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Send in the Clowns
Anyone with a modicum of intelligence has made up their mind about who they will vote for in November. Only the clueless pea-brains remain undecided at this point. And THEY are the ones who get to decide who is our next President. They make up about 10 percent of likely voters, according to most polls. This is not a comforting thought. I watched a group of undecided women discuss the election with anchor Rick Sanchez on CNN the other day. They appeared to be normal, regular women, but when each attempted to express her thoughts, one thing became clear. Not a single one of them had any thoughts whatsoever about much of anything. I also watched a discussion by a group of undecided voters after this week's debate. Each of them was offended because the candidates hadn't given them enough details about every issue imaginable. They wanted all this detail spoon-fed to them within that single debate's 90 minutes. Every detail. Totally spelled out. And they faulted the candidates for not having done what they expected them to do. It never crossed any of their less-than-mediocre minds that THEY might have just a little bit of responsibility for educating themselves. Oh no! "Tell me what to think," seems to be the cry of the undecideds. God save us from our dumb and imbecilic fellow citizens!
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These sessions with "undecided voters" which CNN and other outlets dig up for these Q&As and dial-a-trons should be viewed with no more legitimacy than should online polls.
I am not convinced that the 10% undecideds "are the ones who get to decide who is our next President".
Rahm Immanuel commented a few months ago that it will be suburban voters who decide the election.
If McCain didn't think he will lose his campaign wouldn't be rushing toward Willy Horton territory.
October 9, 2008 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
To wit:
From Ben Smith at Politico Comments on a member of the most recent debate audience.
The fellow also has a bit to say about McCain's comment that the audience members had probably never heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
October 9, 2008 8:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
It makes one wonder why they feel responsible enough to vote at all.
Rec'd
October 9, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
They don't feel responsible. They just are not smart enough to figure out how to avoid going to vote without their friends and neighbors and family thinking they are as dumb and uninterested as they really are.
I hereby launch a new campaign: "Distract an Undecided Voter on Election Day." It should be a snap. When someone says they are undecided who they will vote for, call them up on election day and offer to buy them a double latte something or other at Starbucks and take along the latest copy of People magazine. "Oops! Sorry! Too late. Polls are closed."
October 9, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
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