Just a little background on my grandfather....he's 90 years old and has been pretty racist towards basically anyone who's not white and Jewish all his life, especially African Americans. It seems like later in his life, it's gotten worse, and while he used to try to hide it and not make it so obvious, now he's got no problems throwing around the n-word and schvartze which is the Yiddish word for a black person, typically used in a derogatory manner. I don't know if he's just gotten meaner (and dare I say...bitter) later on in life, or if senility is kicking in. I have no idea, but either way, it's sad and unfortunate, and because of that (and other things, mainly family issues I won't get into. Long story) none of us really want to be around him, including me, so I never talk to him, especially about politics, so I was just going to concede 2 votes, one for him, and one for my grandma, to McCain, despite the fact we're in Missouri where every vote will count. Some things just aren't worth arguing over, especially with these two.
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