I heard he was Muslim and related to Saddam!










KIDDING!!!!!!!!

I was listening to nose-picker radio a few days ago and they had a story about Latinos registering to vote for this election, many of whom will be voting for the first time. One person they profiled was a farmer from (I think) Arizona, who had 7 adult children and was finally talked into getting his citizenship and voter registration from one of his sons. It turned out this son was a community activist of sorts, helping his local Latino community understand the power of politics.

Apparently everyone in this family is planning to vote Democrat this fall, except for a lone exception: One of the sisters is a Republican.

They recorded a conversation that the activist brother and Republican sister had, and this is what she said, word for word (I kid you not):

Sister: "Oh I don't know, I don't think I will vote for Obama."
Brother: "Why not?"
Sister: "Because he's Muslim."
Brother: "He's not Muslim, he's a Christian and goes to church."
Sister: "Well, I don't know. Obama. Obama. His name sounds like Osama. I don't want to vote for him."

Honest to god, there are people like this.

If you choose not to vote for someone, do so because you like your own candidate a lot, or at least figure out why you don't want the opponent... not because his mother gave him a non-Anglo name.

The sad thing is that I think there are a lot of truly ignorant people like this in our country.

There are also those that vote on a promise of "hope" and "change" without knowing what they are hoping for nor what will change.

Stupid voters exist on all sides of the political spectrum.

Hey, a lot of kids buy Cracker Jacks not knowing what surprise toy is inside!!

Let's put it this way: "Hope" and "Change"--amorphous as they may be as to what their actual contents might be, are for many people a much better prospect than tried and true crap.

Yeah. Kids. :)

Let's put it this way: Back in 1999, I said to myself, "Self, let's not vote for Gore, because I can't stand Clinton. I'm not 100% sure about this Bush guy, but how bad can it get?"

Hmmm....so you're doing the same thing with Obama.....

I like your new avatar. Perhaps we need one of Obama super imposed over Hillary!

That doesn't even make sense.

Do you honestly not see a difference between voting for someone because they inspire you, even if it is somewhat vague an not voting for someone because of holding and absolutely demonstrably false belief about a candidate?

Voting for McCain "because he makes me feel secure in a dangerous world" isn't the same brand of idiocy as not voting for McCain because he's Chinese.

And voting for Obama because of vague promises of hope and change is indeed the same as your McCain analogy.

But to be fair, I do understand your first point. The second half of it is why I am not voting for Obama. I am not voting for McCain because he inspires me, I'll tell you certainly.