First Amendment Articles

This has been by far the most sensitive election ever. Whether you’re Democratic or Republican, liberal or conservative, left or right, supporting Obama or supporting McCain, I’ve always believed talking about politics with others, although it may lead to anger and heated debates, is important to help each other grow intellectually.

There is no greater place to learn than a forum that encourages the “marketplace of ideas.” As I’ve sent political e-mails to many of my friends, I’m sure I’ve offended many of my friends who hold different political beliefs from me. I have always opened myself up to hear both sides and I will listen to and respect anyone’s opinion. I believe that the First Amendment is the most important right that we have and exercising that right is one of the greatest freedoms that we possess.

As a “conservative right-winger” myself, I can’t help but wait to be spoon-fed everything by the Drudge Report. I came across an interesting article that got quite a lengthy debate going between Obama and McCain supporters. It was quite enlightening and extremely entertaining to read what people from both sides of the argument had to say. I read every comment left by everyone and here are some of the ones that found interesting:

I find it discouraging that on this day in our country’s history all we can do is tell other people how wrong they are. I respect people even if I do not agree with them. I may not understand or agree with their point of view but I do not need to demean them to express mine.

One of America’s basic rights, freedom of speech, gives us the right to state our opinions. However, it is our values and character that steer us through how that expression of opinion is to be carried out.

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I’m so looking forward to an Obama administration fixing everything in this country. Just think we will actually have a balanced budget or even a surplus, free medical care, no more mortgages, free health care, free gas, and all the ruthless leaders in the world will get together and sing cum by yah at Obamas former church.

I guess I can stop working hard and saving my money for retirement… because change we can believe in is coming!

Thank you Obama!

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America voted for change in 2006 (by electing a Democratic Congress). Since then:

Unemployment up from 4.5% to 6.1%…
Housing market crashed…
Stock Market almost crashed…
The DOW dropped 6000…
$850 Billion bailout…
GDP shrinking…
Consumer confidence down…

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It is true we have lost some jobs approximately 1 million but what the liberal media will not tell you as that over the past 8 yrs there have been over 7 million created. Unemployment was at a all time low of 4.1 percent not since Nixon has it been that low of course under Nixon it was 3 percent. The stock market reached record numbers and only since the housing screw up by the house democrats which by the way have been in charge of the congress for the last 2 years. The market was hit pretty bad and now looks like it has corrected itself and now may be moving back up. After 9/11 the DOW hit 6200. So, it does prove that America will rebound. If you want to be successful in this country go to work and live the American dream. If you sit around and wait for the government to help you then you will remain poor and uneducated.

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As the age-old adages sayings go, “You can tell a man’s character by the company he keeps”, and “evil companions corrupt good morals.”

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For me the great pleasure will be six to nine months form now when the voters being to realize that Obama cannot deliver the miracles he promised. The economy continues to tank and his blaming Bush begins to wear thin.

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(Here is a good argument from the other side.)

The president has the power of Veto. Of the 6 Trillion Bush added to the debt, all but one budget was passed by a GOP dominated congress. One was passed by a congress where dems had a slight majority.

Dems may be “tax and spend” but the GOP has become “borrow from your grandkids and spend”

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As far as I know, Congress controls the purse strings, thus our economy, not the President. As far as I know, our economy started going bad only since there has been a majority of Democrats in Congress. Two years ago when we had a Republican majority in Congress, there was nothing wrong with our economy. I know that President Clinton also benefited from a majority of Republicans in the Congress too. It is a shame that most people do not know how our government really works and just blame our President for everything. Like the Presidency is a catch all spot for mistakes made by all our elected government officials. That is what allows them time after time to shift the blame to others.

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There is a reason why radical left politicians have always been eliminated in the presidential elections of the past. The reason is that there still is enough responsible and intelligent citizens out there who don’t take the media’s biased reporting as fact, and make up there own minds based on common sense and sound logic. But maybe we as a nation have come to a point where we can be easily duped by a dangerously radical leftist politician and influenced by the most irresponsible national media in the world. Pity!