Lord Voldemort, the nature of evil, and politics

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "susanmcgee48176" 
<Schlobin at ...> wrote:
I don't think he's a saint, nor a savior. He's a human being who 
will need all of our and your prayers and support and caring to pull 
the country out of the worst place it's been in generations.
> 
> I'm sorry to offend (once again) those who supported John McCain.
> He sold his soul to the devil and has now neither his soul nor the 
> office. I'm glad he was honorable at the end.
> 
> But where was his speech denouncing supporters who shouted "kill 
him" at an (snip-I think you mean McCain) rally?
> 
> I was happy to see him contradict his poor supporter who said that 
> Obama was a Muslim? No, No, he's a good Christian.
> 
> But I support Colin Powell's comments (a republican). 
> 
> What is wrong with being a Muslim? could someone explain?
> 
> Mcain and Palin said that Obama was a terrorist, not a real 
American, the constant lies were spread that he was in fact a Muslim 
(how many  here believed it?)...what did Obama say about McCain? 
That he was involved in a scandal? What did Obama say about Palin?
> 
> McCain wanted to name his friend Joe Lieberman as V-P...

Tonks:
I join with you each night in praying for our country and our soon 
to be President. As a lifelong Democrat who has worked long and hard 
for my party (except this year) I am happy that we have a Democrat 
as President. It is how Obama won that disheartens me. (I will 
confess that I was a PUMA member this year.) 

McCain never called Obama a terrorist, and AFAIK neither did Palin. 
What Palin and the McCain supportered did was to point out Obama 
connections with those who were terrorist and who still hold a 
Marxist viewpoint. If you read Obama other book "Dreams of my 
Father", you will see that he sought out teachers who were Marxist 
when in college. He is a part of the far left of my party, none of 
us deny that. I don't think it was too over the line for the 
Republicans to point that out. Some of the talk radio folks might 
have gone a bit overboard, but they always do. McCain himself tried 
to run an honorable campaign. He told them not to runs the ads about 
Rev. Wright, he did tell people who were shouting 'kill him' to stop 
and he reasured them that "Obama is a good man, a family man and you 
have nothing to fear if he becomes President". McCain has been one 
of the most honorable politicians I have ever seen, and I say that 
as a Democrat.

You ask what Obama ever did to Palin? Obama has a bad habit of 
joking in a very derogatory way, first with Hillary Clinton and 
later with Palin. I, as a woman, found that very offensive. Others 
might not agree, and that is OK. I am just saying how it affected me.

I think that Powell is a Democrat, but everyone thinks he is a 
Republican because he worked for Republican.

As to Lieberman, I think that McCain did Lieberman a favor by not 
having his as VP, which would have swayed many angry Hillary 
supporters to McCain. Lieberman, hopefully, will be able to make up 
with his party and be allowed back in the fold. I know that they do 
not forgive or forget, but I am hoping and praying for a 'kinder and 
gentler' party. Lieberman is a good man, I hope they don't destroy 
him. 

Tonks_op
who is a bit sorry that I started this thread which is going in a 
direction I did not really intend.