Dale - Do not be too hard on your wife. She didn't know any better. There are lots of people that did not know any better. Good people voted for Obama. Lots of people voted for Obama. I can break down the demographics for you a little. Single women voted 70% for Obama, 29% for McCain. Those singles under 25 voted almost 90% for Obama. My daughter fell into that group and I am disappointed, but I still love her the same. My wife and son voted with their heads not their heart. People in large metropolitan areas as well as college campuses voted over overwhelmingly for Obahma. Why? I think they voted for Obama because he told them what they wanted to hear. He eloquently spews dribble they want to hear. He is good at it, real good. He can switch his views as quickly as a tree frog colors to win your confidence. He did not tell everyone what he really believes and wants to accomplish. He told them that some people make too much money and he is going to make it fair - that sounds good! He said he is not going to grab guns, which he desperately wants to do. We even had campaign ads that had people endorsing Obama that said he was not going after their guns one of them was sports figure. One We were deluged with Obama campaign ads since we were a swing state. I suspect that Pennsylvania was the same. People kept hearing how he is going to create jobs. I am not sure how he is going to do that, he was a little fuzzy on that. Your wife probably thought that sounded pretty good, being her husband is a carpenter that is struggling to find work, she thought that getting jobs was a good thing. These people choose to ignore that he was a church member for 20 years in a so-called Christan church that spewed hate of white people and America in general. Ignored that he chums with people of a shady past. Maybe Bill Aires is going to set on a panel for better/cheaper education. Obama promised lower college costs, that pulled a lot of young people in that go to colleges. The press are strong Obama supporters. They promoted what he said if it sounded good and suppressed any thing that would be controversial or contradictory. He got a very large portion of the Afro-American vote because he is part black himself and evidently a lot of them feel the same way he does about society. Of course a large portion of the Afro-American population live in urban areas and I already said which way they voted. I can go on and on why he got elected. I have just scratched the surface here. But your wife voted with her heart, she believed him as did millions of people. I am sure she thought she was doing the right thing.
