Dear Editor,
Please let me introduce myself. I was born and raised in the beautiful state of South Carolina and still live here, but I have traveled all over this wonderful and amazing country. America, think about her - how amazing and great she is, and how amazing and great I hope she remains! That is the purpose I write to your paper as we face the most important presidential election of all time. I wanted to urge your readers as they contemplate over the next week and a half about who they will vote for to really examine the candidates we have before us and to really think about their values, character, their experience, and their backgrounds; and to put their political party affiliation aside. We all know that party politics is a game; but this go round, it is not a game; this is serious and whoever the country chooses as its next president will determine her success or her decline.
These two candidates could not be any more different than they already are; which really isn’t a bad thing; but I would ask that you look at these differences closely; to examine and scrutinize these candidates totally. We have one candidate who was born and raised in this country; fought, served, was tortured and held prisoner in the Vietnam War; and who came home, partially disabled, and did not turn bitter, but chose to continue his service to our country and who has served her well all of his life. I am sure that no one would ever question the true feelings and honor this candidate possesses about the United States, our country. His whole being and discipline has been about honor and service and is at the core of his heart; and these values and ethics don’t change; but will continue to carry over should he be elected as president, putting our country and her people first.
Then we have the other candidate whom I am sure no one knew that much about until he decided to run for this office. I didn’t even know, as I am sure most other Americans, that he was in the U.S. Senate until he made his announcement to run. But this candidate has considerable questions about his background as to was he actually born in this country; but even if he was (or wasn’t), it is a fact that he spent most of his young, formidable childhood days growing up in either Indonesia or Kenya, living in a culture practicing their beliefs and traditions, and following the teachings of the Koran. Additionally, when he did return to the United States, he lived with his grandmother who practiced Muslim prayers every morning. As a man, there are questions as to his affiliation with terrorists, with his connections with wealthy, powerful Iranians (who also would later help fund his campaign costs) and the disturbing comments he wrote in his own book concerning his own background, denials, and hatred for the “white” race, and the fact that this candidate refuses to say the Pledge of Allegience and hold his hand over his heart or sing the National Anthem. We have all heard all of these things about this candidate; that’s not new; but what is worrisome is that these allegations even exist, whether they are true or not. Just to have questions of this nature pending for a man whom this country is considering to elect as President is troubling, if not down right scary. I don’t see how any American-born individual can just ignore the questionable, unknown findings of this nature about this candidate and feel comfortable possibly electing this candidate as our president.
To address the good people of North Carolina, I urge, if not beg, of you to do your homework before Election Day. Put aside the political party and look inward at these candidates, at their hearts and their fundemental values. It is what’s inside that truly define a person and how he/she thinks, acts and believes; and to look at which candidate that will ultimately put our country and our traditions and values first and who has our country’s best interest at heart, not their own. If we all do that, then there will be no question that the right candidate will be elected. I thank you, North Carolina.
Sincerely,
Barbara E. Boylston
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Perhaps the example of Barack Obama will help the human race understand that the brain of each individual is built by a new combination of parental DNA whose brain building capability is independent of whatever characteristics of physical appearance other parts of that DNA happen to produce; and once built, that new human brain, in combination with the nurturing, education, and experience it receives, develops functional capabilities that are equally independent of whatever characteristics of physical appearance that individual’s DNA produces.In short, the quality of brain building DNA matters; nurturing, education, and experience matter; but characteristics of physical appearance produced by other parts of one’s DNA are unrelated to the functional capabilities of one’s brain. They don’t matter.Senator Barack Obama is an intelligent, articulate, and insightful 47 year old American whose best years lie ahead of him; a man who graduated near the top of his class at Harvard Law School and was president of its Law Review; a man who understands and respects the American constitution because he was an instructor of constitutional law for 12 years at the University of Chicago Law School; a man familiar with the American legislative process because he served 3 terms as an Illinois State Senator and the past 4 years as a US Senator; a man acquainted with Washington but one who also brings fresh ideas and a passion for bringing about important and necessary changes in Washington. Senator Barack Obama is the man America needs today, and he is the man who can lead America into the future.