----- Original Message ----- From: "John Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:04 AM Subject: Re: USA Presidential Race
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> John Garcia wrote: >> > >> > Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed in alphabetical >> > order) I was wondering what you all think of this matchup. I'm >> > especially >> > interested in what >> > our friends from outside of the USA think. >> > >> Here in Brazil it seems that McCain will easily win, and that Obama >> is like a fringe candidate, just there to "prove" that Dems aren't >> racist bigots (and Hillary was there just to "prove" the non-sexism). >> >> Alberto Monteiro >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l >> > > Hmmm..... > That's interesting. Last summer, someone asked me who I thought would be > the > next President and I replied > "Some rich white guy". Now that I've heard Obama, I do think that he has a > very good chance of being elected. > Just how many voters will either vote for McCain or stay home is unknown. > Not very many people are willing to give > what may be seen as a "racist" answer to pollsters. > Having said that, Obama may have attracted enough new voters to offset the > bigots. > It'll be something to watch. > In 2004 I posted about this new guy named Barack Obama, something about how he was an up and comer and the kind of guy I wanted to be President. (At least I know I've been saying all that in a lot of places throughout the last 4 years.) It's in the archives somewhere. xponent 2004 DNC Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
