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An Open Letter for Mr. Obama from Mark Gregg
Nov 3, 2008

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Dear Mr. Obama,
It is October 1st, 2008. My name is Mark Gregg.  I am a 50 something conservative white male. I have followed your campaign closely, including the speeches you and others made at the democratic national convention.  I am respectfully providing you with seven simple (probably shallow) reasons why I could never vote for you.  I believe my opinion is shared by many people.   While there may not be quite enough to prevent you from becoming president of this nation, I do think there is an awakening to the fact that you are not a (the) messiah that the media and liberal Hollywood entertainers are trying to portray you.


1. I hear your mantra of change, change, change. Yet, you picked a long term, liberal, insider (Joe Biden) to be your running mate.  This is NOT change. It is a move that hypocritically refutes the very thing you supposedly stand for. Your campaign then slammed McCain for picking Sarah Palin, apparently, because she is NOT a insider.  She is a maverick who cleaned-up a quagmire of political scandals.  Which way is it, Barack?  Is it okay for you to pick a insider under the mantra of 'change', but not okay for John McCain to pick a smart, aggressive, reformer?


2. You have the single most liberal voting record in the senate.  This indicates to me and others like me that you may very well be an angry black man seeking to punish our country for sins of a different generation.  I am not racist.  I have some biases just like you and every other human alive.  Unlike the democratic party who claims to be for the minority (but their record heavily refutes this), I will give to any person who truly needs help.  I married a 'minority' girl 35 years ago (she is Hispanic) and have seen the evils of prejudice first hand.
 
However, I have also seen my wife and my children and others in her family throw off the veil of self imposed prejudicial  bondage and move ahead. They love our country and do not view themselves any different than I view myself as a citizen of this country.  Your lovely wife so disappointed people like me during this campaign when she stated it was the first time she had ever been proud of this country.  She apparently never noticed the massive aid we give dozens of other countries.  She apparently never noticed the sacrifice of literally millions of veterans who helped make this country a free nation and helped liberate other nations from brutal dictators such as Adolf Hitler, etc.  She apparently does not remember that she attended ivy league universities with scholarship money that ultimately (at least some of it) was paid for by our taxes.  This troubles me more than you know.  < U>She is an angry black woman who appears to not like  her country very much.  I don't want her representing me to the rest of the world.


3. You claim Christianity but apparently do not realize that the Bible teaches that he who does not work, does not eat.  The Bible does not say or even suggest that he who CANNOT work, should not eat.  Yet, your liberal policies reward people who are capable of working, but choose to not do so.  This bothers me.  I know that if  you are elected our taxes will spiral upwards .  You should heed the words of Winston Churchill: 'We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle..' If I like anything about you, it is your campaign promise to balance the federal budget.  Unfortunately, we have heard this a huge number of times from a number of different politicians and we realize that when you  energize the very liberal Nancy Pelosi, Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, Barney Fr ank, etc, etc, and the many other democrats like them, a balanced budget will never, ever happen on your  watch.


4. During your question and answer session with Rick Warren of Saddleback Church your answer concerning the question of where does life begin, stunned me: 'Above your pay grade?'  Does this mean when something bad happens as President of this nation that you are going to look at your salary to determine if you can respond?  I am sorry, but this was the most serious gaffe I have seen you make.  Frankly, it shows me that you are pandering in the most obvious manner. You will choose your words not from your heart, but from an agenda that I believe is still hidden from the American people.


5. If anything stands out about you it is probably your appeasement mentality.  In this era of rampant, radical Islamic  extremism and with the latest stunt pulled by the re-energized  Russian government, I am not sure appeasement is healthy.  I again revert to the words of Winston Churchill: 'An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.'


6. You and your party tacitly believe that a 13 or 14 year old girl must have the parents' approval to have the school nurse provide them with a Tylenol when they have a headache at school.  Yet, this same girl can become pregnant and the school can skirt her off to a clinic and abort the child in her body without the parents knowing or being notified.   This scares the hell out of me.  You have two little girls.  Would you be upset if this happened to them and you were not informed?  Then why do you stand for this?  It makes no sense to me.


