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Obama supporters fear race may bring candidate down
reuters.com ^ | October 15, 2008 | Matthew Bigg

Posted on 10/15/2008 9:29:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: glide625

Wow, you are a silver lining kinda guy!

And yes, as it draws near, the “may” turns more into “going to”.


61 posted on 10/15/2008 9:51:00 AM PDT by autumnraine (Churchill: " we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender")
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To: Berlin_Freeper
This is really getting sick. Wake up America !! Barack Hussein Obama's campaign is the only campaign using the race card. The media certainly helps them along.

And yes, Barack earlier in his campaign told us all that Hussein was his middle name and that he was fine with it. That of course was before he decided it would be to his benefit if when we mentioned his middle name, he could then call us all racists and bigots.

I never thought that I would say this but, he and his ENTIRE group of radical compatriots have a plan for us and it is not a good one. Just remember Rev Wright. He is ONLY ONE of Barack Hussein Obama's mentors (the most vocal), Hussein is a very willing puppet.

62 posted on 10/15/2008 9:52:05 AM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: LS

I will say that “yes...maybe...” because there have been no studies, we do not know what precincts that the Wilder Effect will happen, it makes no difference if a region is heavily Republican, and people lie to pollsters, the Wilder Effect requires:

1. A population likely to fib to pollsters.
2. In a precinct that matters ie a typically Democrat one that could flip due to the Wilder Effect.

No one knows, granted it could keep the overall vote totals down for Obama, but unless it is in a District that matters, it won’t matter on a Battleground State usage.


63 posted on 10/15/2008 9:52:37 AM PDT by padre35 (Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

We’d better HOPE this country is more racist than we think.
If racism is what saves us from an Islamic president, it’ll do.
I’d be willing to blindly choose a name from a list of BLACK
CONSERVATIVES to be president. It’s not his color that would make him an ‘Obamination’ as president- it’s his background
and ideaology. He’a a Marxist, Socialist MUSLIM, IMO, and a
nothing short of his defacing the Koran on camera will make me think otherwise.
The world considers his Muslim and will see him as a Muslim
President. Perception is reality- and what if he gets in
office and drops the ‘Christian’ facade to ‘convert’ to Islam? Anyone think of that?
No stain of Islam in the White House- no, none. I wouldn’t even let Muslims work in or visit it! We’d damn well better
hope for good old-fashioned racism in November- ANYTHING that saves us from an Obamanation is good in my book.


64 posted on 10/15/2008 9:52:37 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The analysts also note that few people who are turned off by a black candidate’s race would likely vote Democrat anyway.

WOW...


65 posted on 10/15/2008 9:52:53 AM PDT by gkline1954
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To: Centurion2000

They are seriously priming the pump for riots to break out when their candidate loses.
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Looks to me like civil war is brewing no matter who wins.
I’ve been around awhile and I’ve never seen the extreme, rabid, frothing of the mouth bashing that is going on now between not only partisan rivals but between friends, family and neighbors. My own sister who is liberal is now very cool to me when we get together. I have two black friends of 30 years who kept sending me Obama propaganda and emails bashing McCain, Bush and the GOP. The last one called all who don’t vote for Obama racists. I’ve been quiet and respectful until that email. I finally had to tell them that I already voted for McCain by mail in ballot and that it was too late to get it back. I apologized to them for my racist behavior and hoped they would understand.


66 posted on 10/15/2008 9:52:54 AM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: Berlin_Freeper

These media polls that have Obama ahead by double digits are nothing more than racial intimidation. What they’re trying to tell people is “with a lead as big as this, Obama better win, or there’s gonna be hell to pay, so vote Obama or stay home, if you know what’s good for you”.


67 posted on 10/15/2008 9:53:43 AM PDT by The Fop (Just say NO to Jesus Lincoln King Jr.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

% of Whites voting for the socialist? 40?
% of Blacks voting for McCain? 99?

Who are the racists?

When rioters tears big cities apart, white conservatives living outside the cities will be blamed.

Go figure.


68 posted on 10/15/2008 9:54:44 AM PDT by ryan71 (My hockey mom bitch-slapped your soccer mom)
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To: autumnraine
My middle schoolers have already had black students talking about “Whitey needs killin’” when another student expressed support for McCain. I was appalled until I talked to several other students who were hearing the same stuff.

