This is the email correspondence between my father-in-law and me. I just wanted to show him there is a site that can tell you what is fact and fiction. I do not mind that he is conservative. He just repeats what he hears on Fox News and from these emails.
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To:
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:32 PM
Subject: RE_ELECT ME ??Please??
I WANT TO GET
RE-ELECTED
An old West Virginia Hillbilly saying:“You cannot get the water to clear up until you get the pigs out of the creek.”*SOME OF YOU MAY APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT.*
*I DO NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING THIS BECAUSE OF IT'S TRUTH.*
*If any other past president had doubled the national debt,
Which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year,
Would you have approved?*
*If any other past president had then proposed to double the debt again
Within 10 years, would you have approved? *
*If any other past president had criticized a state law
That he admitted he never even read, would you think that he is just an
Ignorant hot head? *
*If any other past president joined the country of Mexico AND sued a state in the United States to force that state
to continue to allow illegal immigration, would you question his patriotism and wonder who's side he was on? *
*If any other past president had pronounced the Marine Corps
Like Marine Corpse, would you think him an idiot? *
*If any other past president had put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign company had an accident...
Would you have agreed? *
*If any other past president had used a forged document as the basis of the moratorium that would render 87,000 American Workers unemployed would you support him? *
*If any other past our president had been the first President to need a Teleprompter installed to be able to get through a Press Conference,
Would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and he is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes? *
*If any other past president had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
to take his First Lady to a play in NYC, would you have approved? *
*If any other past president had reduced your retirement plan holdings
of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM,
Would you have approved? *
*If any other past president had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics,
Would you have approved?*
*If any other past president had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive
and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift,
Would you have approved?*
*If any other past president had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought it a proud moment for America? *
*If any other past president had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia
Would you have approved? *
*If any other past president had visited Austria and made reference to the nonexistent "Austrian language,"
Would you have brushed it off as a minor slip? *
*If any other past president had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers
With people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes,
Would you have approved? *
*If any other past president had stated that there were 57 states in the United States, Wouldn't you have had second thoughts about his capabilities? *
*If any other past president had flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door in his home town, would you not have thought he was a Self-Important,
Conceited, Egotistical Jerk. *
*If any other past president had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, wouldn't you have winced in embarrassment? *
*If any other past president had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?*
*If any other past president's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic,
Would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11? *
*If any other past president had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made
into a major ongoing political issue with claims of Racism and Incompetence? *
*If any other past president had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America,
Would you have ever approved. *
*If any other past president had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so...
would you have approved? *
*So, tell me again,
what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? *
*Can't think of anything?
Don't worry.
He's done all this in 30 months –
so you have less than 12 months time to come up with an answer.*
*Every statement and action in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama.
Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable. *
AND NOW--
HE ACTUALLY WANTS US TO RE-ELECT HIM.
WAKE UP AMERICA 2012 IS UPON US.
"I WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU
WILL FORWARD THIS ?"
I DID BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS GUY FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS . . .
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing!"
Dean E. Ewing
Lt. Col. USAF (VC), Retired
Hey Dad,
This might be an interesting read, but maybe not.
http://www.factcheck.org/2011/06/obamas-bumbles/
Hi Jen,
I guess I should know your view on politics but have NO idea. I do not mean to step on your toes. I have strong feelings about this guy but I'm willing to listen to someone elses ideas.
I am republican, I guess by birth. That said, I vote for the person, not the party.
We have to do something about our government. Don't kno what or how but they are all in bed with big business and only need you and me to pay their bills!! I am discussed with all of them, top to bottom!!
Ask some day. I will tell you how I really feel!!
Dad
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:44:17 -0800
Dad,
It wasn't Jen that sent the link. It was me, Matt. I do not mind your views, though they are different then mine. I was just sending it to you to use as a reference. The site sent is fair to both sides of the political spectrum. It is awesome that you take an active interest in our government. I wish everyone did, whether their views are the same as mine or not. That is what makes this country great. I just feel the
www.factcheck.org will keep you and everyone informed. So check it out, I think you might like the site. Matt