Why McCain Won

I wonder why you are allowed to write such articles and what makes you think you that any of the information you type is even correct. For one as you mention the fact of people moving to democatic side to support Obama because they were Clinton followers because they were upset when McCain appointed Palin. Now this comes right after you state that the majority of us only vote based on racial issues and bias because we don't know anything about politics. How would that even make common sense. If I was a woman and only supported the female issue and was mad that Clinton lost the primary I would be happy to stay with rep party especially after they got me a woman vp, especially if what you were saying was true and I did not know all the information on the party platforms. I mean the simple issues like the fact that Clinton and Obama for one did not have the same policies so if I did support her woman or not, just because she told me to, I would not move to his camp. The poltics are the issue , and true to fact as we have seen in the last few weeks when they have been addressed in debates (amazing that we listen and read) obama has CHANGED (maybe that is what his change logo is about - he can change his plan at any moment- his tax plans. Especially when he was questioned about them. As to the simple question - Why do we hang up the phone when the survey people call our house? WE ARE AT HOME AFTER WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES and if this article is indication you really don't care what we think you have already decided that if Obama loses it will have nothing to do with the poor political race, environmental issues he has planned, or terrible foreign policy. I hung up the phone on your survey and will not vote early but my family will vote McCain/Palin - We support our Military !

I wonder why you are allowed to write such articles and what makes you think you that any of the information you type is even correct. For one as you mention the fact of people moving to democatic side to support Obama because they were Clinton followers because they were upset when McCain appointed Palin. Now this comes right after you state that the majority of us only vote based on racial issues and bias because we don't know anything about politics. How would that even make common sense. If I was a woman and only supported the female issue and was mad that Clinton lost the primary I would be happy to stay with rep party especially after they got me a woman vp, especially if what you were saying was true and I did not know all the information on the party platforms. I mean the simple issues like the fact that Clinton and Obama for one did not have the same policies so if I did support her woman or not, just because she told me to, I would not move to his camp. The poltics are the issue , and true to fact as we have seen in the last few weeks when they have been addressed in debates (amazing that we listen and read) obama has CHANGED (maybe that is what his change logo is about - he can change his plan at any moment- his tax plans. Especially when he was questioned about them. As to the simple question - Why do we hang up the phone when the survey people call our house? WE ARE AT HOME AFTER WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES and if this article is indication you really don't care what we think you have already decided that if Obama loses it will have nothing to do with the poor political race, environmental issues he has planned, or terrible foreign policy. I hung up the phone on your survey and will not vote early but my family will vote McCain/Palin - We support our Military !

I wonder why you are allowed to write such articles and what makes you think you that any of the information you type is even correct. For one as you mention the fact of people moving to democatic side to support Obama because they were Clinton followers because they were upset when McCain appointed Palin. Now this comes right after you state that the majority of us only vote based on racial issues and bias because we don't know anything about politics. How would that even make common sense. If I was a woman and only supported the female issue and was mad that Clinton lost the primary I would be happy to stay with rep party especially after they got me a woman vp, especially if what you were saying was true and I did not know all the information on the party platforms. I mean the simple issues like the fact that Clinton and Obama for one did not have the same policies so if I did support her woman or not, just because she told me to, I would not move to his camp. The poltics are the issue , and true to fact as we have seen in the last few weeks when they have been addressed in debates (amazing that we listen and read) obama has CHANGED (maybe that is what his change logo is about - he can change his plan at any moment- his tax plans. Especially when he was questioned about them. As to the simple question - Why do we hang up the phone when the survey people call our house? WE ARE AT HOME AFTER WORK WITH OUR FAMILIES and if this article is indication you really don't care what we think you have already decided that if Obama loses it will have nothing to do with the poor political race, environmental issues he has planned, or terrible foreign policy. I hung up the phone on your survey and will not vote early but my family will vote McCain/Palin - We support our Military !

