there are black conservatives.
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there's still plenty of time for them to come to their senses.
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there are black conservatives.
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there are black conservatives.
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BTW, there are also white, italian-american catholics who are liberals who support Obama.
There are white liberals. I'm one of them.
This is fun. There are Asian Libertarians.
Tonight's debate is going to be uncomfortable. McCain is going to get angry, possibly lose his temper, and certainly call Obama every name in the book. He's going to primarily use the fear doctrine the Bush Admin. was so sucessful at, saying Obama is unfit, pals with terrorists, insinuate every stereotype that racist whites will buy.
Obama will try to stay above the fray, but he will have to address the comments in a forceful, direct way, then move on to the real issues.
I predict McCain stepping all over himself.
BTW, there are also white, italian-american catholics who are liberals who support Obama.
Reports out of early voting states say that African American turnout is MASSIVE. I think it actually may be exceeding the Obama campaign's already high expectations. Just awesome news.
I'd love to see that happen. And while I don't think it's a probability, it's certainly a possibility.
Again, I think the key for Obama is to lay down a few well-written sentences as a "final punch" to the smears, and then move on to the issues. The contrast between a festering old man who is stuck on smears and the guy who's talking about the economy will be stark.
Obama is now consensus up in FL. pulling away in OH. and PA seems to be totally out of reach for McCain.
we're already hearing it, but a right wing narrative is already being put forth that McCain lost because of the banking crisis. that's foolishly simplistic. McCain started to lose steam first with the "lipstick on a pig" and the "sex ed for 5 year olds" nonsense that happened well before the banking crisis. and it's less about the crisis itself, and more about the fact that McCain gave us the "fundamentals/strong" garbage. not to mention Palin's abysmal interviews. so it has nothing to do with McCain's unfortunate membership in the Republican party at an inopportune time in history.
resist that narrative. it's garbage. the difference is that since the banking crisis McCain has appeared unstable, melodramatic, self-pitying, hysterical, and erratic. Obama has been utterly and totally presidential. he is careful. he is calm. he is an adult.
and that's why he's winning. McCain -- the esteemed John McCain, once the most popular politician in America -- looks as if he is going to lose to, and i quote Chris Rock, "a black guy that nobody had ever heard of."
and he has only himself to blame.
Watch, though....
I'll bet that what we'll actually see tonight is McCain not directly going for any of the smears at all. He's going to try and use the fake "town hall" atmosphere to come off as a sweet, thoughtful, calm guy.
I still think he'll come off as a festering old bean, but I'm not banking on him slinging too much mud tonight.
If I remember correctly, thereabouts in August or early September when things looks tied/going McCain's way there was rumblings from Strongbow and others about the loonies on this forum declaring an Obama blowout victory months and months ago.
Still about a month to go, but it'd be useful to keep this in mind if the campaign keeps its current trajectory. It's possible those loonies were actually psychic.
actually many ran away form their supposed optimistic predictions
I think I have always said I expected a decisive win by Obama
my only question has been,
Is there a candidate that I can enthusiastically say,
"I am for him".
In the first debate he sounded like he was about to you yell, "You damn kids get off my lawn!" at any moment.
Somebody's been listening to Stephanie Miller on Air America!
Actually, I haven't. I hate talk radio of any kind. Actually, I just hate the radio in general. I only listen to my iPod even when I'm in the car..
actually many ran away form their supposed optimistic predictions
I think I have always said I expected a decisive win by Obama
my only question has been,
Is there a candidate that I can enthusiastically say,
"I am for him".
Interestingly enough, the Conservatives in Canada called a snap election fearing that an Obama win in the US would boot them (it probably would). They were up massively last week, en route to a majority and have plummeted in the polls some 11% over the last 4-5 days. Coinciding precisely with Obama's steep rise in national and state polls over the same period. Lucky for them there is only a week left, so they may benefit from it, but as of right now, things are looking ugly for them.