Yes, we can.

[BarTopDancer]

I heard he was Muslim and related to Saddam!










KIDDING!!!!!!!!

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I heard he was Muslim and related to Saddam!

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.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

Honest to god, there are people like this.

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.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

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

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.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

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

Yeah. Kids.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

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?"

[scaeagles]

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!

[Alex]

That doesn't even make sense.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

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

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.

[scaeagles]

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.