Instead of viewing this as your oppurtunity to somehow get her to change your mind, maybe you should speak as to why YOU oppose Obama. Why those things that caused you to be against him were important to you.

Maybe you can get them to acknowledge that they can see where you are coming from. I wouldn’t go beyond that.. It seems that people’s politics are very critical to their self understanding of who they are, and so the Steel Doors of Self Defense slam shut when they perceive an UNWANTED assault on those beliefs.

That the wealthiest 5% of the population have actually produced 60% of the total wealth of the nation through their own personal creativity and labor?

By the same token, as an ardent Hillary supporter, I was most disappointed in Hillary’s interview with Grechen from Fox and Friends this week when she was asked why some of her supporters are still not on board with Obama. She had a worried and puzzled look and then said, “I don’t know. Certainly, they ought to understand that the things I stood for are much closer to Barack than McCain. And if they supported me, they should support Barack.” I was quite offended by that. It sounded like what we hear from all the other BO supporters when they say, “When these women find out where McCain stands on the issues that are important to them, they will not vote for him”. Obviously, the people who have said this do not understand most of us are political activists as well as political junkies and are quite offended at the suggestion we don’t know these basic facts.

I realize Hillary basically has a gun to her head as far as being required to show enthusiastic support of BO, but I hope somebody will tell her it behooves her NOT to insult the intelligence of women who took the time to get to the bottom of the viciousness of the primary campaign that was launched against her by all of the guilty people with whom she now alligns herself.

Again, I understand she has to be part of the Obama team, but I don’t understand why she had to act as though something is amiss with her most ardent supporters when it is she who has chosen to pretend all the primary warfare was fair after all or didn’t happen.

Try showing that you are detached and he will follow suit. It always works for me.

What’s the matter? Nobody posting on your rag of a blog?

While I respect her right to choose who she votes for, I could not pass up the opportunity to explain to her about McCain’s melanoma (being a nurse, my medical opinion does carry some weight). I also explained that she should not believe any ad she hears from either side. I know that her vote won’t be swayed, but to allow the mis-truths to be circulated and not corrected is a disservice to her and others. At least, respectfully set the record straight and don’t sit there passively while outrageous lies are perpetrated and embellished.

The brand vs the man comments are really on target!! We in America have become such well trained, unthinking. instant gratification consumer. First we are easily sold on a new (hope) and improved (change) “branded president”. But when the brand starts to tarnish and we begin to have doubts, realizing that “hope & change” is just the same oldstyle corrupt politican with bright packaging and a catchy jingle, we are easily lulled back to demanding “hope and change” because its easier and makes us feel better. After all, the package clearly states its new and improved!!

How sad and how totally reflective of so much else that seems to have gone wrong in our society. The financial meltdown is a perfect example. We, as a society have stopped valuing hard work and responsiblity as part of our personal ethics. Now they are only a means to attaining the latest bright shiny object we’ve been told we deserve.

Now all Americans have been told what Obama has planned for them. I’ll bet he won’t be too happy with the person that released that info before his thugs have secured his victory.

I’m constrained only by the limits of my ingenuity. (My ingenuity is infinite.)

You are constained by a lack of ingenuity. (Your ingenuity is finite.)

We’re done. (This conversation is finite.) Argue your ridiculous theory with someone else.

I agreed with you.