On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:01:44 -0500, in alt.atheism , "HEMI-Powered"
in wrote:
Matt Silberstein added these comments in the current discussion
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I haven't see that high a figure, but I don't explain it by
claiming that they all hate "Whites". After all, this group
voted for Kerry and Gore at about 75% and 25% for Bush, both
"White". They also voted against Alan Keyes for Senate twice.
Skin color is not all that matters. At least not to most of
us.
Best look further. Related example, the spin is on for exactly
why Colin Powell, a long-time Republican and 25 year friend of
John McCain would suddenly endorse Sen. Obama.
It is not exactly sudden. He has been sending signals on this for
months. And his part of a large number of long time
Republicans/conservatives who are abandoning McCain and endorsing
Obama. There is Reagan Solicitor General Charles Fried, ex-Gov William
Weld, and Chris Buckley to name a few. I can give you more. So why is
Powell's skin color what matters?
Some say he is
****ed at the way President Bush treated him while others say he
is really a closet racist. I don't know, do you?
Some say it is because space aliens mess with typesetting at the New
York Times. I mean, "some say" is a garbage claim.
Back to my figure of black voting preferences, I have seen this
quoted on Gallup, Rasmussen, and all the other major popular vote
and swing state electoral votes for weeks and weeks as the
Bradley Effect is debated. I don't know the true number as some
folks intentionally lie to pollsters. I do know this: if it were
revealed that white voters are 97% in favor of McCain there would
be a public outcry.
Given that Obama is the first person with Black skin to run for
president and McCain is like the 200th they would have a point.
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