[Fishrrman]

“I live in NC and there is NO WAY that Obama is going to come close to winning this state. That is one way that I know a lot of these polls are bogus. “

I suggest you (and everyone else who keeps shouting that NC and VA could never vote for Obama) check out this morning’s article from The Washington Times (the _conservative_ paper, not the Washington ComPost):
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/26/the-color-purple-one-of-change/
It’s quite an eye-opener.

- John

[impeachedrapist]

Would you like me to pull up some articles from 2004 discussing how Kerry was changing the equation in VA and NC?

[srmorton]

I do not know why an obviously intelligent man would believe an article from the Washington Post rather than a 58 YO well-educated woman who has lived in NC all her life. I do not personlly know about VA, but I believe the word of those who live there rather than the MSM. I can see the way the McCain/Palin signs out-number the Obama signs. I talk to people all the time that tell me they are not voting for Obama. If he is not up by over 5% in NC (and he is down by at least 2%), Obama will NOT win NC. Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter barely pulled it out in 1976 and that was right after Watergate and it was against Gerald Ford, the man who had pardoned the evil Richard Nixon.

Check out this FR posting from earlier today: PUMA pollster: "McCain will definitely win FL, OH, NC, MO and NV..." hillbuzz.wordpress.com

[grey_whiskers]

What a steaming pantload.

Try this verbatim quote:

Military voters, who favored President Bush in 2004, have overwhelmingly been making donations to the Obama campaign over Mr. McCain, a decorated Vietnam veteran. The Democratic ticket has made frequent visits to the pockets of Virginia and North Carolina that boast big populations of military families. Dozens of troops and their children waited to catch a glimpse of Mr. Obama at a recent rally in Fayetteville, home of Fort Bragg.

Hear that? Dozens!

And there is no verification that they are really troops; and their children are only registered by Acorn.

And get a load of the follow-up quotes:

"I have a child with diabetes and I have a son who did two tours in Iraq. And I just feel like President Bush, with his policies, has tried to kill both of my kids," said Mrs. Pirner, a teacher in Barrackville, W.Va.

They are quoting TEACHERS from WEST VIRGINIA to prove that North Carolina is going for Barack?

Even for a troll, this should have stood out as enough to discredit the article.

Now we move into the class warfare "worst economy in the last 50 years" Jeremiad:

They have seen record unemployment, and young families that moved there from more expensive parts of the Northeast are seeing their health care costs skyrocket.

Record unemployment? As of July 2008, according to CNN, Virginia unemployment was 4.0%. West Virginia was 5.3%. North Carolins was 6.0%.

Sigh. Sometimes there are so many fish in the barrel, you run out of ammo.

Better luck next time, troll.

Cheers!