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Submitted by CJK on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 19:39
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The new ABC/Washington Post Poll, if accurate.

I don't care that Obama is up 10 points.

I don't care that he is rated a safer choice than McCain.

I don't care that he's preferred on the economy 2:1.

I don't even care that he has a higher favorability rating than McCain.

But...

44% have a "strongly favorable opinion" of him?

I can see how some people may like Obama's policies and personality.

But think about it. This is a man who tried to legislate the first U.S. military defeat since the Vietnam War. This is a man who has voted for infanticide in the Illinois Senate. This is a man who has associated himself with some of the most vile people I have ever heard of, and didn't seem to mind until they became campaign issues. This is a man who wants to raise taxes on business during a recession. This is a man without any notable accomplishments whatsoever in his short political career.

And one out of two people have a "strongly favorable" opinion of him?

At first I was disgusted. Then I realized it was worst than that.

Three weeks away from an election, half the population is either a) utterly clueless about Obama's record or b) they know and don't care.

And that, my friends, is more terrifying than any horror movie that you will see this month.

 

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Actually

Submitted by gabriel on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 07:49.

It may be you who is clueless and that's why you don't get why so many support him.

Occam's Razor

Submitted by DMoore on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:49.

The simplest answer is most likely the accurate answer.

 

Obama's been campaigning for 2 full years, in pretty much every part of the country.  This was the longest and most covered primary race in over 20 years.  It's not credible that 44% of the country is clueless about him at this point.

There is more interest and focus on this presidential election than any since Reagan/Carter in 1980.  It's doesn't logically follow that the voters don't care.

The simplest explanation is that voters are aware of his positions and record, and that 44% strongly favors what you term "legislating a military defeat", "infanticide" and "[raising] taxes".  I would suspect, however, that they differ with you on the characterization of those positions.