Gallup: Romney 52% Obama 45%

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Originally Posted by joeydb

I am familiar with Thomas Paine.

Barack Obama has very little in common with him, despite all of the grandiosity in the coverage of him by the media.

I'm not alluding modern day politicians to Thomas Paine. My concern is with the tone and quality of the society in which we live. Though it won't make the discussion any easier, I'll leave while introducing the German/Yiddish word Menschlichkeit. It means humaneness -- caring for the impoverished and oppressed, any less fortunate than yourself. My preference in governance is for those that can at least maintain a modicum of the empathy required for it.