I started asking him things like "Do you know about his support for Kenyan Odinga?" "Do you know that his tax hikes on small businesses will increase prices and unemployment?" "Do you support his socialist redistribution plans - such as giving 'tax breaks' to people who don't even pay taxes?"
He never heard of any of that. He just thinks "Bush has messed up and they have to go."
I started to try to convert him, but it was impossible to talk facts and knowledge with a person who has zero of both as a starting point. Facts and knowledge aren't even factors in his political decision making. It's all emotional.
Then I realized, he lives in NY, so changing his mind wasn't even going to matter. And then I remembered further that he spent time in prison and under house arrest for mob-related gambling charges. He's probably not even able to vote anyway, that's why he stated he was "pulling" for Obama rather than voting for Obama.
I had better things to do with my time than teach calculus to a carrot.
That's about the depth of the "reasoning" of a lot of people who might otherwise vote for a Republican in other years. Compound that with a) the fawning MSM not doing any serious investigation into Obambi, and b) McCain as our messenger, and you see what we're up against. Even so, with all that, we could still win!
That's the case with AT LEAST 30% of the American electorate, maybe closer to 40%.