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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-10 10:59 PM
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Political Humor with a Serious Meaning
I just received the below email and thought I'd share it with ya'll :)
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A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."

The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are -- or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem.
You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."

COMMENT: You are hearing from political pundits that the party of President Obama, the Democratic Party will not do well during the upcoming election. It's an easy call based on historical fact (the party in power always loses seats). A big reason according to a poll by the Pew Research Center is that we (minorities) tend to not vote in mid-term elections. Let's change that !!!
It's clear that the Republican Party has no interest in helping the President fix the economy or anything else and if they regain power the country will be in far worse shape. We all know that the withering attacks that this President faces daily are really racially motivated. In spite of how the media couches their words we know that white (tea party) America does not believe he should be President under any circumstances. The President has done some good things and he deserves our support.

This could be the most important midterm of our generation, encourage your family and friends to participate; the party that got us into this mess are trying to compound what they did, do not allow this to happen. If the Democrats lose control of the Congress the Republicans will not help Obama to govern, thus he becomes a lame duck and the country will be headed over the cliff. Keep this email going it will help, create your own or add your comments.

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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-10 11:14 PM
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1. an old chestnut, but always good to hear (read in this case) - and this is a crucial midterm
I believe that the republicans will not win a majority in either the senate or congress, and that continued stonewalling and tea party skulduggery will doom them into well deserved irrelevance for the next twenty years.
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Timbuk3 Donating Member (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-10 12:39 AM
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2. Everyone Loses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DRkUU-qhjk

(I don't know how to embed YouTube here. Feel free to repost for me, if you know how.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-10 12:50 AM
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3. It's already posted over in the video section. Here's a link below
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x513180

p.s. For future reference: The only place to 'embed' video is in the video section. When you're in the video section and you go to post a video it asks you for the YouTube video link. You post the link and a title, and that's how you do it ;)

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