What a phenomena, what's in the "Kool-Aid"? I live in a little hamlet in Northern Virginia, 20 miles from DC. It has no diversity and considers itself rather affluent. Yesterday was "Clifton Day", the annual street fair. Who showed up? Not just thousands of McCain supporters but Sarah as Wonder Woman. (or Wonder Woman as Sarah?) The cops had their picture taken with her. (emulating Troopergate?) What are these people thinking? Do they realize they would be voting for the leader of the free world, or what used to be free? Why would you want someone lacking intellectually (I would use the word "twat", which is the most appropriate word, but some of you have PC fits...) to serve as the Commander in Chief? Same question now for three presidential races.
Little girls were wearing pink "I LOVE SARAH" t-shirts, and a few African American boys were wearing "NOBAMA" shirts. How do you explain this, in terms of human behavior? You have individuals supporting a candidate who would not serve their own best interests. Clinically this would be termed, "self defeating personality disorder". And maybe that's what this is. This theme has now dominated the last three election cycles. The intellectuals (in their terms, elitists) versus (in their terms), the "everyman", who is actually anything, but. The perception that the republicans represents ANYONE (I mean is there any group that isn't disenfranchised by John McCain currently?), is odd. McCain would reduce funding for Medicare and Social Security, seniors SHOULD be outraged. Where is the outrage? People should be angry about McCain's policies of leaving EVERYONE out except large corporations and individuals making $250,000.
Clearly it is a choice between two human beings with very different life stories and very different beliefs. Certainly I am biased but what I see is an ethical, kind, caring, intelligent person who has modeled and lived by his moral compass all of his life, overcoming incredible obstacles, working hard. On the other side I see someone who has not worked hard, has not done well and is a huge liar. This record bears this out. This man is an adulterer, if that matters to you, and has no record of achievement. So why would thinking people support him? Without a doubt, it is nothing but race. I came to this conclusion yesterday as I watched the feeding frenzy. These people are driven by fear. They are afraid that a black man will be elected president. They are not just fearful they are now cornered dogs. Cornered dogs are dangerous.