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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Well, this is an enlightened post. Damn liberal elites, they hate all things southern. Wait, I'm a southern native and I don't agree with you at all. Could it be that the south doesn't exactly speak with one voice? Could it be that maybe we don't all think that our political views are mandated and supported by god? Next time, speak for yourself and not the entire south. You make us look bad.
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Absolutely. I think if you look at a map on how individual counties voted you'd be surprised how many liberal elites live right next door, my friend.
My grandfather remarked the other day that this is the most divided he's ever seen America. This man fought at the ass end of World War II, managed through Vietnam, seen the fall of Richard Nixon and Lewinsky"gate." I'd have to agree. I think we've been slowly rolling down this track for a while. Now we've hit that first junction and the country waits while we figure out what to do.
Let me tell you something, I'm not upset that President Bush won a second term. It's the way he went about it that makes me upset. Basing an entire election campaign on fear, on scaring the shit out of people is reprehensible. Vote for me or bad things happen, man. Bad things. This election was never about his political agenda or his policies. If he had run and won touting his accomplishments and projecting an alternate vision for the future, I wouldn't near as upset about him winning the election. Instead we were subjected to "terrorism, terrorism, 9/11, 9/11, nuclear bombs in the middle of cities, terror, terror, terror." and it scared the shit out people.
Now, there's another sect of Republican voters that I haven't mentioned and am relectant to even broach. The "moral" voters. Largely the same group of people who recently voted to allow legal discrimination of U.S. citizens simply because they're a little different. This is legalized bigotry. There is much more to say on this matter, but there are numerous threads devoted to just this subject. I will, however, leave with this...
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Originally Posted by Matthew 7:1-5
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
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And my personal favorite....
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Originally Posted by Mark 12:28-31
"The foremost is, 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' "The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
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