"I am new enough on the national political scene that I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views..." --Barack Obama
...and this is a dangerous thing people. I am not trying to insult anyone's political ideology, I am just asking, "What do you really know about this guy?" He is not established enough to have a track record; therefore, he is not asking you to vote for him on any platform other than change, a nebulous proposition at best. Please realize that not all change is good.
I have many friends who are excited about voting for this guy: none of them are voting for him based on what he's done (how can they--he hasn't really done anything), but rather they intend to cast their votes based on hopes they are projecting onto this "blank screen." Once he is in a position of power, their previously unimpeded ideology--which initially set easily on this seemingly neutral surface--will be displaced, and we will see if the gamble paid off. You heard me correctly: I predicted four years ago that this guy would be president someday. And, again, you heard me correctly: I just called the situation what it is--a gamble.
I read into things. And I sometimes get inordinately strong impressions about people or situations; these sort of impressions are seldom proved to have held no merit. I say all this to warn you that there is something between the lines of everything I have heard this man say, anything I have read that he has written. The "something" is a phantom that I cannot quantify, a specter that I cannot make tangible to you. But I'm fairly certain that this man is not who everyone wants him to be.
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Maybe God just wants to mix things up a bit?
A. Jones
God wanted to mix things up when he sent the Israelites into exile. I'm not comparing the two situations as if they were of equal immediate gravity, but I do think they are similar in that both might be God's will in a way that is ultimately unpleasant. And I wouldn't have wanted to have been part of God's will as one of the elements inciting the mixing (in the case of the exile). I think the Obama Presidency is the beginning of ominous things to come, but not in the way that Republicans would have one believe. I think the serpent here will be a work of subtle process.
...and by the way, I'm not too happy about any of the alternatives, either. so, just for the record, these comments are non-partisan.
It is an interesting time. I think God has placed Obama in office. Perhaps we shall see why as time goes on. I am not ruling out the possibility that Obama is the Christian he claims to be. It seems like Jesus advocated a redistribution of wealth once or twice. Again, we shall see... whatever the outcome I still believe God is in control. I hope all is well with you and that crazy Wells girl.
A. Jones
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