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Why are many whites turning against Pres. Obama & Democrats? ("1st Black President" loses luster)
cnn ^ | 10/7/2010 | Jackass Cafferty:

Posted on 10/07/2010 3:09:27 PM PDT by tobyhill

President Obama continues to have problems when it comes to race.

White independent voters helped make Barack Obama the first African-American president in history, but now a lot of them apparently don't like him so much anymore.

A CNN poll taken shortly after President Obama was inaugurated in April 2009 showed a 61 percent approval rating among whites. That same poll now shows the president with a 34 percent rating among whites. Meanwhile, more than 90 percent of blacks approve of the job the president is doing.

And there are more signs of trouble when it comes to support from white voters - not just for the president but for the Democrats in general.

Another new poll shows working-class whites are flocking to the Republican Party, which will make it even tougher for the Democrats to keep control of Congress.

The Associated Press-GFK poll shows whites without college degrees prefer Republican candidates by 22 percentage points. That's double the margin of the past two elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com ...


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To: tobyhill

They ignored most of his history.


41 posted on 10/07/2010 3:36:48 PM PDT by ColdOne (GOP. Gutless Old Politicians :^))......November and Beyond!)
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To: tobyhill

Racism is all they’ve got left.


42 posted on 10/07/2010 3:37:12 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: dila813

Simple. If you are supported by the Communist Party, there is no way that anyone with half a brain is going to support you.


43 posted on 10/07/2010 3:37:21 PM PDT by MotherRedDog
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To: randog

It wasn’t subtle racism. He called it the soft bigotry of lowered expectations.


44 posted on 10/07/2010 3:38:23 PM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: tobyhill
Didn't someone say something like, "The test of post-racial behavior is not whether people are willing to hire a Black guy; but whether people are willing to fire the guy."
45 posted on 10/07/2010 3:38:56 PM PDT by paudio (How could you be an open-minded person if you are a liberal?)
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To: JrsyJack
...why do blacks still support him by a 93-7% margin.

It is what it is.

For one, he's a Dem, and that has traditionally been a ~90% come-Hell-or-high-water demographic.

It's that ~3 percent that needs to be surveyed.

46 posted on 10/07/2010 3:39:41 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: secret garden

Thank you; I stand corrected.


47 posted on 10/07/2010 3:40:22 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: All

obama is a racist...we are simply REACTING to his racism....


48 posted on 10/07/2010 3:41:11 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: paudio

I never heard it but that quote is right on the mark.


49 posted on 10/07/2010 3:42:29 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill
If a person has a choice:

Support my race

Support my country

And chooses one over the other, then

S/he's either a Raciest or a Patriot.

Life is simple choices. If the label fits, wear it proudly.

50 posted on 10/07/2010 3:45:29 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Obama ran as a moderate and he was lying. People see that now.

I don't recall him running as a moderate. I recall him saying all sorts of hard-left things during the campaign. However, I remember the media soft-pedaling everything he said, revising it, and making a point of telling the dumb-masses that "he really doesn't mean it."

Mark

51 posted on 10/07/2010 3:47:15 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: hope
Why? Because he’s a tool of the Marxist.

Actually, he's a Marxist Tool!

Mark

52 posted on 10/07/2010 3:48:06 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL
I just saw on FOX News that 20% of said Conservatives voted for Obama in ‘08. If that is true numbers then Obama is doomed in 2012.
53 posted on 10/07/2010 3:52:07 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

“White independent voters helped make Barack Obama the first African-American president in history, but now a lot of them apparently don’t like him so much anymore”

An incompetent by any other name(or race) is still incompetent.


54 posted on 10/07/2010 3:56:07 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: JrsyJack

Race, Race, Race...the real question should be why do blacks still support him by a 93-7% margin.


Even if he murdered his wife and a friend with a big knife, they’d still support him.


55 posted on 10/07/2010 3:59:20 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Congressmen should serve two terms: One in Congress and one in prison.)
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To: tobyhill

They wanted to vote for the first black president. That takes five minutes. That’s quite a bit different in their minds than having Barak Obama as your president for four years. The second one is like waking up with a hangover and a Barak Obama tattoo.


56 posted on 10/07/2010 4:01:02 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

Again, he never held down a real job in his life but that guy is quite a con artist.


57 posted on 10/07/2010 4:04:25 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: gundog

LOL. Beat me too it!!


58 posted on 10/07/2010 4:14:04 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (The upcoming election is the most important in our lifetimes!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!)
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To: gundog

BEAT ME TO IT!


59 posted on 10/07/2010 4:14:35 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (The upcoming election is the most important in our lifetimes!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!)
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To: tobyhill

Why are Whites turning against the President?

Could it be he just sucks and he’s destroying our country with everthing he does?


60 posted on 10/07/2010 4:23:57 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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