Why all those damn "low information voters" might still totally screw us this year after all

[mloutre]

McCain Takes Aim At Obama's Character

Politico: Campaign Takes A New Turn, Accuses Democrat Of Putting Politics Before National Interest In Ads, Statements

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In his book, "The Audacity of Hope," Obama wrote: "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views."

While that has helped fuel Obama's meteoric political assent and may have blunted the impact of some attacks on him, it's now proving a stumbling block for many swing voters, particularly older ones. For all the media attention his historic run has attracted, not to mention the quarter-billion he has already spent introducing himself to the nation, 25 percent of respondents in a recent Newsweek poll wrongly believe he was raised as a Muslim and nearly 40 percent errantly thought he attended a Muslim school while growing up abroad.

These claims have also come up repeatedly in Politico interviews voters, including Democrats and independents.

Kathie Steigerwald, a Dearborn, Michigan businesswoman who said she voted for Hillary Clinton but now plans to support McCain, offered an especially succinct recital of a narrative on which other interviewees offered numerous variations:

"I feel John McCain is a true American and I want to support a true American," she said.

But isn't Obama a "true American?" she was asked.

"I don't know," she said after a measured pause. "I question it."

Why?

"I don't know -- maybe because of his name?"

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[polichick]

1. That's not a low-info voter, it's a HEAD-UP-HER-ASS voter. Amazing!

[unpossibles]

2. I consider it "bad information" more than "low information"

they have access to the same amount of information anyone else does, but they get snookered by the propaganda.

[Thrill]

3. Thats an idiot

[grantcart]

4. that's why personal canvassing is so important

[nc4bo]

5. I wonder where Kathie, Michagan businesswoman buys her clothes, food, household items?

9 out of 10 it won't say Made In America on it.

So much for real american, eh.

[damntexdem]

6. Yes, but they have good labels.

I mean, what could be more American than "Old Navy"? That's it: McCain is the Old Navy candidate.

;-)

[Enrique]

7. one great thing about an Obama presidency is that it will change this

the Kathie Steigerwalds of the world will learn something important.

[RamboLiberal]

8. Wonder if she's related to a couple of dumbass Pittsburgh Steigerwalds?

John Steigerwald who is decent with sports but an idiot RW talk host on KDKA Radio and his equally RW idiot Bill who works for Dicky Mellon Scaife's rag the Tribune-Review.

John's been recently peddling the story that Obama's Birth Certificate is a fake ala the TANG papers that took Dan Rather down.

[TrogL]

9. So why does Politico keep bringing it up?