7. My seventh and final point (for now) is your supporters.  I have watched the Hollywood entertainers who support you, systematically embrace Hugo Chavez of and others like him.  I see the continuous smut and garbage produced by , the very people who promote you the most vigorously.  It is not a positive point to me and others like me to see these over-paid, bizarre, poor examples of human existence fawn over you and push you and your liberal agenda as hard as they do.  The way I see it; When the devil is for you, we should question whether or not we should be against you.


In closing, I just want you to know that you scare me .   I cannot vote for you.  It is not because of your skin color .  It is because these items I've listed and many, many others like them.  Do not claim that my dislike for you is race based.  It is because I do not feel you have the best interests of this nation at heart .


Respectfully,
Mark A. Gregg


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Kurt Kohnen (0) 		Friday January 16, 2009, 7:18 pm
Monday, November 3, 2008
A Letter To Marc Gregg
My response to a circulated email titled "A Letter To Obama" by a fellow named Marc Gregg. When my mom sent me this I felt I had to respond. I know, a little late, but I feel much better; thanks for asking.

Dear Mark Gregg,

Barrack Obama is indeed not the messiah that the liberal media portray, no more than George W. Bush is the devil. Here are seven reasons why I think you should vote for Obama and watch less commercial news. And please, stop using the word Maverick, it's super annoying at this point.

1) Biden is a Washington insider. So is McCain. Palin has very little experience as does Obama. Both parties are hypocrits. Let's not forget the McCain ad that compared Obama to Paris Hilton. While this charge is funny, the GOP only wishes Palin's wardrobe could generate such sensation. Spending so much on Palin's wardrobe supports excessive attention to image. What's the difference?

2) I am not proud of this country. There I said it. Am I now an "angry white man"? No, I simply believe we can do better. This country is not a little kid that needs a pat on the back, rather we are a grown-up country that needs to change and improve on many fronts if we are to maintain our status as a superpower during this shift into a global economy. (BTW-I'm way more patriotic than you. Do you have a star spangled bandana? Well I do and I'm wearing it right now.)

3) I'm glad you're not God, given how you judge the faith of other people so carelessly. I'm not sure the Bible supports you any more than Obama. And regardless, if we were are to take our policy from the Bible, we would be thousands of years out-of-date and killing people for working on Sundays.

Regarding the budget balancing- Republicans have done worse with the economy and the deficit than the Democrats over the last 20 years. IF you just can't believe that, it is broken down here: http://sideshow.me.uk/annex/JustForTheRecord.htm

4) The question assumes that a baby is created at conception, and only asks when that baby should get human rights. Next time they should have a journalist ask these important questions.

Pastor asks- "At what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?" Obama says "...whether you're looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, to answer that question with specificity is above my pay grade..." I appreciate him for not alienating any group with his personal beliefs. You can also view his statement as not pandering to the Christian crowd he was sitting before.


5) Appeasement vs. diplomacy. Appeasement is not the same as diplomacy, let's not be so dramatic. I think we can all agree Bush's "silent treatment" did not yield the greatest results. What would have happened if Reagan completely ignored Russia during the Cold War?

" You have the single most liberal voting record in the senate.This indicates to me and others like me that you may very well be an angry black man seeking to punish our country for sins of a different generation."

I guess liberal is the new "black" as they say. Marc Gregg, YOU scare me. How do you get through your day? Are you hiding out in a bomb shelter with a shotgun, waiting for the Mexicans and Angry Blacks to take over America? You probably think all rap music is about guns too! Wake up dude, it's a new generation and things are more than just black and white. Since the advent of color TV we see things a lot different!
There are bad Christians, good Muslims, gay priests, happy black people, patriotic critics, etc.

7) This one was about Obama's Pinko Commie buddies. Listen, I have some "shady" friends too, but it doesn't mean I'm gonna bring them to work with me! Thanks for the laugh, but you should at least come up with a Top 10 and have a little bit of a sense of humor.



patriotically,

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