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“The Bradly Effect will be what pollsters and the media will blame, instead of the horrible D/R/I sample.”

Good point!

I never heard of the Shy Tories, but that is cute.

I have heard that the “Bradly Effect” is not actually real, the details of which I cannot recount. But I do well remember the David Dinkins/Rudy Giuliani rematch election and it is that election that this current pres race seems comparable to.

Dinkins was elected the first black mayor of NYC and maybe he was a well intentioned fellow. What did him in, as many may remember, was (were?) the Crown Heights Riots (or pogrom might be a better word) that resulted from an Orthodox Jewish man running over and killing a young black child, Gavin Kato (sp?). During these riots an young Orthodox Student was stabbed to death, while his killers yelled “kill the Jew”.

I’m sorry, I don’t remember the name of the Jewish man who was killed.

Now, this was all bad enough, but what damned Dinkins was his lackadaisical response. It was even said that he advised: let them have 3 days to riot. I won’t say that is true at this point, but it was “out there” if you know what I mean.

Well, after this debacle it was still being urged to vote for Dinkins, because if you didn’t you were....can you guess it? That’s right a RAAAAAACIST.

Well, thank Providence he lost and the rest, as they say, is history.

But, I was reminded by another person that that race between Dinkins and Giuliani was very, very, very close.

So, I’m not sure what to think about this current race, other than this: appeals to be “not racist” and “give the black guy a chance” will NOT work, after the black guy has been given a chance by non-racist americans.

It didn’t work for Dinkins and it won’t work for Obama.