I do not have time right now to respond in detail to your lengthy comment. I will take time to read it, then I will provide a reasoned and direct response you. With respect to your comment about being educated at the “Univeristy(sic) of Limbaugh”. I am educated. I am university educated (bachelors, masters and current PhD candidate). However, it definately was NOT in any way from Rush Limbaugh. Have I listened to him before; yes I have. I do not quote him or respect him. I have not heard his radio program in over 10 years. He is an entertainer, nothing more. He will say anything to keep people listening to him. No, I am definately not “Univeristy(sic) of Limbaugh” material. Sorry to disappoint.

Wrong.

Obama talks ALL THE TIME about his white mother and grandparents. To a fault! It’s the right-wing news YOU WATCH that discusses his blackness. They like to dwell on it just as a reminder, so that racists stay aware of his “blackness” and not his rather impressive credentials.

People like you and Darlin (and I feel free to generalize since you generalized prolifically in your comments) would rather vote for a white party-boy who graduated nearly last in his class (and probably only got into the Academy thanks to good old fashioned nepotism) and still hangs on to his POW history partnered with a redneck from a 4th-tier public school with a degree in Journalism, than someone who has worked his ass off at our nation’s highest learning institutions to get ahead and prove his worth due to the color of his skin.

You claim in your comment that you think you believe in a “nation of workers”, but you really prefer to vote for white-majority nepotism.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4463694n

Phil Gramm was a republican when he sponsored deregulation legislation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Gramm#Banking_deregulation_and_the_2008_mortgage_crisis

McCain has made similar claims of being a deregulator.

http://conservationreport.com/2008/09/18/john-mccain-a-deregulator-believes-the-economy-is-strong/
(scroll down the page for the links, there are a lot of them)

But that was awhile ago and he’s probably flip-flopped. Yep:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26754552/

“These actions stem from failed regulation, reckless management and a casino culture on Wall Street that has crippled one of the most important companies in America.”

Failed regulation. That doesn’t exist.

“I have found the Democrats of today to be mostly without the capacity for either deep thought or courage.”

Show me 1, just 1, Republican that wasn’t educated at the Univeristy of Limbaugh. Yourself included.

“This nation was built by PRODUCERS. ” WRONG WRONG WRONG, this is the lamest thing you wrote-we used to be a nation of procuders until all the big business shut down mills and factories and shipped all the production jobs overseas. What have only a skeleton crew left here. This is now a nation of consumers. WAKE UP. China is a nation of producers, dumbass. This is a nation of GREED. And the current GOP ticket will keep it that way.

“All I have seen from the Democratic party is a lot of talk about “change” without any definition of what will be changed”. Really? Cuz last time I checked, McPhalin had hijacked the “change” mantra….I am fairly certain it’s the only thing both tickets agree on. However, only 1 -Obama- can back it up with a plan and facts.

“I do not trust someone who is part white, part black; but only wants to claim his black side. ” Well…I mean, why don’t you say what you really mean? Don’t be so veiled. Good grief! Also - have you ever noticed in your entire white life that if someone has a drop of black blood SOCIETY [read: Whitey] counts them as black!

“The heart of a nation is it’s people. We are the answer. We must maintain this nation as a producer, rather than a consumer. We must also return to the values that the nation has held since its conception. Nothing else will do. ” Well, then why don’t you vote to give the power BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORK in this country? Rather than ship jobs over seas, privatize our military and and hide their vast wealth in off shore accounts?

Your concept of Republican is about 30 years old, WAKE UP!!!!! And do you really think McCain will last 4 years? He has ill health and the chances of a healthy male of age 72 dying in the next 4 years is 1 in 4!!!!!!!!!! Say hello to President Palin my friend. That is the most terrifying part. You would rather let your racist views, antiquated notion of Republican vs. Dems and ignorance of wealth determine the fate of this country. I guarantee, just like I guaranteed the idiots that put Bush in office, that if that is the way they are going to vote, this country will pay through the nose. And look, 8 years later we are looking at DOOMSDAY: massive national debt, a War we will not pay off in the next 2 generations and an entire global economy waiting for our collapse. Bravo!!! *clapping hands* Bra-vo.

Did I say anything about supporting the bail out of corporations who have not run their businesses correctly? I did not. To state that you generally support a party does not imply agreement with all aspects of that parties platform.

In fact, I do NOT agree with any bail out of corporations. If I run my business poorly, deliver an inferior product, and do not service my clients I deserve to not be in business. You will not find many businessmen who PRODUCE something to be in agreement with any bail out plan. To state it even more plainly, the companies who have gotten themselves in this position should go away, never to be heard from again.

By the way, do you remember when Phil Gramm was a Democrat. I do. I remember the press conference when he changed parties.

As to Mr. Obama’s “preoccupation” with his black side: I have never heard him discuss his mother, or the grandparents who raised him. All I ever hear about is his black father. I believe this is to obtain the black vote. That is his right. However, I do not have to buy it.

(L left out with great intention!)

And how can you say that Obama has only embraced his ‘black side’? He’s talked at length about being raised by his white grandparents, of his white mother, and his struggle in growing up biracial and trying to carve out an identity for himself that embraced BOTH his ’sides’. It may seem that he is ‘preoccupied’ with his black ’side’, but that may be because he grew up without much contact with his black father, who was absent most of his formative years.

STFU.