On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > Agreed. john _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
