Posted on 10/11/2008 8:04:47 AM PDT by reaganaut1
KOKOMO, Ind. -- Last month, in this once-sturdy auto town of 60,000, two white women sounded off at a union hall when talk turned to politics.
"I feel like a white female or a white male has fewer opportunities than the black man or the black woman because of all the special treatment and special programs they have gotten," said Marla Hightower. "If Obama is elected, what's going to happen?"
"That is just stupid," Ginny McMillin, the head of her local, shot back. "People are saying 'we don't want a black man.' Shame on America for thinking that!"
The exchange was emblematic of the sharp divide among white, working-class female voters -- a key voting bloc that has largely rejected Barack Obama as a presidential candidate. But four weeks and a $700 billion financial-bailout package later, some attitudes are shifting. Sen. Obama is now picking up support from some of the very women who until recently disdained him. As U.S. economic concerns intensify, ranks of blue-collar females are reconsidering everything from Sen. Obama's policies to their comfort level with his race.
Working-class women, generally defined as those in blue-collar and service jobs earning less than $50,000 a year -- comprise almost a quarter of American voters. Sen. Obama trailed Sen. John McCain by 12 points among these women just two weeks ago, but has since closed the gap. According to a Wall Street Journal poll conducted the weekend of Oct. 4, the two senators are now running even, with 45% of such voters giving each candidate the nod. The reversal is one of the main reasons Sen. Obama is gaining ground in swing states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana -- all of which have large rural and blue-collar populations.
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true. He must present HIS plan, criticize the redistribution plan of his opponent, and also tear down the false Messiah image with fact about his unusual past.
McCain - needs to expose BO for what he is ENOUGH of this crap about how great he is from McLame! I fully expect McLame to enforce BO policies of taking away our guns, eliminating free speech and silencing conservatives. I sometimes wonder if McLame is working for the rats - scarry how poorly he is running his campaign.
Please freepers be prepared - you may not need it but we still have the 2nd amendment - after this election you may never have the right to defend yourself or your freedom. A liberal congress and a Marxist president will destroy the constitution. Hope for the best and pray but definitely plan for the worst.
Hogwash! Not me and not any of my working class female friends. Ok, one is for Hussein but then she’s more than a bit odd.
Wow - everyone is shifting to Obama.
Next come the media reports of KKK members endorsing Obama...
This is such terrible piece. They go from union members to all white females suggesting that the union members are representative of white females in the U.S. It's a piece written in a union town.
How is talking about Ayers going to address economic issues? Yes talk about Ayers, but also give people a reason to vote for him.
McCain needs to address the economic concerns by talking about cutting taxes on income and business taxes and elimination of the payroll tax.
McCain lost this election by signing the bail out bill. If he wanted us to see what a maverick he really is, he should have handed out indictments...not his signature.
It is the failure of the GOP to stand up against socialist legislation brought about by the democRATs that is causing the market around the world to plumment. America is the only place where capitalism has a chance, if it doesn't exist here, the market confidence around the world goes with it.
If these white women are going for Obama because of what's happening in the stock market, there a bunch of ding bat air heads.
Too bad these working class women do not understand that the economy is sputtering directly because of Obama's socialist leaning and policies. It is too bad that they cannot connect the dots; the Democrats sabotaged our economy and then blamed the Republicans. Thanks to our dumbed down schools, no one can see that. They probably will not see that even after Obama wins the election. Ignorance is abundant among these voters; the Dems want it that way.
A better headline would be
“As Economy sputters, Drive By Media outlets increase layoffs, causing media to support Obama.”
“...David Gregory, NBC News Urinalist, said ‘I thought McCain was the man for the job. I was a McCain Man. But then our ratings went down, folks started getting laid off. I was looking for hope and change at that point. Me and many of my co-urinalists decide we would just come out and cheerlead the Obama campaign. He’s such a sharp looking, well spoken guy.’” /sarc
“That is just stupid,” Ginny McMillin, the head of her local, shot back. “People are saying ‘we don’t want a black man.’ Shame on America for thinking that!”
Dear, it’s that he’s a racist. “White man’s greed runs a world in need”, you know, comments like that from the audio version of his book.
Do your homework and then come back for a chat.
Yea, right, like these two broads were going to vote republican before. My white @$$ they were.
Well, he is afterall the Messiah, the One we've been waiting for. /sarc
The Obama-Ayers strategy is to keep beating up whites over this alledged racism and terrorist branding so that they will vote for Obama to clear their conscience. How many idiots are going to fall for this?
“If these white women are going for Obama because of what’s happening in the stock market, there a bunch of ding bat air heads.”
Those ding bat air heads invariably have a sister who’s a financial advisor, lost tons, and is advising them to vote for 0bama - and after all, “she should know!”
I am proud to say that I have several students (8th graders) who support McCain, and in class discussions, they want to argue the plans and issues. Very few of the Obama student supporters can argue the issues. They say he is “cool”. The “Republican” supporters want evidence of his policy, not his “cool factor”.
For added information, I act as devil’s advocate and facilitator. I do not share my beliefs. I ask that they become educated on the candidate and their record and not base their opinion on media spin and campaign advertising.
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