Why is that if you don't vote for Obama, you're a racist? Never mind that he hasn't produced a birth certificate, dismisses any checks into his associations as "distractions," doesn't want to take care of his aunt in public housing but wants taxpayers to, calls wanting to control one's own money "selfish" and only started to give to charity when he began his run for president, bans access by media who haven't endorsed him or ask him or his VP tough questions, etc. Maybe, just maybe, Specter was referring to those who have found that they're ridiculed if they're not voting for Obama and so tell pollsters one thing but would vote another. (People in my neighborhood have had their McCain lawn signs stolen so it wouldn't look there was any support or momentum going his way.) Or maybe he thought the pollsters aren't sampling accurately. I can't vouch for the intent of his comment, but to assume racism is irresponsible and incendiary.

There is no outrage when people are voting for Obama purely because of race. Howard Stern's experiment in Harlem proved that.

Problem is, the only outrage should be that with all this time that's passed, there are many people who will be casting their vote without knowing the issues or the candidates' records. Unfortunately, so many articles and news shows are focused on the latest verbal zinger or on polls, and not delving into issues like education and foreign policy. This election is incredibly divisive, and I hope that whoever wins, we can all support the winner and present a united front to the world.

Because something is happening

But you do know what it is

Don’t you, Ms. Traister ?

It's a free country. We all must strive to be balanced and truthful. You ask questions about Obama's background but what questions are you asking about McCain's?

-Yes, both were born in the USA. Hawaii was a state when Obama was born...check out the birth certificate and newspaper achives. McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone...US territory.

-Hmmmm??? Near the top of the class at Harvard Law or near the bottom of the class at Anapolis? What's that telling me? Who's daddy was pulling strings?

-Where are all of McCain's POW buddies? Where are the naval guys to tell us what a fabulous leader he was? Just how many planes did he crash?

-McCain cheated on his wife after she was injuried. He was running around with Cindy before he was even divorced. What does that tell you about the man? What does that tell you about his morals? I'm betting Carol McCain gets a big cash settlement sometime in December for keeping her mouth shut.

-If the press digs deep enough, they can find something on anybody. Every politico has been to a party that someone "suspect" has also attended. Geezze.

-Can you say Keating 5?

Let's be done with Rovian fear politics. Analyse and think.

you probably thought my post was about you

That great patriot Lindsey Graham warmed up another crowd with this comment about Obama's ad:

"Anybody see the infomercial last night? Thank God for cable. If we had played that at a prison camp, it'd have violated the Geneva Convention."

Always good to know that torture is funny -- and so apparently is watching four real-life struggling families describe their hardships.

Is this guy in danger of losing his seat by any chance? That would be pretty humorous.

I wonder how many people are telling pollsters they'll vote for McCain, but secretly don't want a white woman in the White House?

I guess that "effect" will be yakked about when McCain loses by 15 points instead of just six.

And the rest of the country. And a Specter has haunted the Senate for too many years. I haven't read all the letters to see if this post might be redundant, so here goes.

Arlen Specter is a racist. No better than the troll who posted the first letter. For complex and however unfortunate reasons of political reality, Senator Obama can't point that out about his fellow senator but I sure as hell can. For too long we let the Specters of the Republican party get away with false claims of moderation. No more. Senator Specter, have you no decency? Gutless, racist prick.

I post over 3hrs ago, log off to take the family to church, come back and you're still fighting? LOL.

In these final days of the election people are forgetting (or not mentioning) one very important fact: The US (and world) economy had to collapse for Obama to even have a chance of winning. What does that tell you?

It means that the swing voters who end up voting for him are doing so out of desperation, believing the promises that he will "fix" things. But, as I've said before, nobody can "fix" the deep economic sh#t we're in. This will be another "Great Depression", kiddos -- you'd better stop believing that we'll get lucky this (umpteenth) time and dodge it (again).

So what happens then? As a jilted lover turns on a former flame, these people will turn on Obama with a vengeance once it becomes clear to them that all the promises were nothing more than that -- promises. The consequences could be -- to use another cliche -- devastating.

As I have said in many of my older posts -- beware of what you wish for.

And for those who are _really_ angry at how Obama ended up gaining this presidency I have two suggestions: (1) civil disobedience and (2) tax evasion. Two very powerful tools for public dissent against unwanted government. Use wisely :)

the "Bradley Effect" is not a measure of how many hidden racists there are. It is a measure of how Liberal intolerance has caused a widespread fear of being called racist. The millions of people who told pollsters and others for the last 12 months that they were voting for Obama, but will actually vote for McCain (yup...millions) were never racists. They were just reluctant to sacrifice themselves on the altar of Liberal self-righteousness. Political correctness in the stuff of the Bradley Effect, not racism