There was a thread last night( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038430/posts )in which I posted that I knew a flaming Liberal I would email to find out why so many are so enthralled with Obama, and that I would post the response at Free Republic as soon as I received it. Well, here 'tis June 30, 2008:

"I don't know. I'm not entralled by him, but I will vote for him because he isn't McCain. McCain votes exactly opposite as I do on everything.... almost everything really. Obama appeals to the feeling that we need someone in the White House who isn't bought out (yet) by corporate America. He talks about the things that are really worrisome to middle and lower income Americans. Everything is such a mess in this country right now and young people see him as someone who can make a change that will benefit them. I am thinking now that a younger person is better suited to leading the country into the future because the future is not ours (older folks) ....it needs to suit the younger group because they will have to live in it. So many things that the younger people want and need are different from us. Basic needs are the same, though, and I don't see McCain addressing those in a way that appeals to me or the people I know. He rated a zero score on the League of Conservation Voters list with regard to his voting record on major environmental issues and that in itself turned me off. He also isn't big on Roe vs Wade and I know you and I don't agree on that, but that turned me off, too. McCain is pandering to the religious rightwing and that doesn't sit well with many people. As you know, I think that Scandanavia has a better way of addressing social problems than we do and Obama seems to lean their way....but, who knows. I would have voted for nearly anyone besides McCain. Another thought is this: a huge amount of Americans are not white anglo-saxon anymore and many of my daughter's friends and my daughters included are of mixed heritage, so they may feel that Obama has more in common with them. Many of them come from single parent households, too."

This block of words was presented to me by a Leftist in her late 50's whom possess's a Masters Degree in Psychology, is an Elementary School Teacher, and is quite active in the Audubon Society.