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To: Sam who wrote (90948)	10/21/2008 12:14:22 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541183

Yes, I know. I'm just wondering why they don't understand why other people are putting Obama ahead. Of course, I didn't understand how Bush made it back in 2004 either, so...

To: Sam who wrote (90948)	10/21/2008 12:27:22 AM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 541183

they are for McCain because they somehow think that he makes more sense than Obama. Correct. Also, Obama offers nothing that we want and much that we don't want. I've monitored this thread and seen the speculation on why Obama isn't WAY out ahead, since he has $600 million to spend on getting himself elected. I've so far chosen not to comment, but the answer is the same as my response above. Add to that the fear that Obama is not who he says he is, and the explanation is as plain as the nose on my face. Not that it's so huge or anything. My nose, that is.

To: Sam who wrote (90948)	10/21/2008 12:51:47 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541183

One of the reasons given by Powell and others and that several of us have mentioned here as influencing our decision was the transformational aspect of Obama. Those on the RW either don't understand what is meant by that word or are just denying its existence. It isn't a partisan thing. In fact, I am voting for him in spite of his being a liberal because I believe that he offers something far more important to our country at this time. The RW hates so much about him, and are so terrified of liberalism that they can't begin to see this quality about him. They question his intellect, his religion, his wife, his integrity, his patriotism, his accomplishments, even his place of birth. (And yet they cry that the unknown Palin was harshly treated!) There is no common ground at this point. Witness MM returning to a thread he ridicules elsewhere and said he left (in fact, a couple of times). He demands something impossible to define and dismisses the answers as nonresponsive when actually they were. Over the course of these past months, Obama has indicated by his philosophy and with consistency how he plans to approach problems and situations and has built up people's trust in him to make the correct responses. There is no specific answer without a specific scenario, but the answer is in all that Obama has said over this election season.