Kudos back at ya, John.
In terms of experiencing a childhood similar to mine, I would say Obama
comes closer than any President we've had since Truman. I don't know all
the Presidential backgrounds, but I think Obama may come closer to
paralleling the epitome of the humble beginnings of Mr. Lincoln.  
Hopefully, 200 years from now, Obama will leave a similar legacy.

jack

-----Original Message-----
From: John Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:25 PM
To: Jack Connor; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: So who won the election?

Well said, Jack.

I'm seeing words on this List that offend me.  You don't have to like
Obama's politics, but he is an intelligent, educated, articulate human
being who came from very modest roots and made something of  himself.
If you don't respect that, then you live in the wrong country.  And if
you think that one person can annex and brainwash the United States of
America, then you need to go study the constitution.  When it comes down
to it, the President doesn't do very much on his own, without the
approval of alot of other people.

Presidents don't grind up this country's citizenship, this citizenship
grinds up its Presidents (as it should be).

John Lee



At 12:00 PM 11/6/08 -0800, Jack Connor wrote:
>I suspect there are few (and probably none of our subscribers) that are

>of a single bloodline.
>
>There were a few in the mountains outside of Bainbridge, OH where I 
>grew up;  I often heard Dad's telling their boys "If she ain't good 
>enough for her own kin, she ain't good enough for us" ..and there 
>seemed to be a preponderance of albino and more than 5 digits per 
>extremity...but they we're pure blood, fer sure...
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>Behalf Of Brice Yokem
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:52 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: So who won the election?
>
>On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 11:03:33 -0600, Mark Ranft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>
> >Someone said, "they voted for the black man"
> >
> >1) Obama is not black.  He is of mixed race.  That would seem to make

> >it hard for anyone (even and maybe especially blacks) to vote for him

> >because of his race.  Obviously a lot of people voted for him on 
> >another basis -- perhaps his Christianity.  (Or are you one of the
> >ones that thinks he is Muslim?   Even if he was (and he isn't),
> >shouldn't we support our right to freedom of religion.)  Or did he 
> >get all the votes simply because everyone wants a change from the 
> >Republican leadership we currently have in the White House?
> >
>
><SNIP>
>
>Maybe you need to send a message to the mainstream media?
>They keep calling him an 'African-American', if that is not 'Black'
>then what, exactly, is the difference?   How much mixed racial
>blood do you need to have to be called 'Of Mixed Race?'
>
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