I don't believe anywhere in the article that the writer used any statistics that could back up his assumptions as you have referenced below. It isn't so much as writing a truthful article or to create a thought provoking piece of literature, the main objective was to proclaim that a certain portion of society is racist because the author proclaims it to be so.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Matthew Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > People can say that, but the stats tell differently. > > "White voters nationally favored McCain by a 55-43 margin — in > Missouri, it was 57-42 for McCain. The vote percentage among Missouri > whites this time was identical to 2004, when 57 percent of white > voters favored Bush over Democrat John Kerry." > http://www.kansascity.com/383/story/876884.html > > Apparently 57% of white voters in Missouri favor Republicans in > general. And I hardly think that a 57-42 margin looks grossly > different than the 55-43 nationwide margin. So if Missouri is racist > for not election Obama, then the country as a whole must be racist > since the margin is essentially the same. Of course the country as a > whole elected Obama, so the whole reasoning doesn't even make sense. > > Reading the original article, I see that he only said that some racism > tipped McCain over the edge to win such a narrow victory, but the > above numbers argue against that as well. Under that analysis you > have to assume that McCain gained more votes based on racism than > Obama did. > > > > -- http://votetom4council.webs.com/ http://417-political-pundit.blogspot.com/ www.moliberty.org "lite a fire for a man he'll be warm for a day, lite the man on fire and he'll be warm the rest of his life". Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) "You don't pay taxes - they take taxes." ~ Chris Rock~ "no cause is lost if there is but one fool to fight for it" ~Will Turner~ ~Pirate's of the Caribbean @ World's End~ Save your property rights www.mo-cpr.org http://www.radiofreeliberty.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
