b,121Just to add - the thing that doesn't even really map well onto polling is what extent the voter registration drives that Obama's campaign has been grinding out will do between now and Nov.
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b,121 he just said that he would eliminate subsidies for ethanol and agricultural goods.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121one of the only issues on which J Mac can truly claim the "Maverick" mantle, and one of the few issues on which dude is right.
b,121 he just said that he would eliminate subsidies for ethanol and agricultural goods.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121And I agree that farm subsidies are a cancer but I didn't expect a candidate to touch the third rail on this issue. b,121b,121There is big money and heartland values that come into play when you threaten it. How we produce food in this country has huge implications to our national security, health, and well being.b,121b,121I am just not sure that McCain has middle Americans to spare in this election.
b,121 he just said that he would eliminate subsidies for ethanol and agricultural goods.
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b,121And I agree that farm subsidies are a cancer but I didn't expect a candidate to touch the third rail on this issue.
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b,121There is big money and heartland values that come into play when you threaten it. How we produce food in this country has huge implications to our national security, health, and well being.
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b,121I am just not sure that McCain has middle Americans to spare in this election.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121yeah I was just pulling that point about subsidies out of context; I did not intend to remark on your surprise re: his taking this position.b,121b,121his position is the true conservative one, which is ironic considering the political liablity it poses among "conservatives" to take this position.
what do blogger mean by "the jump"?b,121b,121I've started seeing this now but I dont' get it. Is that clicking on a link that takes you out to another website?
b,121Diebold knows* with some exactitude, so there's the
how/b1 the Republicans could know. Didn't Diebold return more Republican votes for Ohio than there were voters in 2006?b,121I watched the 2000/01 election in a Cambodian village with some of the poorest, least educated people on the planet. And they could see the election was a crock of sh*t. b,121b,121h,121
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Looking for a good thread to post this, but I knew you beat me when I saw u had brought this one back. b,121b,121Seriously tho, this clip is pretty incredible....
font class="post"1 b,121...completely filled to the brim with negrophobic closet racist 'liberals' who won't talk it like they walk it when the voting booth curtain closes. Just like most major American cities. b,121b,121Them, combined with the rest of America= McCain victory. I'll stake a case of Schlitz on it. img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headz.gif" alt="" /1
b,121...completely filled to the brim with negrophobic closet racist 'liberals' who won't talk it like they walk it when the voting booth curtain closes. Just like most major American cities.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121you're totally wrong, and I'm not just saying that cause I live in SF.b,121b,121you fundamentally misunderstand the mindset of the faux-liberal white SF resident. you can argue that these people are "negrophobic" or that they would never have a black friend in the real world, but you're wrong if you don't think these people [i]will actually vote for Obama./i1 they will.
b,121...completely filled to the brim with negrophobic closet racist 'liberals' who won't talk it like they walk it when the voting booth curtain closes.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121Do you live in Boston or San Francisco? Because I can guarantee you Obama will take at least 70% of the vote in Boston. Maybe you should stick to popping off at the mouth about your own hometown.
b,121...completely filled to the brim with negrophobic closet racist 'liberals' who won't talk it like they walk it when the voting booth curtain closes. Just like most major American cities.
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b,121you're totally wrong, and I'm not just saying that cause I live in SF.
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b,121you fundamentally misunderstand the mindset of the faux-liberal white SF resident. you can argue that these people are "negrophobic" or that they would never have a black friend in the real world, but you're wrong if you don't think these people [i]will actually vote for Obama.
/i1 they will.
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font class="post"1b,121b,121I>Obama won the democratic primary/i1, which, presumably is stocked by voters who fall into the "negrophobic closet racist liberal" category. b,121b,121People need to let go of the Bradley Effect. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. But in Obama's case, it hasn't happened where it should have. Why would the general election be any different? It's not like you have people on the right lying about voting for Obama. And the people on the left [i]already voted for him/i1. So why not again?
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b,121you fundamentally misunderstand the mindset of the faux-liberal white SF resident. you can argue that these people are "negrophobic" or that they would never have a black friend in the real world, but you're wrong if you don't think these people [i]will actually vote for Obama.
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b,121People need to let go of the Bradley Effect. I'm not saying it doesn't happen. But in Obama's case, it hasn't happened where it should have. Why would the general election be any different? It's not like you have people on the right lying about voting for Obama. And the people on the left [i]already voted for him
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font class="post"1b,121b,121[harvey]the Bay Area is even more racist than Birmingham, the difference is people in the South are more open about it[/harvey]b,121b,121anyway, the "negrophobic closet racist liberal," to the extent that he/she exists in great numbers in SF (I believe it's overstated), seeks precisely the type of impersonal, purifying political gesture that voting Obama affords.b,121b,121it's not like they have to be [i]friends/i1 with a black person, but they can always say they "did their part."b,121b,121either way, come November 2, I'll take it.
b,121...completely filled to the brim with negrophobic closet racist 'liberals' who won't talk it like they walk it when the voting booth curtain closes. Just like most major American cities.
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b,121Them, combined with the rest of America= McCain victory. I'll stake a case of Schlitz on it.
Bluegrass Legend Cuts Radio Ad for Obama in Va.b,121Susan Davis reports on the presidential race.b,121b,121John McCain may be pulling out of Democratic-leaning Michigan, but Barack Obama shows no signs of doing the same in Republican-leaning Virginia. b,121b,121Obama???s campaign is running a new radio ad in southwestern Virginia that features Grammy-winning bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley. b,121b,121???Howdy, friends. This is Ralph Stanley, and I think I know a little something about the families around here,??? the ad states. Talking Points Memo has the audio. b,121b,121???Barack???ll cut taxes for everyday folks ??? not big business ??? so you???ll have a little more money in your pocket at the end of the year. I also know Barack is a good man. A father and devoted husband, he values personal responsibility and family first.???b,121b,121Stanley is a legend particularly among the kind of voters???rural, white, lower-income???that populate that region of the state and that Obama has had difficulties winning over in his campaign. As a testament to Stanley???s popularity, bumper stickers began appearing in the Appalachian region that read, ???Ralph Stanley for President??? in the late 1970s. b,121b,121Clintwood, Va., is home to the Ralph Stanley Museum and a 2005 Roanoke Times story discusses his importance to the region. b,121b,121???Ralph Stanley has long been a legend in these parts,??? the paper wrote, ???In the last five years, though, he has become something more than that; he has come to symbolize the timelessness and durability of this old music and this region.??? b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121img src="http://www.efmf.ab.ca/004.performers/004-01.pastyears/2007/2007-p.images/2007-p.stanley_ralph.jpg"1b,121A banjo could win it for Obama!b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121b,121smart!@
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