I usually ADAMANTLY stay out of the political scene, keep my opinions to myself, but having several family members who work for the U.S. Post Office, when I saw this article, I was STEAMED!  

I realize that both sides will say or do whatever they have to win, but what this bloke did was COMPLETELY out of line!

The National Association of Letter Carriers every election sends out questionnaires for the candidates to reply to.  The Republican candidates repeatedly disregard these inquiries, while the Democratic candidates usually reply in a timely manner.

Yes, the NALC has endorced Democratic candidate recently, but they have also endorsed Republican candidates for Governor and Senate Seats in the past as well.  

I think the notions implied in this commercial for Washington State Governor Dino Rossi goes above and beyond disgusting!  To imply that Letter Carriers are predators (don't get me wrong; there are plenty who are not saints), is out of line.  

The Letter Carriers are known throughout the country for their many heroic and humanitarian deeds—often coming to the aid of children, their support of charitable organizations (muscular dystrophy, for one), and conducting the nation’s largest food drive to feed needy families.

Please spread the word.

(and no, I'm not a Democrat)

that might contribute to the consciousness raising of the electorate. Yours is a blatant example, but with just a little effort, many may be found, originating ostensibly from both sides of the aisle, the both of which of course belong to the owners of this country.  I agree with your outrage. Cheers - Gregory

The true failure would be to sit on my ass and lament the situation. Americans dont do that. Or at least they didnt used to.

We stand up and we fight back. Yes our forefathers victories have made us complacent.

Its more important now than ever to be vigilant and fight back any way possible.

Your demoralizing bullshit is getting on my nerves.

Go the fuck back to Russia or whatever hole you crawled out of.

Wow!  Go the *uck back to Russia, eh?  

Actually, I'm of Cherokee & European descent, but never mind...

You state it's more important to be vigilant and fight back any way possible?  Gee, thought that was what I was doing; raising the consciousness of some potential voters in a specific region as to the unethical practices of a politician by implying that their friendly neighborhood mailman was actually a pedophile just waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of their children.

But it figures that the members of a union would be attacked; after all, govt has been trying to do away with unions for ages....

And that's what I was doing; I was standing up, and fighting back against utter nonsense.

as far as my "demoralizing *" getting on your nerves; with exception of a few ads, I don't even post here, so I don't know where the hell you're getting this nonsense.

I'll go "back to Russia" if you pull your head out of your...." (never mind).

Have a nice weekend!

I was talking to gregory not you sweetheart. I agree with you.

then why attack me? I'm only in favor of choices that mean something, instead of hiding my head in the sand and voting for the Ass or the Elephant, both of which are controlled by the people who own this country....

But too insinuate Germany is so much better than then the US and then in the next breath blame Socialisms shortcomings on the failure ot the US economy.

Your abviously smart and well educated. Probably more than me. I just happen to vehemently disagree with you on almost everything.

Also the only reason I keep posting the same shit over and over is because you are.

I apologize, Sweatleaf.  The way I read it (had not seen Greg's post), I thought you were referring to me.

Oh dear!

This is why I stay away from political & religious posts & threads; too heated.

Having grown up in a blue collar & military family, I appreciate "the working man", and in this case, letter carriers.

The purpose of this thread was to perhaps get people to read the link, and think about some of the underhanded tactics that have gone on during this election campaign; not to spark an argument.

I hope that we can just get out, vote, and move on with the future.

No, its not personal - but why are you "stalking" me? '

Of course not. We don't even know each other so it can't be personal. It's about ideas. Yours and mine differ. That's what makes the world go 'round. But I would hardly feel compelled to "follow you around" this board and make post after post that adds nothing to the discussion other than that I disagreed with you. If you've got any good arguments, let's hear 'em. Else, I'm simply going to ignore you, and let the readers decide for themselves.

You posted your opinion and I posted mine in response. Simple communication.

And you have it backwards You were the initial poster and you reposted the subject over and over.

I saw your first post and let it slide in the interest of tolerance. Then you posted it over and over changing the words slighlty and using caps. So I figured you wanted to argue.

I argued, successfully I might add. Since you have to resort to the "oh poor me you were mean defense" instead of sticking to your original issues.

Your not Palins campaign manager are you?

If I post, and you comment, and I post something else, and you comment again, and all of your comments are not much more than "I don't like your post", then who is stalking who?