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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo
honestly -- my last big fear about this election is exemplified by SFL Cat. We like to claim we're a progressive society, that we don't see race anymore, but to what extent are we kidding ourselves? What % of the electorate simply won't vote for Obama because of the color of his skin, or his name? I think that's got to be a real concern actually, because I think that there is a vocal minority who we can be sure won't (exemplified by SFL Cat), but that's just the "tip of the iceberg" and like a real iceberg, the vast majority of it is underwater.
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Nah, good ol' boys like SFL will always be around, but they are for the most a dying breed (Jesse Helms, Storm Thurmond, and the rest of the Dixiecrats), or at least have advanced to using code words these days instead of outright racial language. I think the vast vast majority of Republican voters who vote against Obama will be doing so on policy, which is a good thing.