[Oe List ...] National Election

[Adam Thomson]

 From Adam Thomson, Dover UK

You will realise that a lot of non-US citizens 
are watching developments in the US Election in a 
state of compassion combined with shock, awe, 
fear, despair and hope. The rest of the world's 
lives could be affected by the US Election result 
even more than those of US citizens.

I personally have downloaded Obama's acceptance 
speech and have played it through several times 
as a way of countering my own chronic despair at 
this point. Jim's posting of course mirrors the 
content in Obama's speech; in fact I think the 
speech was as good as any in history, including JFK's and MLK's contributions.

It is difficult to "stay cool" at this time. I 
found Jim's posting helpful in pointing us in the 
right direction in fashioning our response to this challenge of our times.

Thanks, as always, for this forum and its contributors.

Adam Thomson

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At 01:55 09/09/2008, you wrote:
>As I have been watching the discussion 
>concerning the McCain/Palin ticket and all their 
>prospects of being elected to office would 
>entail.  The point that I have stressed to 
>individuals upset with the Republican nominees 
>is that it is time for the Democrats to live up 
>to the wishes of the majority of 
>Americans.  Obama/Biden should stop trying to 
>be Republicans.  That is the tact that Kerry 
>and the party thought would win the last 
>election and it didn't work.  McCain does not 
>have to be "Swift Boated" as the Republican 
>Dirty Tricks Committee (Ross Perot's name not 
>mine) did to Kerry.  Nor do the Dems have to 
>drag Palin's family through the mud  unless 
>Sarah decides to make a big issue of family 
>values and then the gloves can come off.
>
>Instead, the Dems should focus on 1. Ending the 
>wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  2.  Pledging to 
>clean up the government's involvement with 
>lobbyists and special interest 
>groups.  3.  Pledging an all-out effort to 
>fund and stimulate research on alternative 
>energy.  4.  Upholding women's 
>rights.  5.  Stimulating education for all 
>levels of our country not only just the 
>traditional public and private schools but also 
>retraining for people who have lost their jobs 
>due to outsourcing.  6.  Stimulating job 
>creation and reducing the benefits to 
>corporations that have outsourced and continue 
>outsourcing as well as heavily taxing and or 
>prosecuting those who evade paying taxes by off 
>shoring their banks, wealth, etc.
>
>I'm sure these are just a beginning of the 
>issues that the Dems could raise and inspire 
>America without resorting to mud 
>slinging.  They also need to begin ridding 
>themselves of spineless leadership they currently have.
>
>Jim Baumbach.
>
><mailto:KarenBueno at aol.com>KarenBueno at aol.com wrote:
>>My talking point #1 would be that with McCain 
>>as president the Iraq war is likely to go on 
>>and on, as well as the torture of prisoners.
>>Â
>>Karen Bueno
>>Â
>>In a message dated 9/8/2008 5:34:40 P.M. 
>>Mountain Daylight Time, <mailto:dmdunn1 at gmail.com>dmdunn1 at gmail.com writes:
>>On Sep 8, 2008, at 5:05 PM, 
>><mailto:KarenBueno at aol.com>KarenBueno at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>Well, I agree we should keep our venom to a 
>>>minimum, but Sarah Palin, if what we have been 
>>>reading is true, could turn out to be a 
>>>terrible disaster if she were to step into USA 
>>>presidency on an untimely death of 
>>>McCain.  If the McCain ticket were to win 
>>>(perish the thought) then we will proclaim him 
>>>our president, and her our vice-president, 
>>>but, oh my, I hope we don't have to...
>>So the question we face is, "What is the most 
>>effective contribution we can make to prevent 
>>what I too consider a disaster that is entirely too possible?"
>>That's a brainstorm about talking points, 
>>strategies, and resources for sorting reality 
>>from fiction with which I need help.
>>David
>>—
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