King Tendulkar Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 I feel obama has only 50/50 chance of winning, despite the polls saying he has it in the bag. When whites actually enter the booth and have to put an X next to the black mans name I don't think many of them can actually do it. When asked in polls many will say they will vote for Obama but in the actual election they will chicken in it. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article4950484.ece
Brainfade Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 If that is the reason he loses, it will really be a shame. If the reason he wins is that a significant number of African-Americans in the swing states vote for him because he is African-American, that will be a shame too. Racism works both ways.
cowboysfan Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 you might have something there.obama is 10 points ahead in VIRGINIA which has not voted Democrat for 44 years.I would still be surprised if he won there.
gs Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Its a tight race. The rednecks in the south will be balanced by the overwhelming AfAm support.
Holysmoke Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 ^^^ :haha: when was that ?? third debate? Yep.
Cricketics Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 wow, i thought u were pro mccain supporter?? perhapz until very first thread was started on elections.. debates got to you i reckon and changed your mind?? good though
Rajiv Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 wow, i thought u were pro mccain supporter?? perhapz until very first thread was started on elections.. debates got to you i reckon and changed your mind?? good though are, pappu kiski baat ka raha hain
Cricketics Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 are' date=' pappu kiski baat ka raha hain[/quote'] teri, hore kiski?? mere khyal pahle tu mccain ko support kar rah tha starting mein atleast. and now obama??
Rajiv Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 teri' date=' hore kiski?? mere khyal pahle tu mccain ko support kar rah tha starting mein atleast. and now obama??[/quote'] ??? huh, kidhar se idea aaya tereko..I was supporting hillary, but never these republicans
Cricketics Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 ??? huh' date=' kidhar se idea aaya tereko..I was supporting hillary, but never these republicans[/quote'] acha sahi hai fir.. galat fahmi ho gayi hogi
Cricketics Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 ??? huh' date=' kidhar se idea aaya tereko..I was supporting hillary, but never these republicans[/quote'] acha sahi hai fir.. galat fahmi ho gayi hogi shayad
Brainfade Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Its a tight race. The rednecks in the south will be balanced by the overwhelming AfAm support. Racists balancing racists. Lovely.
Ram Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Since you guys want to know what 'White' Americans think about Obama, I would like to share a conversation I had with American colleague ( yes, he's white). Every time I have talked with him about the elections, he's always been pro-Obama. There's a definite sense of disgust about the previous 8 years of Republican rule. With respect to yesterday's debate, he told me that McCain was all about taking jabs at Obama and saying negative things about him. Obama had more constructive answers to give about the problems Americans are facing. He said that McCain indulged in sniper like tactics in yesterday's debate and some of the things he said and did 'were not Presidential' When I mentioned to think that its actually a scary thought to think that someone like Sarah Palin could become the most powerful person in the world, not just of America, he agreed with me and said 'Generally, you refer to the American President as the leader of the free world. Its definitely scary to think that a novice like Palin can actually become the President'. The impression that I get from talking to people is, most of them are just plain fed up with the state of the economy, high fuel prices etc. They're desperate for change and they dont seem to think McCain can give that change. And mind you, these are all well to do, middle-class to upper middle class individuals. If they feel nervous about the state of the economy, imagine what the average plumber must be feeling. And oh btw, not once did he even mention about Obama being black.
varun Posted October 17, 2008 Posted October 17, 2008 Racists balancing racists. Lovely. AA's have always voted Democrats by around 80/20, now they are for Obama around 90/10.. Considering that the AA's are only around 15-20% of the population, it's not a big affect.. And you wouldn't imagine that they'd be voting for Obama just 'coz he inspires them do u ? You'd consider their vote racist ? How about the latinos voting for the black guy ? Their margin is around 70-30 right now in most swing states.. That racist too ? There's an important distinction that I think you are probably missing. Obama inspires most minorities in a positive way, and that's why they vote for him. He shows them that anything is possible in USA. As opposed to those that dont vote for Obama, even though they like his ideas, just because he is black and don't want to be governed by a black dude. That is tapping into a negative human emotion
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