QUOTE (RoyPDX @ Sep 18 2008, 05:36 PM)

I'm not TRYING to IMPUGN your motives. I AM IMPUGNING your motives.
Hi,
With all due consideration . . .
What is your problem? Obama was called "Barry" by every relative he lived with as he grew up, (his mother, grandparents, half-sister, etc) and every person who knew him, until he was in his young twenties. If we were able to ask him, I would bet that among his oldest and closest personal friends, there are still a few who find themselves calling him "Barry" under certain circumstances.
I have a friend who decided at the age of thirty that she wanted to be called "Terry" instead of Theresa. I still call her Theresa, as does all of her friends who knew her for too long as "Theresa", and she does not have any problem with that.
Why the indignation because I point to the amusing synchronicity that allows his surname of African origin to be spelled in a manner that is typical of the most traditional of Irish surnames, which constitutes one-half of his genetic heritage?
There are people who will not vote for Obama because he is "half-black". There certainly are other people who, while still being racist, will be able to mitigate those emotions because, after all, the dude is "half-white" too. I think it is to his advantage to publicize and promote his mixed heritage, and I believe that I am in the majority in that regard.
I have volunteered time at the local O'bama campaign headquarters to make phone calls and try to register new voters. I intend to volunteer more time over the coming weeks. I have donated approximately $300 to his campaign, which is more money than I have ever donated to any other political campaign. I intend to vote for him.
You have some problem with his mixed heritage?
Too bad.
You think it's a negative?
You are in the minority with that opinion.
Explain it to me, if you can . . . what is your problem?
Examine *yourself*, pal.
(Why did you pick a weasel for your avatar? Does that say anything about your personality?)
Dr. L