Uncle Sam Or Uncle Tom???


Mr. Ralph Nader further questioned the kind of presidency Barack Obama will engage in. In an interview with Shepherd Smith on Fox News, he stated, "To put it very simply, he is our first African-American president, or he will be. And we wish him well. But his choice, basically, is whether he is going to be Uncle Sam for this country, or Uncle Tom for the giant corporations."

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pa...Y&pageId=3.2.1

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But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. The protection of these [unequal] faculties [of acquiring property] is the first object of Government. James Madison, Federalist No. 10

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

Democracy is a state, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against another. Lenin, State and Revolution

Wow, I thought the Klan was defunct. Guess there's always room for hate at the dinner table. Enjoy the chicken and watermelon hater!

I used to sort of like Nader before he played "the spoiler" in the presidential elections of 2000 & 2004, siphoning off enough votes in both cases for Dubya to win.

I no longer liked him, but I still sort of respected him.

But now, hearing him so gratuitously play the race card against Obama, I no longer repect him (despite his good work in decades past). He seems like a bitter has-been who knows he's political toast, but apparently he wants to stay in the news by making outrageous comments such as this. Sad and pathetic.

Not for nothing, but I'm pretty sure the title of this thread is total nonsense.

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Man up.

Nader is correct!!!!! Other Third Parties got more than the 537 votes needed by Gore but Nader is singled out for some unkonwn reason. There were about 6 or 7 parties also running for President in 2000.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/11/05-8

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But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. The protection of these [unequal] faculties [of acquiring property] is the first object of Government. James Madison, Federalist No. 10

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

Democracy is a state, an organization for the systematic use of violence by one class against another. Lenin, State and Revolution

If by 1 vote. He won. POTUS B.H. Obama.

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ACCEPTANCE IS THE ANSWER!

Inferno you are in my heart.

I'm a tarte. What? You want some of this?

Yes, our country remains about evenly divided politically speaking. It's just that Obama and the Democrats broke records for the amount of money involved in a campaign. They spent multi-millions on single Congressional seats----something unheard of before now. So money was a big difference.

The ONLY time the Democrats will decide that this kind of money in a presidential campaign is a bad thing is when the Republicans figure out a way to beat them on it. Up until then, they will continue to think it's great and that public financing of these campaigns is not the way to go.

BTW, when are we going to have an accounting and get to see who financed this Democrat win? I want to know how much of it came from overseas and how much came from the likes of George Soros.

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"If the President simply adds a couple of Republican solutions to a trillion dollar health care package that the American people don't support, it isn't bi-partisan. It's political cover," Rep Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

The fact is that Obama does have a "mandate from the People" and he needs to recognize that fact. As he stated in his acceptance address he needs to be dedicated to listening to all Americans especially those that didn't vote for him.

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It's against the law to accept money from non-citizens. So the answer to the first part is "not much". The second part is all public record unless the total amount given is small (under $300 I think, but I may be off on the exact number). Look it up!

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Some days it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

His true collor finally is out he knows under Obama's Presidency he no longer need to hide behind his white hood.

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