David Gergen just blew my mind!

[tjs_whatnot]

David Gergen just said that the elections aren't over, even though all the polls are saying it was a homerun...

"It's not over because Obama is Black."

When did pundents get so truthful and blunt?

It is possible that I've forgotten about the race issue?

Comments

[charma-10.livejournal.com]

I haven't been paying attention.

Who are the polls saying is going to win?

[ms-worplesdon.livejournal.com]

Allow me to be blunt. David Gergen is in his late 60s.

BURN. TSSSSSSSSSS.

[ktmarsh.livejournal.com]

As a Black voter I have to agree with him. Hubs and I were talking about it yesterday morning. While Obama is leading in the polls, barely, we still have 4 weeks to go and like it or not, race is an issue in this election. Obama is a very charismatic person and had he been white he would be leading by a much larger margin. Many people are, er distrustful is not the right word but it's all I can think of at the moment, of him because deep seated prejudice that most don't even realize they have. Also, his name. It sounds un-"American" - basically it's not WASPy and most of our presidents have WASPy names. I hate to say this, but many white folk often do not think about race, but Black (and Brown) people think about it everyday because we are faced with it everyday. Think of it this way. If Hillary were to be running right now and leading by a small margin it would be because she is a woman and there are people who do not trust a woman as president. It's the exact same thing.

I am, however, surprised he was so blunt about it and actually mentioned it. The media has been very careful to stay away from the race issue because many people just do not want to go there. LOL

*needs Obama icon*

[twilightsorcery.livejournal.com]

They had a guy on Democracy Now (http://www.democracynow.org/) who studies polling and election results. For one study, he looked at pre-election polling, exit polling, and actual results. According to his findings, in races where one candidate is black and the other white, something like 8% of white voters say that they will vote or have voted for the black candidate but actually voted for the white candidate.

Think about it. 8% of white people who claim to be voting for Obama are lying through their teeth because they don't want anybody to think (*coughknowcough*) they're racist. That's not a whole lot of people, but it's certainly enough to skew the polling. Check out electoral-vote.com (http://www.electoral-vote.com/) and roll over the states -- and remember that a couple of percentage points of his lead is coming from people who are lying like crazy to make themselves look better.

So, yeah, it's not over. I live in NY, which looks like it's going to be an easy win for Obama, but I have to argue with my friends who are saying they're not going to bother, or they're going to write in Colbert, or whatever. Seriously, don't let the lying assholes elect McCain just because you want to be cute.