“Socialist! Socialist! Socialist! — Get Out of Here!”

By DemocracyRules

h/t Politico.com

THE POLITICS OF CAPE FEAR

Barack Obama stopped for 1/2 hr at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken in Fayetteville, N.C. on Sunday.

Obama arrived at the barbecue restaurant around 12:30 p.m., where an older and majority white clientele of several dozen were eating lunch after church services. Many patrons applauded as he walked into the diner, but Diane Fanning, 54, began yelling "Socialist, socialist, socialist - get out of here!"

Later, Obama came to the long table where Fanning and other members of a local First Presbyterian church were gathered. He held out his hand to her and asked, "How are you, ma'am?" but she declined to shake his hand.

Obama spoke other parishioners at the long banquet table and got a  friendlier reception as he spoke about health care, taxes and Social Security. Fanning later said “Some of ‘em are just nicer than I am. I know how some of ‘em think... I still think he's a closet Muslim."

Fanning asked Obama about a North American union, and Obama responded: "Well, you know, I am opposed to it if it were happening. But it doesn't seem to be actually be happening... Any other questions?”

A man named Bramble said he would not voting for Obama because he didn't think he had enough experience. Bramble's wife, Kit, 75, said after meeting Obama, "He was very nice," but added she'd been a conservative Republican since Barry Goldwater's era and said she wouldn't vote for Obama.

Bremer, the groups’ pastor said that he would pray for Obama but he would vote McCain, because he prefers smaller government and McCain’s position on the Iraq war. He thinks there have been important gains in Iraq, and “I don’t want to see that damaged by a premature pullout.”

Mike Long, 33, a first-time voter in furniture sales, said after talking with Obama about health care that he’d gone from less than 50% likely to vote for him to “98%” likely.

But some of the other older white diners looked surprised and slightly uncomfortable as Obama stopped at their tables to shake hands. “I’m surprised, but I’m not going to say anything else,” said Pat Smith, who was joined by her husband.

A group of six retired women said they were mostly Democrats — but mostly undecided about how to vote.

“I have to pray about it, think about what’s best for our country,” said Dorothy Buie, one of the women.

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Health Care, schmealth care. Pardon me for asking, but why do we even an election issue about a scheme designed solely to gaurantee physicians', insurance CEOs' and hospitals' income?
Why don't we look at the ridiculous and arbitrary fees and expenses we are charged before we start making sure all doctors and hospitals get whatever they want!
Why have we become so damned concerned with insurance when all it does is to gaurantee income for mostly foreign doctors who take the money and give it to our enemies.!
Does anyone else worry that no other profession gets mandated gauranteed wealth without any concern as to quality and competence of the services provided? Wouldn't a better issue be to look into the price gouging and over charging of this profession at all levels!!