Hatred...from Ace of Spades

69 posted on 10/15/2008 9:55:26 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (TWO THINGS TO DISLIKE ABOUT OBAMA........HIS FACE!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It should bring him down. Why should Americans elect a racist like Obama?


70 posted on 10/15/2008 9:55:47 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
What he is describing is not racism. It is a fear of political correctness pressures and a fear of being branded as a racist - not actual racism. If Obama loses, which I consider slightly more likely than not (only slightly because I expect an exceptional level of voting fraud from Obama's Acorn allies), it will be because he's an anti-American socialist. It will be because he has spent his life surrounded by some of the most revolting people our country has produced. It will be because, despite the continuing drumbeat of "diversity", voters are putting our country's future ahead of the PC desire for a purely affirmative action choice for the White House.

Since the "poor and minorities are hardest hit" by everything that goes wrong, choosing the best possible candidate for president is the non-racist choice. The only reason I can find for voting Obama is racism: "He's not qualified, but at least he's black." Unfortunately, the public discourse has been so damaged by political correctness that far too many Americans are afraid to say they're not voting for the black candidate, even when their reasons have nothing to do with racism. The result: the "Bradley Effect", a phenomenon that I pray will soon be renamed the "Obama Effect". Voters don't decide to vote against a candidate when they walk into the voting booth and suddenly realize he's black. They decide early on to vote against a less qualified candidate without regard to race, but they are reluctant to mention their choice to strangers because they don't want to deal with the unjustified accusations of racism.

71 posted on 10/15/2008 9:55:48 AM PDT by MathDoc (Obama: "end the war" ... or McCain/Palin: "win the war" ... easy choice)
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To: autumnraine

“Face it folks, if Obama loses it will ONLY be because he’s black.

Just accept and prepare now to defend your family and property.

I may keep my children home from school for a few days after the election. My middle schoolers have already had black students talking about “Whitey needs killin’” when another student expressed support for McCain. I was appalled until I talked to several other students who were hearing the same stuff.

This will make everyone insane. Frightening.”

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I have concluded that this is why McCain has decided not to push the Rev Wright issue. Because he is going to have to appeal to the rioters to stop. To try to bring the country back together. Therefore he must steer clear of the Wright connection.


72 posted on 10/15/2008 9:56:53 AM PDT by 1curiousmind (Democratic "Moral Outrage" is always a bunch of Foley Mahoney)
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To: ryan71

my 17 yo son plays travel hockey.... i just LMAO at your tagline!!


73 posted on 10/15/2008 9:56:56 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

http://olbroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/invisible_man_color.jpg


74 posted on 10/15/2008 9:57:42 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
“that's just how white folks will do you”

Barrack 0bama from “Dreams of my Father”

75 posted on 10/15/2008 9:57:57 AM PDT by allmendream (White Dog Democrat: A Democrat who will not vote for 0bama because he's black.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Kind of early to be setting up excuses, unless their internals are showing something the mainstream polls are not.


76 posted on 10/15/2008 9:58:25 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: PapaBear3625

No, it’s their excuse for ignoring any complaints by conservatives after Obama wins the election. I heard some Democrat (maybe Wolfson) on O’Reilly saying that Republicans need to tone it down because the anger might prevent a President Obama from accomplishing what needs to be done, that the anger would carry over after the election.


77 posted on 10/15/2008 9:58:42 AM PDT by Eva (CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I lie to political pollsters as a matter of principle. They should just wait for the results on election day like everyone else.


78 posted on 10/15/2008 9:58:50 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Palin for President! (PUMA))
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To: Irish Eyes

Why is anyone surprised by Obama’s association with racists like the ‘Reverent’ and known terrorists?
That’s what Muslims DO. It’s what they are.
Judge him by the company he keeps, not the words he mouths.
Muslims LIE. They live a lie if it suits their purposes- just like the 9-11 terrorists did.
If God is not with us this November, and Obama becomes POTUS, look for him to quickly return to his ‘cultural roots’ and ‘convert’ to his father’s religion.
What are we prepared to do then?


79 posted on 10/15/2008 10:00:16 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: padre35

David Gergen thinks it will knock off 6%. Carville went off and hinted to riots.


80 posted on 10/15/2008 10:01:19 AM PDT by 1035rep
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