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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.

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Friday, September 12, 2008 05:40 PM

@ deering: I live in TEXAS ! @$%^$

Is there some part about Texas being a confirmed red state that you don't understand? I have explained many times why I am voting for McKinney. Here in TEXAS, it doesn't matter who I vote for. It won't affect the outcome.

You are welcome to look through my archives since I grow tired of repeating myself.

Friday, September 12, 2008 05:41 PM

Unbelievable, Not

This is absolutely scary that there are folks in this day and age harboring views such as this about blacks. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with the sucking economy and they have nerve to want somebody like them in the white house? Heaven help us all. It obviously makes no difference to these folks what the issues are as long as the inhabitants of the white house are white. I guess a little education would go along way. Very pathetic. Whoever said this country is toast, you are absolutely right. America's days are numbered. It is very sad when the first thing someone thinks about if Obama gets elected is his assasination. I guarantee you this, if that does come to past you will see hell like you have never seen it before.

Friday, September 12, 2008 05:46 PM

@ deering: Put your thinking cap on, why don't you?

I am not trying to be rude, but you sound really silly calling me worst than a racist for voting for a black woman.

Friday, September 12, 2008 05:58 PM

Santos, Amigo!

If he looses there is always Cuba. I know some people who understand the currents and the sharks so well that there are ways to safely float there even in a little inner tube.

Paradise awaits you in Cuba, hombre! They got all these classic cars in perfect condition the people all get to drive for free, and everybody is educated. They can all read if they get allowed into the library, and now they got Russian bomber pilots, handing out solid gold coins to help their girlfriends' families prosper.

Then there is Venezuela. He could go there with Michelle if he looses and have a big hacienda, and form of government in exile while we homies get to riot, revolt and reload, until the inevitable collapse takes place and we really do get the kind of just society we really do deserve.

This is why I disagree with that guy, Lotus Feet, who has bad grammar, can't spell and who says our ideas would only work on Mars,

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:06 PM

@AKASmith

1) I didn't know you lived in Texas. Even still, won't your vote count in the popular vote? Isn't that at least _something?_

2) You are voting out of spite, pure and simple. You will throw your vote away on someone who can't win and can't help this country instead of voting for someone who _can_ help. Do you think Hillary herself would be happy with you just giving up, which is essentially what you are doing? You are not a racist, but you are voting out of spite (to stick it to the Dems) just as they are voting out of spite (to stick it to those liberal "elite.")

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:20 PM

Men and women moving toward Obama (eventually)?

I think men are starting to move toward Obama because they are starting to get worried about having Palin as a v.p and freaked out by the idea of her being president. That may very well cancel out and possibly outnumber women who jump from the Hillary camp to McCain because of Palin if the interviewers keep the rightful and appropriate pressure on her that they would keep on male candidates. Time will tell. Hell: many of those very same women may jump back to Obama as they learn about Palin's lack of world knowledge and the whole rape test kit issue (she wanted to charge victims for the kits). I wish there was a way to push that issue tastefully but I think the women on Obama's team could do it to great effect. Do those disaffected Hillary supporters really want a woman like Palin representing them? Hopefully, they will get past the "selling point" that she simply shares the same gender.

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:20 PM

deering, I am trying to be patient with you but you sound irrational.

The popular vote does not elect our president. The electoral college elects our president. I think I know the state I live in well enough to know that it is not likely to turn blue, but if it even looks like it might, then I will vote for Obama.

Now what is this spite stuff you are all upset about? What evidence to you have that I am voting for McKinney out of spite. McKinney opposed telecom immunity. She even voted against the Patriot Act and opposes govenment secrecy and the Greens have a great plank to their platform on women.

You just seem to be in a snit and for some reason, you want to play gottcha. Well, go ahead. Support your statements about me with evidence.

I supported Nader in 2000. Was that spite?

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:30 PM

@missioncreep

Thanks for the walk down memory lane, but what in the blazes does it have to do with the lunatic left shoving a candidate that was clearly unqualified AND unwanted by over half the party, much less the electorate and independents during the most crucial election of our lives. You knew about Ayers, Resko and Wright. His wife's loud trap. His paperthin qualifications.

Incidentally I formed my opinion of the SS Jefferson-Obama during the primaries when he turned on his own party for his ego gratification and told star-struck lefties what they insisted he tell them about Iraq. Iraq was NEVER Americans top concern, but you fools were going to delude yourself otherwise and NOTHING but NOTHING was going to deter you.

Blow off and say good-bye to the SS Obama. Might as well stick his mug on a surfboard in Hawaii and be done with it.

Friday, September 12, 2008 06:33 PM

Eye Opening Article.

While I thought those in rural America would not support Obama due to either race or the smear emails, or even generational but, it seems it hinges more on Obama's upper middle class standing.

I don't know what these people think others who run for office are like but, you'd think they would automatically figure if you are a senator, governor, in the upper parts of government then you'd be pretty well educated and make a nice living.

Not even the 'down home girl' Palin lives simply. she is a governor.

Someone on CNN tonight said the way people seem to want a person just like them, and haven't seemed to figure out the guy you have a beer with ruined the country. Yet, our country would elect someone who never graduated high school over a University educated person.

And we wonder why our country is going down the tubes.....

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