Ed Dravecky wrote: > Dave Sikula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "David Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > It also tended to set off speculation about how in the world there are >> > African-American voters who are still undecided. >> >> So, if that's the standard, I should vote for McCain? > > No, but you should have been able to make up your mind by now. This > presidential race has gotten such widespread coverage that even the > least curious among us should have enough information to have formed > at least some strong opinions about the two major party candidates. > > For example, if the only channel you watch is the Food Network by now > you should know that the McCain campaign took multiple recipes from > the channel's website and claimed them as the original thought of > Cindy McCain while the Obama campaign sent Michelle Obama to appear on > "Paula's Party" in person. While I would hope that this interaction > is not the only basis for any voter's decision, it might at least make > you aware that a presidential election is about to occur and tell you > something about the candidates.
Perhaps we're devolving into a semantics argument, but aren't you just confusing "undecided" and "uninformed"? Why couldn't a bloc of people be very up-to-date on the current state of the race and have formed mixed opinions on different platform points between the two campaigns, and haven't yet made up their minds over which candidate to back? It's the hard-core Republicans and Democrats, who are going to vote along their party lines no matter what, who more closely resemble your analogy of people who should be able to form their opinion based on minimal exposure to the issues being discussed. The current "undecideds" are arguably the most valuable voters still in play. They haven't surrendered to the polarization between the far right and far left, who made their decision more than a year ago, when there wasn't nearly enough information available to make an "informed" decision. Doug Fields Tampa, FL --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
