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  • Posted By: ackeyboard @ 08/04/2008 9:50:49 PM

    there will be people who will never vote for sen.obama because of his race. i watched gary tuchman on cnn on thursday night in copperfield tn. who regardless of gary assuring them that sen.obama were in fact a christian they stii said they believed he were muslim.this is why sen.obama is telling the american public these are the tactics the republicans pull in every election.we have people that are ignirant and will never pick up a paper or read a book to find uot the truth themselves these are the voters the republican party has targeted in every election.they play the smear and fear card and the suttle race-card.i live in alabama and i smell racism a mile long coming from sen.mccain and the republican party .we want sen.obama to be the president and will vote for him.i am sick and tired of the same play-book coming out of the republican party year aftr year same movie same script.the media has a lot of the blame to go around they ar onlty talking about these race-baiting ads that sen.mccain has launched.america is being consumed by hate and fear and i am so ashamed of some people in this country for being so ignorant and back-woods.it will take people like we all came together during the civil-rights era,good people that came together during slavery,but all americns need to wake up or this country will go to hell in a hand-basket and may the good lord help us all together we stand divided we fall,because when terror strikes us its not in black or white we all die .

  • Posted By: ruffmama @ 08/03/2008 6:59:38 PM

    wow. I just moved to north GA and I realize that I have so much to learn about the history of my new home.

  • Posted By: ruffmama @ 08/03/2008 6:58:55 PM

    wow. I just moved to north GA and I realize that I have so much to learn about the history of my new home.

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