Posted on 10/31/2008 8:59:17 AM PDT by Bill Dupray
And there are a lot of them.
Patrick Campbell worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war. He says that leaves him leaning toward Obama ... maybe."I'm split right down the middle," said the 50-year-old Air Force Reserve technician from Amherst, N.Y. "Each one has things that are good for me and things that are bad for me. And people like me."
With the sand in the 2008 campaign hourglass about depleted, Campbell is part of a stubborn wedge of people who, somehow, are still making up their minds about who should be president. One in seven, or 14 percent, can't decide or back a candidate but might switch, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll of likely voters released Friday.
Who are they? They look a lot like the voters who've already locked onto a candidate, though they're more likely to be white and less likely to be liberal. And they disproportionately backed Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed run for the Democratic nomination.
And there you have it. The PUMAs are not some little fringe group of angry women. They are at least 14% of the electorate, but more importantly, they, as undecideds, are the ones who will decide the election. Some think they will nearly all break for McCain. Maybe Obama should have treated his Sweeties a little better when he had the chance.
More . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...
What does “PUMA” stand for?
Amherst is 2 minutes from me. Totally lacking in signs this election. Just a few Obama and McCain signs here and there.
‘Each one has things that are good for me and things that are bad for me.’
vs
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
There you have it, in a nutshell.
Party Unity My A**- Basically Hillary supporters or other Democrats who are supporting McCain.
Thanks.
Not all readers are old timers here. All this acronyms stuff is a loss of communication. Sorta like texting causes.
Purposely dumbing down our ability to communicate.
Comment ... not attack or insult intended.
Good rule!
See #7
PUMAs are REAL Democrats and believe in this country. I’d be pissed, too. Just goes to show you how out-of-touch the media is.
I’m split right down the middle,” said the 50-year-old Air Force Reserve technician from Amherst, N.Y. “Each one has things that are good for me and things that are bad for me. And people like me.”....
You’ve got to be kidding, right?.....You’ll NEVER have a good day under SOCIALISM. There will be absolutely no incentive to make more money! I’ll be damned If I’m going to give a larger amount of my friggin check to these incompent big spending ASSHATS in government!
Party Unity? My Ass!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_ipqk6dj4 Puma Video
“worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war.”
Would this “undecided” voter like to go off to war to another country or would he like to have the war here on our turf? Answer that question! If we didn’t go to Iraq, then the terrorists would be over here in our malls, schools and streets.
Party Unity My Ass
Thank you for the come back.
I did figure it had to be related to Hillary’s campaign.
It is still shocking to me when I consider it; how amazing it is Hillary got bested. She had been readying herself for years. It seemed likely she would do what she has always done (KILL HER OPPENENT) one way or another. Sometimes literally.
Ivanka is a PUMA? Nice! (I know her dad is.)
And now she is a Jew. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3615707,00.html
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