Mindfulcoug · 09-30-2008, 11:51 PM

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He's not religious by nature but by convenience, and I'm okay with that, if his politics were good. Because his politics stink, I'm not okay with him as a candidate.

You may acknowledge that i was not questioning people who oppose him.There are plenty of reasons not to like him or agree with him.But disrespectfully treating him ,just because he is practicing a different religion seems inconceivable ,coming from secular people.

Archaea · 09-30-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mindfulcoug

You may acknowledge that i was not questioning people who oppose him.There are plenty of reasons not to like him or agree with him.But disrespectfully treating him ,just because he is practicing a different religion seems inconceivable ,coming from secular people.

He only became religious once he decided to get into politics. I don't care what religion he is, and perhaps I prefer him to be irreligious. It's his politics which stink.

TripletDaddy · 09-30-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mindfulcoug

He was clarifying a point which had been made falsely and the point was not "his christian faith" rather "his muslim faith" and Stephanopoulos reminder ,was sort of irrelevant me thinks .That's why he followed the interrupted conversation by saying :

I could not care less about his religion ,but what it makes me burn precious calories to understand ,is why some people are so preoccupied about his religion as a head of a secular state???

mindful, you were watching stephanopoulos over in the Middle East? You are hard-core!

Also, it is 3:30AM right now where you live....for crying out loud...get some sleep!

Mindfulcoug · 10-01-2008, 12:22 AM

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mindful, you were watching stephanopoulos over in the Middle East? You are hard-core!

Also, it is 3:30AM right now where you live....for crying out loud...get some sleep!

Well..i actually read the interview to get the fact straight.

Here is now 3:53 am to be precise.I had a big nap earlier and Morning prayer is quite close .I will probably be going to miss it if i sleep now.Hence i am here till then.

While your whereabouts seems the last thing which might across my mind ,i dont really understand why you care mine.

Whats going on with you revealing /pursuing my alter ego by the way?

09-30-2008, 04:44 PM	#1
creekster Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: the far corner of my mind Posts: 8,711	Barry the muslim The other day I had a change to my cable TV service that required a guy to show up several hours late and then charge me $60. While there, he wanted tot talk abotu politics. becasue he seemed to work faster iuf I agreed with him, I encouraged it. He told me there were three reasons he would not vote for obama, no matter what. The reasons were, in reverse order of importance (really, that's what he said): 1. He can't stand Joe Biden. 2. He does not want more taxes. 3. Although he is not a bigot, he just can't vote for a muslim as president. I laughed at the third item, assuming he was kidding, but he looked at me menancingly and I suddenly had visions of no cable TV for a week and so I straightened up. He was very serious, btw, he just would not have a muslim as president of this country. Weird, huh? __________________ Sorry for th e tpyos. Last edited by creekster; 09-30-2008 at 05:00 PM.

09-30-2008, 05:17 PM	#3
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	There was a letter to the editor in my wife's hometown newspaper (Kentucky) where a guy said he could never vote for Obama because he's black. Gotta love the candor, if nothing else.