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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>First, I find it offensive that there is an assumption that everyone on the listserv is a Democrat or espouses that party’s platform. Look up the definition of “group think”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Second, I find it offensive to perpetuate negatively distorted characterizations of one candidate (and I’ve often found that this listserv also perpetuates characterizations of others that are just as distorted through bias on perceived positives). That’s the Kool-aid part.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And yes, the Kool-aid analogy could be attributed to all of us, myself included, who participated fanatically in something called the Spirit Movement that came pretty close to being a cult. You’re right. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#4F81BD'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Walters<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 1:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Susan <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You need to explain what our collegue Herman has said that has offended you. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As one who is retired, pay no federal income tax, plus in two months from today I will qualify for Medicare - I am proud to say that I am part of the 47% that Romney spewed so much contempt for in the video referenced in Herman's comment. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I didn't know that Herman was in the Kool-Aid business, although if Joe M athews was with us and still teaching RS-1, he certainly would be accused of such.<br><br>-David Walters<br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just for the record, not everyone on this listserv has drunk your KoolAid, and I’m offended by your language in the message below and the one that succeeds it.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;color:#4F81BD'>Susan</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;color:#B60B03'><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/18/the_real_romney.html" title="The Real Romney"><span style='color:#B60B03;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The Real Romney</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/real-romney-is-a-sneering-plutocrat.html"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#B60B03;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Jonathan Chait</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> says the </span><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/09/17/romney_explains_obama_voters.html"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#B60B03;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>hidden camera video</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> that went viral yesterday exposes Mitt Romney "as a far more sinister character than I had imagined. Here is the sneering plutocrat, fully in thrall to a series of pernicious myths that are at the heart of the mania that has seized his party. He believes that market incomes in the United States are a perfect reflection of merit. Far from seeing his own privileged upbringing as the private-school educated son of an auto executive-turned-governor as an obvious refutation of that belief, Romney cites his own life, preposterously, as a confirmation of it..." </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br><span style='background:white'>"The revelations in this video come to me as a genuine shock. I have never hated Romney. I presumed his ideological makeover since he set out to run for president was largely phony, even if he was now committed to carry through with it, and to whatever extent he'd come to believe his own lines, he was oblivious or naïve about the damage he would inflict upon the poor, sick, and vulnerable. It seems unavoidable now to conclude that Romney's embrace of Paul Ryanism is born of actual contempt for the looters and moochers, a class war on behalf of his own class."</span></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_____________________________________________</span></u> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Herman Greene</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2516 Winningham Drive</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapel Hill, NC 27516</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>919-929-4116 (h)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>919-624-0579 (c)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>919-942-4358 (f)</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skype: hgreene-nc</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:hfgreene@mindspring.com">hfgreene@mindspring.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ OE mailing list <a href="/eonapps/ft/wm/page/compose?send_to=OE%40lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a> <a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>