tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post8782327954356789457..comments2023-10-12T01:14:19.284-07:00Comments on Taking the Scenic Route to Joy: And a nation's wish has been grantedLisa @ The Plain-Spoken Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589278128659676715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post-56155890522985013562008-11-06T05:52:00.000-08:002008-11-06T05:52:00.000-08:00I've read your blog for a while, so I realize you'...I've read your blog for a while, so I realize you're not crazy. And if you don't like Obama, that's certainly your right and doesn't make you crazy. And perhaps your opinion of him is based on careful consideration of his policy positions, I don't really know. The only reason I made the comment about the crazy emails is that I only have a couple of things in your posts to go on as far as your opinion of Obama, and neither seems particularly well thought out. For one, you seem to have bought into the socialism label, which is completely ridiculous, and based entirely on a single remark, and easily refuted by anyone who takes the three seconds it takes to look up the word socialism. And in this post, you seem to have some vague sense of foreboding, which again doesn't seem to be based on much other than a feeling, which again, I realize there might be more behind it for you, but that certainly doesn't come through in your posts. <BR/><BR/>As for conservatives not feeling free to discuss their opinions or feelings in this race, I really haven't seen that, but I'm sorry if you feel that way. However, conservatives need to own that to a certain degree, since a very large and vocal segment of them have been busy calling the rest of us terrorists for the last eight years.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, no offense was intended by my comment, and I certainly didn't mean to make any comment on your religion at all, and I'm sorry if I did offend you. Anyway, I'm quite certain you're wrong about Obama, and I hope that that is made clear over the next four years.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post-32380997581291799792008-11-05T12:16:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:16:00.000-08:00And you know what else? Comments like that are ex...And you know what else? Comments like that are exactly why a lot of conservatives haven't felt free to discuss their feelings or express their opinions in this race. If we don't fall in line, we must be crazy, or narrow-minded, or stupid. I do resent that implication. I'm far less crazy than a lot of people out there, on either end of the political spectrum, and I don't think the fact that I don't agree with Obama's stand on a good number of things should bring my sanity into question. I don't think anything I've posted has been derogatory toward Obama supporters, or if it has, it wasn't intentional. It's a free country, we can all believe what we choose. But we will never get past the huge divide that currently exists if disagreeing on issues means one side or the other must be mentally flawed.Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589278128659676715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post-84275095401921708302008-11-05T12:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:08:00.000-08:00But then again, perhaps I haven't. And I could re...But then again, perhaps I haven't. And I could really take offense that you see me drawing a comparison, based on my faith, between an Old Testament passage and today's situations. Just because I am a Christian doesn't mean I subscribe to the same theories as people who send those crazy e-mail forwards you describe. (I don't, by the way. I delete them because I have sense enough, most days, to see they're way off.) I feel how I feel, and if time and events prove me wrong, I'll be right back here admitting that. But I'm not going to call anyone crazy who supports Obama, or whose beliefs differ from mine.Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589278128659676715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post-62164319113013667162008-11-05T12:06:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:06:00.000-08:00Perhaps I have. I hope I'm wrong.Perhaps I have. I hope I'm wrong.Lisa @ The Plain-Spoken Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589278128659676715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102310.post-15501824536548916462008-11-05T11:56:00.000-08:002008-11-05T11:56:00.000-08:00Sounds like you've been reading way too many crazy...Sounds like you've been reading way too many crazy email forwards.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895903722298748059noreply@blogger.com