-----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 11:11 AM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Palin probably reduced the Bradley effect
Jones Beene wrote: The issue of "closet racism" skewing poll results is called the Bradley effect. (Look it up for details.) Anyway, there is evidence that the Bradley effect has been suppressed by the selection of Sarah Palin as vice president. To make a long story short, people who are biased against Obama now have an "excuse" to support McCain instead. They can say they are supporting a female candidate, which is as open-minded as supporting a black candidate. I'm a white guy who is certainly not racist. Give me Alan Keyes, J C Watts, or even Colin Powell, and I will vote for him any day over McCain. Why are we talking about racist whites when 90% of blacks are voting Obama! Palin's main appeal to appears to be toward fundamentalist Republican party regulars who would have voted Republican anyway. However, the selection was fruitful to the GOP because it motivated these people to get out and work for the ticket and vote. Palin may well be the first real person to run for VP or higher in my lifetime. She wasn't raised rich, and she didn't have her mind corrupted by an ivy league school! We need leaders in this country who are not fans of Frederich Nietzsche or Karl Marx. I was registering new voters last weekend.... The terrorists around the world are rooting for Obama. Doesn't that tell you something? Obama calls himself a Christian, but Qadhafi of Libya in a recent interview obviously considers him to be a Muslim in good standing. Jeff P.S. You can lay this mortgage scandal at the feet of Chris Dodd and Barney Frank Who oversaw the decisions to lend money with no down payment to people who didn't even have jobs. There ought to be indictments against these two along with Jamie Gerelick, Franklin Raines, and Daniel Mudd.
