On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 09:04 AM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > John Garcia wrote: > > > > > > > > Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed in alphabetical > > > > order) I was wondering what you all think of this matchup. I'm > especially > > > > interested in what > > > > our friends from outside of the USA think. > > > > > > > Here in Brazil it seems that McCain will easily win, and that Obama > > > is like a fringe candidate, just there to "prove" that Dems aren't > > > racist bigots (and Hillary was there just to "prove" the non-sexism). > > > > > > Alberto Monteiro > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > > > > > > >Hmmm..... > >That's interesting. Last summer, someone asked me who I thought would be > the > >next President and I replied > >"Some rich white guy". Now that I've heard Obama, I do think that he has a > >very good chance of being elected. > >Just how many voters will either vote for McCain or stay home is unknown. > >Not very many people are willing to give > >what may be seen as a "racist" answer to pollsters. > > > > Is the implication that voters must either vote for Obama or be > bigots, iow, the only reason anyone would not vote for Obama is > because he is black and they are racist? > > > . . . ronn! :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > No, and I don't mean to give that impression, if I did, I'm sorry. Certainly, there are those who will not vote for Obama because they disagree with his policies, or consider McCain to be a better candidate for President. That doesn't make them bigots or racist. But there are some who will automatically vote against him because of his race, just as there are some who will vote against McCain because of his. john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
