Now the news networks and papers are telling stories about the “hit-lists” Clinton supporters are creating to target people they thought were loyal or should be loyal to Hillary during her election campaign. The lists seem to target all the women in the democratic party that didn’t support her. Was it expected that women would support Clinton solely because she is a woman. Where is the idea that you support the candidate that best suits your political beliefs, despite race, color, gender, religion, etc… It is absurd to target people simply because they are of your gender but didn’t support you. Of course Obama supporters seem to be doing the same thing to blacks who did not support Obama. Does he have a right to all black votes because he is black? No, he should expect support from the people who share his views, or even those who despise McCain’s views.
The media, of course, feeds this idea. They point out that states with a large black population are probably going to swing to Obama, as if the voters are lemmings that follow even though they don’t agree they should jump off the cliff. Same with the idea that white working class voters will not vote for Obama because he is black. It is a disgrace the way media and supporters of different candidates spin things.
The question I have is this, if white working class voters have been traditional Democrats, don’t you think they will support the Democratic nominee? Many people seem to think that Clinton should be on the ticket because she carried certain states in the primary. This is a fallacy. The two candidates were both Democrats and the primaries, for the most part, included only Democrats, and in a few states Independents, and in even fewer states other registered parties. Most though were solely Democratic. So the point is, you can look at the number of people who voted in the states and assume at least 90% of those people will vote for which ever won the nomination, because they are Democrats and share the values of the Democratic party. If they didn’t share the Democratic values, then likely they would not be registered Democrats.
I am a registered Republican. I personally supported Mike Huckabee. I will vote for John McCain because I share more in common with him than I do Obama. Do I agree with everything John McCain stands for? No, but I agree with enough. The only other person I might consider voting for would be Bob Barr, the libertarian candidate. I do not think he will win and McCain might just need every vote he can get in my state. But my support for him is not based on him being a white male. Personally, I would love JC Watts to run. Everything I have seen about him, I like him and everything I have ever heard him say, and you know what, he’s black. I think McCain should select him as running mate. It would be a great ticket.
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