At 07:00 PM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: >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.
And I didn't mean to imply that you did. I just wanted to call attention to the problem of race that threatens to overshadow the real issues of the current race. (;)) >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. Correctamundo! >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. And *both* groups are racist bigots. . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