Jonathan Alter expended a lot of words and energy before finally stating his thesis in the last few sentences: people should vote for Obama for no better reason than the fact he is black because it will make you feel good about yourself and/or score brownie points with non-U.S. citizens who think America sucks. Wouldn't that make Obama a "token" black president? Sounds like Alter is trying to lay a guilt trip on Americans out of fear his candidate can't win. Psychologists would label this tactic manipulation. Mature voters aren't buying it.

Never underestimate the capability for the LIV's in this country to do the dirt-stupidest thing they possibly can. They will vote against their interests, and if you spell it out for them in small words and big letters, they'll do it anyway out of spite.

I wonder why Obama is working so hard to help these people. I think the best way to fix this country is to deport the LIV's to the bottom of the sea floor.

Who are the racists really??? Lets have a look.

"Press Releases

AJC Strongly Condemns Rev. Jesse Jacksons Comment on American Jews
October 14, 2008 - New York - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has condemned the Rev. Jesse Jackson's statement about "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades."
"Rev. Jackson's remarks, which appeared in an interview with the journalist Amir Taheri in today's New York Post, echo classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish power," said AJC Executive Director David A. Harris. "This statement, regrettably, is not the first troubling comment by Rev. Jackson regarding Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people.

Arguing as a private citizen that an Obama administration could bring significant change to U.S. foreign policy, Jackson was quoted as saying that "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" would lose much of their influence should Senator Obama be elected president."


http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=6107743

And people are upset about what some in the crowd are saying at Palin events? Isn't this the same Democrat leader who once called New York "Hymietown" ?

I had a lot of respect for your article until the last sentence and that is where I became offended. I have plenty of common sense and I am a decent person. Nothing in this whole miserable election year has infuriated me more than the inferrence that I and other Republicans and middle-of-the-roaders are voting against Obama because we are racists. Did it ever occur to anyone that we are voting against him because he is an extremely liberal Democrat? That we might actually be voting on the issues? The media assumes we are racists and therefore have no rights to an opinion. And you wonder why we refuse to participate in the media BS by answering your stupid questions. Why don't you do some research on the numbers of those voting FOR him simply because he is black, issues be damned? That is where the true racism lies.

Jonathan Alter should be ashamed of himself. The premise of his article is that McCain can only win if racism in America and prejudice against Obama's skin color prevail. What an appalling and false premise. There are many legitimate reasons to vote for McCain that have nothing at all to do with racism or prejudice. Mr. Alter's article is irresponsible and a provocation.

The last paragraph in this story says it all "the assumption that the common sense and denceny of the American people will prove the skeptics wrong" . In other words it is not politically correct to vote against Obama because he is more decent and has more sense that McCain? Rightttttttttttttttttt....Yes, that's a lot of the bias of the news media operates under. If it isn't politically correct its wrong. No wonder we get the kind of reporting we are presentally getting. No consideration of who would make the best president, just what is politically correct....What a way to pick a president.

It is pure sophistry to attribute racism and or ignorance as the sole basis for voting for John McCain. Mr. Alter has determined that a large portion of those voting for Senator Mccain are "LIV"; how does he classify the overwhelming proportion of Blacks who are voting for Obama? He has conveniently avoided any discussion of the rationale for this overwhelming preponderance of blacks voting for Obama. The possibility that Blacks are voting for Obama based on racial bias is not discussed. The relative level of comprehension of Black voters re: the issues at hand is also not conveniently discussed. IMHOP the push for an Obama presidency by progressive's is more a testimony to white guilt , and fear of the repercussions of an Obama loss. Indeed I would posit that many white Obama supporters secretly hope that the election of a Black president will ease the ever present Black hatred for, resentment of, and rancor towards white America. Sadly this will not happen, the dogma of Black liberation Theology (Obama's chosen sect), The Nation of islam, and the unlimited power of the race card as played by racial power brokers (i.e. Jesse jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters) precludes any healing of the racial divide.