Comments on: I'm Voting For Obama Anyway

By: CindyS

CindyS — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:49:10 +0000

Another Texan for Obama here, doing my part to turn a red state blue. McCain frightens me, and Palin frightens me more. We’ve had 8 years of Republican “leadership” and I don’t think we can afford 8 more.

By: Milla

Milla — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:32:04 +0000

I am fat, Californian (San Diego Chicana), a Mediterannean/organic foods freak, educated to doctorate level and a die-hard Obama supporter. Since before the primaries and from the 2004 Dem convention. Never considered Hillary because to me Obama was smarter, more sensible, has a broader view of the world and other cultures, and is better educated. Yes, I look at where they went to school and research their GPAs….LOL
I am a complete freak of nature according to this stats I think…
Hugs,
Milla

By: elasticwaistbandlady

elasticwaistbandlady — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:26:36 +0000

I’ll be voting Democrat for the first time this Fall when I vote for McCain. Yeah, that’s right, John McCain has mostly Democratic ideals so much so he almost dumped the Republican Party for the Democratic one just a few years ago.

But I’m fat, so I guess a vote for McCain was aligned in the stars…….or in the Star Crunch Cookies. Whatever.

Barack Obama is more than pro-choice. He is pro-infanticide. He’s the only Senator in both the Illinois Senate and the House Senate to vote NO on the Born Alive Infant Protection Bill which would provide medical care to a baby who survives a partial birth abortion. He said that it would be a “burden” to call a doctor to attend the suffering baby and that it would contradict the mother’s orginal decision. He even went as far as to deny that a live baby born is a citizen with Constitutional rights by declaring it as a “viable fetus” instead of a baby. Seriously WTF?

By: elasticwaistbandlady

elasticwaistbandlady — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:16:34 +0000

Babs,
My mom voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 because she quote “thought he looked much hotter in his running shorts than George Bush Senior and she couldn’t stand to look at another 4 years of media covering the old man out on jogs.”

For reals.

By: Babs

Babs — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:44 +0000

Wow. Thanks for the reasonable, adult arguments for your case, rebecca – NOT! Not voting for McCain because he’s ugly? Oy vay – I fear for the future of this country with voters using criteria such as this for their decision making. Do us all a favor and stay home on November 4th.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:12:14 +0000

UGH. Even if you aren’t fat or whatever, voting for McCain is stupid. I AGREE WITH LIL. McCain is not a good face for America for every reason out there, including the fact that he is ugly too. Obama sucks too but at least he’s not crazy. Let’s all just vote for oursevles election day… I wonder what that would do.. I’m totally serious.

By: Lil

Lil — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:31:33 +0000

Another fat chick voting for Obama.

Obama might not be going into specifics about his plans, just yet, but at least he’s GOT PLANS. Which is more than I can say for McCain – who didn’t say a word about how he’d be paying for his ignorant campaign of hate against fat people (oh, didja conveniently not hear that part, fat McCain supporters? Yeah. He said that dreaded ‘obesity’ word).

Plus, I’d like to keep what few rights I have as a woman in this country. If McCain wins, we’ll all be expected to get married to a guy and head right back to the kitchen where we belong. If a candidate can’t treat his own WIFE respectfully, how the hell do you think he’ll treat the nation’s women. Wake up and grow up and get your head out of the sand.

By: janet

janet — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:42:46 +0000

i don’t understand the reasoning / logic behind fat people voting for mccain? Why are they more likely to vote republican and not democrat? It’s an interesting article anyway. I should think that Obama would do more for fat people because of a better health plan, etc.

By: Babs

Babs — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:21:10 +0000

Actually, there are at least two of us… here’s another fat girl who will be voting for McCain. Frankly, the alternative scares me to death. I won’t be fat for much longer if Barry is elected, that’s for sure. People talk about Obama’s plans for “providing health coverage and disease prevention”, but don’t ask where the funds will be coming from to pay for all these feel good programs and promises. People need to dig a little deeper and ask some important questions about how these programs will be implemented and what the promises REALLY mean, instead of just believing the hype they hear on the evening news (i.e., liberal media.)

Aside from that (and getting back to the original question) – I remember a book from my college Econ class, entitled “How to Lie With Statistics.” You can prove anything you want by manipulating the numbers. Generalizations are just another way to try to make people believe what you want them to.

By: Muppette

Muppette — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:17:23 +0000

Fat, in Texas, and voting for Obama!