Comments | jaynneboae: I can't hold it in anymore

jaynneboae

I can't hold it in anymore

Oct 11, 2008 13:43

Watching this election go down and all that's going on (especially since Obama is on TV right now and I can't find the remote) is pissing me off. Despite who wins in the end, what bothers me most is that people are still willing to vote for that elitist pseudo-"Black" idiot named Barack Obama despite his record and for all the wrong reasons ( Read more... )

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bbovenguy October 11 2008, 19:46:10 UTC

Don't mince words with us. Tell us what you really think... ;-)

Actually, Obama is Christian. It's just not a "brand" of Christianity that people who are used to hearing Evangelicals might be familiar with. This article gives a pretty good concise description of the diffences between "Private Protestantism," which is the attitude Evangelicals have, and "Public Protestantism," which is the attitude probably best known today through Martin Luther King, Jr. My church has a more "Public Protestant" attitude, and I see it in the things Obama says all the time.

In fact, I'd say Obama is the most overtly Christian candidate the Democrats have put forth since Jimmy Carter.

If you still don't like him, though, that's fine.

jaynneboae October 11 2008, 19:55:01 UTC

I'm not saying he doesn't consider himself Christian. What I am saying is that he doesn't act like one. He was raised by an Atheist mother and radical Muslim father, and when he grew up adopted Christianity as his own faith as he claims. Yet when being sworn into office, he didn't swear on the Bible, he used the Quran. He was part of a church whose minister lectured hate towards specific groups of people (Jews included) and against the government for which he supposedly takes pride in.

That sounds more like hypocrisy to me. But I'm not really that surprised by that either.

Ugh, Jimmy Carter. :) That's all I can say for him.

bbovenguy October 11 2008, 20:27:16 UTC

Sorry, but you have been misinformed. Obama did not take the oath of office on the Quran. The only person in Congress who has ever taken the oath of office on a Quran was Keith Ellison of Minnesota. And he used Thomas Jefferson's copy. Obama took the oath of office on a Bible.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2007/dec/20/chain-email-gets-obama-religion-wrong/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_Obama_sworn_into_office_with_a_Koran
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080121142616AAnW2o0

jaynneboae October 11 2008, 21:06:01 UTC

You're absolutely right. That was a bad rumor that should be dispelled. I still don't think of him as a Christian.

await_theophany October 11 2008, 21:05:17 UTC

First of all, you are a fucking moron if you are voting for someone because they are Black, White, Hispanic, whatever. Vote for him because you agree with what he has to say, because he actually offers you something you can believe in.

IA 100%

Those CEOs of all the corporations that decided to take people's money and run, AIG, etc., should fry and rot in hell instead of the government giving them a damn bailout from our money.

YES

This government bailout is a fucking joke.

PREACH IT!

Rather than putting your faith in a candidate that promises mommy government (or Big Brother) will come to save you, why not learn to take care of yourself, apply your finances where they will prosper and work hard? Right now the market is shit, but that doesn't mean it will last forever and that you still can't save in the meantime. Its just going to take more effort. INDEED. I would also add that people should not take out loans they can't afford to pay back. Yes, the financial companies are retarded and greedy for offering crazy loans, but ( ... )

jaynneboae October 11 2008, 21:07:14 UTC

He's running? O.o

await_theophany October 11 2008, 23:18:02 UTC

You can write anyone you want to in. Anyone at all. A lot of people write in Mickey Mouse.

And Stephen Colbert WAS running but his bid was rejected.

I am still going to write him in. :-D

jaynneboae October 11 2008, 21:09:30 UTC

Maybe one day, when the Libertarian party gets its head out of its ass I'll vote for their candidate. But right now McCain is the only thing people can handle and even that is too conservative for them.

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reinvent_love October 12 2008, 06:28:41 UTC

GAH IS IT NOVEMBER FOURTH YET IM SO FUCKING SICK OF THIS SHIT

To me, as of late, nov 4 = FOBS NEW ALBUM YAY SCREW ELECTIONS

bdubs October 20 2008, 00:02:25 UTC

have i told you lately how awesome you are?? i read my friend's posts on myspace about how obama is king shit and how you'd be dumb not to vote for him and i just want to choke him...and part of it for sure is because he is black and so is obama. i should have him read this!