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On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Vern Green wrote:
I have to agree with you Mike, which is kind of sad if you think about
it. People voting or not voting someone based on the color of their
skin.
The truth is many, probably a huge majority of blacks will vote for him
for no other reason.
Do you mean in the primary (then you might be right), or in the general
election if he wins the primary? If he is the Democratic candidate for
President, he will get the black vote. But any Democratic candidate for
President will get the black vote. That's how it works.
The same is with the south where a huge number of whites will vote
against him. I think everyone is fooling themselves if they think a
vie-presidential candidate from the south will help bring the south on
board if Obama runs. Edwards couldn't do it for Kerry.
I think the Democrats should just give up on some of those states.
One thing I am waiting for is to hear what he really stands for.
Who do you expect to tell you? Read his book:
http://www.amazon.com/Audacity-Hope-Thoughts-Reclaiming-American/dp/0307237699/
He clearly is against the war in Iraq, and while that is very popular
with a huge part of the nation right now, that is not the only thing
that has to be considered. He seems to be in favor of higher taxes, and
at least seems to be agreeing with the token attempts at addressing the
immigration problem. I still need to see just how liberal he is.
You get to choose between higher taxes (in total, not necessarily for
*you*) and higher national debt. Most people, when given the choice,
prefer to reduce their debt burden than to spend like drunken sailors on
shore leave. Unfortunately, our President is a spender, not a saver.
If he is going to raise taxes, then I hope he at least raises taxes on
Mike too. :-)
How about raising them back to where they were for people making more than
$200,000 per annum? That wouldn't affect me.
Mike
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