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Originally posted by logical:
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Originally posted by stephanie:
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I intend to make my vote in 2008 be what I believe is right for ME and for MY COUNTRY because I have to answer for ME. If my person wins (male female black white green whatever) wins WONDERFUL -- if not, I'll support whoever does win because that is my DUTY AS AN AMERICAN -- to support my Commander in Chief and to be the best Citizen of this GREAT NATION that I can be.
Doing anything less than that -- is UNAMERICAN.
THAT IS MY OPINION -- BASH ME IF YOU WILL -- I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU PERSOANLLY SO IF MY OPINION MAKES YOUR LIFE WORSE THAN THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM...
I strongly disagree with you that not supporting whoever happens to win is unamerican. The entire thought is simply ludicrous. If the people who founded this country had thought that way then there would have been no America at all.
No leader should ever be given blind support. Support and respect is something that must be
earned.
Thank you for your opinion. With this issue of "support and respect" I could go off on many tangents from the war, to Clinton's impeachment, to illegal immigration, to our justice system, but I won't because if you learn that support and respect given gives more back to you than you could imagine then maybe you can see why I give it freely...
OK, Support and Respect are two different things entirely. I respected the fact that others put Clinton in office -- I didn't vote for him...but if the President of the U.S. doesn't garner my respect and support then what else can?
I was taught as a child that you "respect your elders" and you "respect authority" -- With that "blind respect" often comes support. However, support is many different things--it can be positive and it can be negative...However, I never ran Clinton in the ground--even when I disagreed with him as a man or as the President.
Do you actually think that George Washington had 100% approval from all citizens of what has become the greatest nation in the world? No, but they did support him and they did respect him.
I support our troops that defend my country every day both here and abroad -- have all of them stood in a line of fire and taken a bullet? No, some do the behind the scenes work that never see danger per se, but I still support them and respect for doing their job! Whether I agree or disagree with the war is irrelevant--I support our troops regardless because they took an oath and they are doing their jobs that the commander in Chief ordered them to do...that deserves blind support and blind respect.
I don't have to like something to support it or to respect it...but as an American I choose to do so...
As my last line of that post said..."That is my opinion..." I don't know you from Adam's housecat, but I do respect your right to have an opinion and support you in your quest to stand up for that opiniion...you haven't EARNED anything from me, but I give it...that is American--you using your Rights as a Citizen and me using mine...
That is finding "common ground"...