Woman hears rumour of Obama-al Quaeda connection, says she's voting for him anyway.

[billyoc]

No, this isn't the Onion. So much for the fear card. :rofl:

McCain's Michigan Woes May Widen as Economy Hits Working Class

Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Kari Durell, a 38-year-old waitress, had her doubts about Barack Obama after reading wild Internet rumors that he trained with al-Qaeda terrorists as a child. She's voting for him anyway.

``My main issue is health care, and I think a Democrat would do more,'' said Durell, who works at a riverside bar near a Ford Motor Co.-managed stamping plant in southeast Michigan that's about to close.

Voters like Durell used to be called ``Reagan Democrats,'' working-class people who embraced Ronald Reagan in 1980 and every Republican presidential candidate ever since over cultural issues such as abortion, guns and patriotism. Senator John McCain needs their support in a big way this year.

McCain's campaign last week, however, pulled out of Michigan, a state that only a month earlier was one of the Republican presidential nominee's top targets. Interviews with dozens of workers and elderly voters illustrate why: Michigan, whose 8.9 percent jobless rate is the highest in the nation, is filled with economic anxiety, and McCain was gaining no traction there.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=adM8Fq0RTis0

[Kerrytravelers]

1. If the terrorist card doesn't scare voters... what is next?

:scared:

[maxsolomon]

2. its a measure of the liberal seattle bubble i'm in

that i don't know where you can even read a rumor like that on the intertubes.

john mccain trained at the naval academy. any terrorists ever graduate from there? remember, war = terrorism.

[Overseas]

3. Woman understands Republican Racist Campaigning is in full swing.

She and I hope a large majority of 21st century voters will reject this old school racist campaigning the Republican party is now engaging in.

Glad she knows that right below the hate stirring language they swill around are the cruel Republican policies they hope to enforce like cutting medicare and including medical benefits in taxable income.