I find the watermelon analogy quite racist. Not all us south of 80ers are watermelon seed spitting red necks On Mar 23, 2016 10:51 AM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It’s like you want a cheeseburger and someone offers you the choice of > watermelon, cantaloupe, or kiwi fruit. None of them is even close to what > you want. Maybe you take the kiwi fruit because it’s the most “different” > of the choices, or to protest the lack of cheeseburgers on the menu, but > now they think you love kiwi fruit and order more for you. > > My son is a Bernie supporter but would probably vote for Ron Paul before > any of the other candidates running, and would probably pick Vermin Supreme > if the only other choice was Donald Trump. I’m not sure Bernie supporters > necessarily go to Hillary. Voter turnout among young people tends to be > low, and if they don’t have a candidate they like, maybe they just stay > home. > > > *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:27 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [political] [utah] > > What matters is the delegate count though, here's the totals that each > candidate gained last night: > > Trump: 58 > Cruz: 40 > Kasich: 0 > > > Clinton: 51 > Sanders : 57 > > So in essence nothing changed. Also come Nov all the Sanders supporters > will vote for Clinton because they are really not that much different. But > on the republican side most non-trump supporters are pretty squeamish about > actually voting for trump. Polls* have shown that non-trump republicans > would rather: > 1. not vote > 2. write in someone else > 3. just vote for Clinton to make sure trump is nowhere near the nuclear > football. > > (*polls this far out are pretty meaningless tho...hello president > Giuliani, Romney, Huckabee, Santorum ;-) > > -Sean > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chuck, >> >> So I'm watching the polling right now.. it's *very* early, only 3% (R) >> and 11% (D) ballots counted. >> [R] So far It's Cruz 58.8%, Kasich 22.0%, Trump 19.2%. >> [D] So far it's Sanders 74.8%, Clinton 24.1%. >> >> Since you're over there in beautiful Utah, I'm interested in hearing >> your (and others) thoughts on this so far. >> >
