Reply #3: Heartening to consider that support for Israel ... [View All]

[puebloknot]

... is not just a looney right-wing "Christian" wet dream of the return of an avenging god -- their god and their revenge, of course.

Obama has the respect and the international bona fides to exert major influence on the Middle East, with an end game of ushering in a reasonably peaceful existence for all the parties to the many conflicts there.

I voted early for Obama yesterday. I stood in a voting booth and as I filled in the oval next to Obama's name with ink, I just lost it. I started to cry -- for the long eight years of stress I have personally endured over the takeover of our country by radical fascist elements, and with a consciousness that my wait for change fades into nothingness when compared to the long wait for justice endured by African Americans and other "minorities," though their contributions to this country have not been minor.

Yes, we sure as hell will, no matter how long it takes!