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  •  Voting for a black man (none / 1)

    Out of 5 million votes cast in Illinois, Obama got 3.5 million, while Kerry got 2.8 million.  Even assuming that not a single Kerry voter went for Keyes, at least 700,000 Bush voters cast ballots for Obama.

    "Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

    by Pangloss on Wed Nov 03, 2004 at 11:52:32 AM PDT

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    •  Republicans for Obama (none / 1)

      My parents were two of those voters in Illinois who voted for both Bush and Obama.  And one of my online acquaintances, a white Christian Republican in Oklahoma who is a big Bush supporter (and also a pretty thoughtful guy), said today that he can't wait to vote for Obama for president someday.  When asked why, he gave the following reasons:

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      In no particular order....
       - Very Charasmatic
       - An Excellent Public Speaker
       - His Mother Is From Kansas
       - He Supports "Traditional Marriage"
       - Supports charter schools and private investment in schools...open to vouchers

       It is not because he is a christian because his deffinition of being a christian does not match what I believe.  He believes there are many paths to God. He is not sure there is a Hell.    

      by djk1 on Wed Nov 03, 2004 at 09:24:53 PM PDT

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