Originally Posted by rekop

I read somewhere that people who continue to spew the illogical and unsubstantiated garbage that Senator Obama is a Muslim, is tied to radical Ayers, is tied to various Islamic groups, etc., ad nauseum, are indeed racist. They can't find it in themselves to vote for a black man. Yet those racist views are not acceptable in polite society, so unconciously they adopt these views which give them an acceptable reason (in their convoluted minds) for arguing against Obama. I think we have a number of people here in this forum who fall into that category. And there is no reason to keep up conversation with them. They're minds are set. We have a man running who was president of Harvard Law society. That takes such incredible intelligence, yet is virtually ignored. He did community organizing to help poor people, and he's cast as unpatriotic for some reason for doing that. The list goes on and on. He is a bright, charismatic person, with some new ideas, a leader at a time when we need one. He has inspired millions of new young voters to come to the polls. If you don't agree with him on the issues which have been prominently displayed in the media and on his web page, fine, vote for McCain. I personally don't see the point of the back and forth in this forum with people who can't come up with logical arguments, only emotionally charged rhetoric and regurgitated smears. And frankly, I am shocked that McCain who vowed he would run a clean campaign, has stooped to such nonsense. It certainly does not bring people in the country together.