So My Cousin-A Lifelong Democrat

[wyldwolf]

from NY, just told me that he might consider voting for JOHN MCCAIN if our nominee is Barack Obama!!!!....wow

(might as well contribute my own bullshit anecdotal post)

[TwilightZone]

1. But, I thought that my own personal life was completely indicative of the entire voting public!

Are you saying that I'm mistaken?

[wyldwolf]

4. depends on how many people are at your local 'drinking liberally.'

If you get more than 6, and 4 feel like you do, well that's a national barometer.

[TwilightZone]

7. A natural barometer for that particular bar, perhaps.

The problem is that people extrapolate that to 140 million voters.

Hmm, I wonder what the MOE is on that one? :)

[eppur_se_muova]

27. Everyone knows that 44% of statistics are just made up, anyway. nt

[smoogatz]

2. So my uncle, a lifelong Democrat,

told me he'd vote for any Republican but Huckabee if Hillary gets the nom.

My take is that these two morons cancel each other out. Back to square one, I guess. Now what do we do?

[Mother Of Four]

28. posted at the bottom nt

[Mother Of Four]

29. Bah..meant it to post at the bottom. :/

Switching it

[CyberPieHole]

3. I have 1,200 cousins...all of them "lifelong Democrats" and they'll vote McCain if Obama's on ticket

making this stuff up is fun and easy. I wonder if anyone is ever swayed by anecdotal evidence...specially evidence of a dubious nature?

[glowing]

8. I've heard a lot of this from many diff. people coming through the

hotel.. McCain takes it over Obama and Clinton in GE.

[Blarch]

12. Being a Hillary supporter

making things up must come naturally

[CyberPieHole]

17. Yeah...because Obama and Edwards supporters never tell fibs...in order to score points...

you are just brilliant...too brilliant to be here on DU...you should get that award they give out in Sweden.:silly:

[Medusa]

15. Funny, my family says the same thing if Hillary is on the ticket

they'll vote GOP for the first time in their lives.

[CyberPieHole]

18. I have a funny feeling you and your brood have done so in the past...

:evilgrin:

[leftynyc]

26. As I stated down below

My mom claims she wont vote for Obama. She would NEVER vote puke - she'll just skip that race and vote on the downticket races. The rest of the family is hoping we can change her mind.

[Perky]

5. SInce you rarely have anything original to add I think you are entitled.

[Missy M]

6. I always get a kick out of those posts....

the other ones I think are funny (and bullshit) are the "I don't know of one person who is voting for Hillary". Funny she is polling ahead of the others but I guess that doesn't count.

[suston96]

9. It's all very funny....but I am not laughing...

....half my household will not vote for Obama in the general, thanks to all the bitterness the media has presented....and that pisses me off because THAT anti-Obama vote cancels out my vote for Obama should he be the nominee.

[Pathwalker]

10. And my Grandpa's sister's brother said he's

dead, so he's not voting for anyone. :rofl:

[Tennessee Gal]

11. I'm my own grandpa.

[LibraLiz1973]

13. In real life, I know NOT ONE democrat who is willing to vote for Obama

and few who are supportive of Hillary. Not many are very supportive of Edwards either.
The comments I hear are "Why should I bother?" or "I just don't care anymore" or things along those lines.
It's very frustrating.

I live in a Republican stronghold & we really need our dems to show up and vote. We've been nipping at their heels for the last several years but the local Democratic Party Leaders are reporting that we are losing support & interest quickly.

It is an uphill battle. I don't understand why it has to be this way. Who the hell needs to be pushed or forced to vote???

[mzmolly]

14. And my Mother In Law, a life long Republican will vote Edwards if McCain is the nominee.

My neighbor, a life long dem will vote for ANY dem but Hillary Clinton. She has said she'll vote McCain over Clinton in a heartbeat.

Your cousin and my neighbor need an education it seems?

[wyldwolf]

16. that's awesome!

[demigoddess]

20. what's so great about McCain? Is it that old republican feeling that the pres has to be

a man who has worn a uniform. That is why they hate clinton, hillary and so many others. We had those people at our caucus in 04 and all they could talk about was how kerry would win because he wore the uniform. then they promptly swiftboated him. Face it voting for a republican who says we can stay in Iraq for 50 or 100 years is just voting for bush again.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. My wife, a lifelong Democrat, won't vote for any of them.

Neither will I.

[dionysus]

21. well, inbreeding is known to cause stupidity

:)

[robbedvoter]

22. Ha!Ha! And my cousin will vote GOP if anyone but whomever I pick gets elected

(Not sure whom I pick, but my cousin is waiting)
:rofl:

[Alexander]

23. He probably heard one too many DLC talking points from you.

No surprise. My entire family's voting Obama, including my father, a lifelong Republican.

[ronnykmarshall]

24. We MY cousin - a lifelong flute player

and one time, at band camp she stuck a ...... well you'd have to have see movie.

[Mother Of Four]

30. Well! My pet FROG!....

Who is of course a life long pickle tamer, AND an extreme sports vat diver with many trophies...

States:
"Those that do live, those that don't end up on a french persons plate"


No clue what he means...but he DOES ribbet the star spangled banner after.

[leftynyc]

25. Actually - my mother who

is a 66 year old New Yorker said she wont vote for Obama. She thinks he's too inexperienced. Dad, my sister and I are hopeful we can change her mind.