I posted the following on the Charlotte Observer's political forum:
I was transferred to Germany last June and I still have 20 months left before I will be back home. In the meantime, my NC plate is proudly displayed in my rear window and my Obama sticker decorates the trunk of my car.
More below..
Moveon.org was kind enough to provide me with an Obama 08 sticker during the primaries. It has been proudly displayed on my car right above my German license plate ever since. (Still waiting for my Obama/Biden sticker but hey...). I never doubted for one minute that he would be our guy. He so inspired me at times I had tears in my eyes. And I am generally pretty pragmatic and not easily rattled.I gladly stay up until 2 am to catch one of his rallies, have my DVR set to catch all the speeches and even put in for a vacation day on Nov. 5th.I just know I won't want to miss a minute of the returns as they come in. Coffee and champagne are on standby!My NC plate is propped up in my back window. I have a homemade Obama 08 flyer in my window, right next to old Glory.http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/gmcana/Blog/ObamaHB.jpgand herehttp://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/gmcana/house/HouseBremen001.jpgEveryone in this neighborhood knows where the American lives. Our windows were egged once (gang of crazed Turkish kids late at night) - but this was over a year ago. The Bush hating chants have stopped and everyone is respectful and sometimes downright gleeful!We get free shots for desert at our local steakhouse, everyone wants to talk about Obama and I've had my share of drive-by honks and thumbs-up a plenty. People are excited about the change in the air and I am so glad to be part of it! I tired of having to state over and over again that no, I did not vote for Bush.Dang proud to support Obama!North Carolina, I miss you! I wish I were home to canvass with you, phonebank with you and go to rallies with you. Know that I am glued to every second of this fight. Know that I am at the edge of my seat watching those poll numbers out of NC going up and up and up. Do me proud and I'll be home for Christmas to celebrate with you!
Here are some of the responses I received:
"I feel sorry for you. You are so far away from home and you obviously have no idea about the character and ideals of the man that you so fervently support."
"Are you one of the misguided few that cheered on Obama in Berlin? Er, um, I mean attended the free rock concert in Berlin? LOL. You know...while Bush is not the man to be Commander in Chief, Obama is not even patriotic nor does he even give a crappage about your freedom. What he cares about is popular opinion and winning a great gig as Mr. President. Once you come home to your hoped for Obama-Nation, you will find all kinds of Liberals pissing on your flag, and refusing to put their life on any line at all. Think about this. Here you are risking your life, working every day for others, and Obama plans to hand out all kinds of goodies to lazy bums who would never in their life do half of what you do in a week. Obama represents the losers in society and has to win his election from the votes of millions who want money or cigarettes to even go vote. Are these YOUR countrymen? I doubt it. Dont be sucked in by his smooth talk. Obama is a man who wants to destroy freedom.""No one should be leader of the free world who follows a hate monger like Rev. Wright. No one should be leader of the free world who joins with murderers and their supporters to get a career boost. Obama has done both.As for economy, I agree, that's important. Too bad so many people choose to drop out of school making themselves pretty much economically undesirable. Too bad so many people complain about not having free government health care but then smoke and drink and do drugs. Too bad so many people speak...ebonics, making them again undesirable in the workplace. Now...why am I saying this? Let me ask you...why are these undesirable people being propped up as importnat vote casters?"
"I won’t be free under Obama because I will be taxed to pay for the lesser contributors of this great nation on health care reforms and some of these recipients will be illegal immigrants. He wants to tax the rich; that’s well and good but if the rich do as they claim by sitting on their money and freezing their assets it means the very man Obama is fighting for is the very man he will punish!That’s right you heard it; if the rich are smart and sit on their money; Obama will tax me and you for his pork agendas and his reform bills that will drive us in the ground. It scares me to know that on his biggest money driven agenda as a community organizer it is documented that it went under. All of the Rezco/Obama houses that were planned are now boarded up and deemed unfit to live in. Can a guy like this fix our economy?"
Can this really be???????
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