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  •  I am not sure where you live (2+ / 0-)

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    Magorn, MO Blue

    and sometimes I question if the planet I live on is the same many Good Dems are on...

    But this country still has a problem with that pesky secret ballot.

    Lots of people you would not suspect are not going to vote for an African-American for Vice President.

    They may not even be able to admit to them selves as to why.

    Here in very blue Seattle, when counting ballots in 04, in ultra blue districts, I noticed a huge number of ballots that split the ticket by voting Dem except where a woman's name was on the ballot.

    I will wager some of them may not be able to answer why.

    I am originally from NC and I expect such things there, but in Seattle it was a surprise and I kept looking for more evidence to disprove what I was seeing.

    The biggest threat to America is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy... -- Frank Zappa

    by NCrefugee on Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 06:36:32 AM PDT

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    •  honestly (0+ / 0-)

      aside from maybe a few pockets of the deep south; I think this issue looms larger in our minds than it does in reality.  The very same thing was said about Kennedy's Catholicism.  Alf Landon's defeat supposedly "proved" that fact for all time.  But when the election actually came, was it even a measurable factor?

      Its a circular piece of thinking to to say "well America will never vote for a Black person because they are racist;  therefore we'd be foolish to put a black person forward as a candidate"

      in other words, you won't know until you try.

      Knowledge is power Power Corrupts Study Hard Be Evil

      by Magorn on Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 07:06:44 AM PDT

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