That sums up my feelings as well.
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 9:24 AM
Subject: Concerned


>I am a Concerned American Voting Citizen
> 
> By Phil Scovell
> 
> 
>     I followed the primaries this time more than I ever have
> before and I am a Ronald Reagan conservative.  I may even be more
> conservative than he was but he likely will be the greatest
> president in my lifetime.  Now, fast forward to the present day.
> 
>     As I write this, a man of mixed race, who prefers being
> addressed as an afro American, even when he is half white and half
> black, has been elected to be the president of the United States. 
> No, I did not vote for him nor could I.  I am not a political
> socialist, I do not believe in any form of Marxism, Leninism,
> Maoism, Communism, and most other isms, come to think of it, that
> fall outside the political scheme of open and free capitalistic
> governments which are representative republics.  I also have a
> strong affinity for religious freedom, freedom of speech, that is,
> the first amendment, gun ownership, the second amendment, and I
> could go on and on so I'll stop with the amendments at this point
> and just say, I am a constitutionalist.  No, I don't believe it is
> an inspired document, as the Bible being the Word of God, but I do
> believe God ordained the penning of the constitution and
> furthermore, I believe He ordained the creation of this country
> and its government.  I am also what some call pro life, or more
> specifically, anti abortion.  I am the father of a daughter, who
> has two fine children, but who, to my knowledge, has had at least
> one abortion.  We, her father and mother, learned about it after
> the fact.  She was an adult, married, and living away from home at
> the time she made her decision.  No, I couldn't have stopped her
> at the time even if I had known of it because she was an adult.  I
> could, of course, talk about what I believe, and don't believe,
> politically, page after page but I won't.  Needless to say, I
> cannot, nor will I ever, vote for anyone who believes abortion
> isn't the killing of the innocent.  If you are not a Bible
> believing, born again Christian, you may not understand why I said
> what I just stated but I can't help it if you are unable to meet
> me half way and accept me as a free American citizen who has the
> right to vote.
> 
>     After it was officially announced our new president elect
> was Barak Obama, I was greatly disappointed for all of the reason
> mentioned above and more.  On the other hand, I have two adopted
> grandchildren of mixed races.  I don't ever think of them more
> black than Mexican or more Mexican than American Indian, or more
> American Indian than black.  I trust you get my drift.  It doesn't
> matter, in other words, to me.  I do care if you cannot prove,
> when you are running for office in this country, if you are an
> American citizen, American born, in order to fulfill the
> constitutional requirements of the United states.  Yes, I even
> care if you live in this country illegally.  I do care about the
> other issues I personally believe in as both an American but most
> importantly, as a born again Christian.  With all this said, let
> me also tell you how I felt after the election.
> 
>     I felt proud to be an American.  The system still works.  I
> was proud to live in a country, where in my lifetime, a black man
> could be elected as the president in a free election by the
> people.  I also thought, since I was alive when Martin Luther King
> Junior was shot and killed, how I wished he had been able to
> witness how far we have come since his famous, "I Have A Dream,"
> speech which is still just as inspirational to me today as it was
> so many decades ago.  I also felt the need to pray for this new
> president probably more than any president I have ever prayed for
> in my 56 years of life.  With that in mind, we all should pray for
> our country more than we ever have because I believe Jesus is
> coming in my lifetime and perhaps much sooner than we think.  I
> personally plan on seeing Him for myself when He comes because of
> the promise I quote below.
> 
> 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
> that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world
> knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
> 2  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
> appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
> we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
> 
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