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Martha Randolph Carr
A White Girl for Obama
Martha Randolph Carr 5/13/2008
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A White Girl for Obama

By Martha Randolph Carr

As usual, the pundits are touting the distinctions between the candidates and then divvying up the voters according to the most obvious differences. John McCain is expected to draw in the older, wealthier, white male population while it was said Hillary Clinton was rallying a wealthier, white female crowd to get out and vote. Unfortunately for her, there apparently weren’t enough of that category to keep her in the race. I’m aware Hillary is still hanging in there, but at this point that’s more ego than reality. Barack Obama had the black vote sewed up while the blue collar was Clinton’s, which has raised the question of whether or not those same voters will flock to Obama in the general election this November. These are the basic theories which are mutually agreed upon as the basis to argue about who will become the next U.S. president. Except they leave me feeling like the odd white girl out. I’m not a fan of Hillary’s policy.

Normally, my preferences are a
pretty good reflection of Middle America whether we’re talking about fashion, movies, parenting or political choices. I’d like to be cutting edge but I’m not, which makes me a great barometer. If that’s true, according to the talking heads I should be lamenting the loss of Hillary, but I’m not and that’s where the pundits made a left turn and left the mainstream behind. The political forecasters are missing just how tired we all are of a drawn-out war, how wary we’ve become of the ecology and how worried we are about our financial picture. Nothing has worked out the way we had hoped it would, not even a little bit. Decisions that were made by the current administration, which have a strong whiff of live for today, have led to knots we may never be able to untie. The old argument about how things will right themselves given enough time isn’t working anymore. We have even pushed that idea too far and the bulk of the population gets that as well. If we want a future at all we’re going to actually have to pay attention this time.

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Hillary Campaign faulters
By Paul Zanetti - Australia * Posted 05/08/2008
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Posted By: Jane  on Friday, May 16, 2008

Why not be honest? You say you wont vote for Hillary because you dont like her policy. On what exactly? Her 'policy' is almost identical to Obama's in every way that matters. She is a better choice because of her experience and ability to beat McCain. So why lie? Maybe you are just an Obamatron like a lot of Americans these days. Don't get a splinter jumping on that bandwagon...

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