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I know I have to severely knock on wood for saying so, but why exactly does Obama need 60 million votes at all when he'll have the other two hundred and forty million? Due respect, but the people who aren't voting for Obama in WV will not change their vote if Obama were to promise them ponies. I'd wager that the highest information voter in Appalachia thinks that Obama is one of several things and won't be convinced otherwise - 1.) Muslim 2.) Manchurian 3.) A socialist 4.) A traitor with no patriotism. There are some people who we are just going to have to move forward without. This is an over-generalization for sure, but the tone of this piece seems to suggest that if only Obama could show respect to the people who are horribly prejudiced against him, maybe he'd win them over. It might also be naive to think that the informed and progressive thinking American vastly outnumbers the uninformed and bigoted, but there it is.
