I haven’t admitted to the folks in my department that I won’t vote for The One, though I’ve lost a close Democrat/Obamabot friend over the issue. How many others of us, I wonder, are in the same position?

I want to insure that the Democrats lose this election and are not rewarded for their corrupt political tactics, the race-baiting, the sexism and misogyny that they enabled and then ignored, the ageism, the outright dismissal of huge numbers of their political base: women, older Americans, working class people (especially “white” working class people, which you can’t say without fear of being accused of being racist).

I’ve been depressed because I have to hide my true thoughts and feelings from people that I love and who I thought loved and respected me, for fear of being vehemently attacked. I have never experienced anything like this in my life. I always thought I could separate political differences with others from my personal relationship with them, but this was based on the belief that I could have rational, even heated, discussions with others without being viciously attacked. Thankfully my husband is of the same mind as I or I would probably be having a complete psychological breakdown, because my relationships with my family and friends are extremely important to me and my well being. I read blogs that have similar opinions to mine for support and for information that the MSM doesn’t report on.

So, I will be one of those people included in the Bradley Effect and it will have nothing to do with race. Thanks for a forum to share this in.

I am wondering if there will be an Hispanic “Bradley effect” at work in swing states with a significant Hispanic population, such as NM and FL. I don’t know if there are enough Hispanics in NV and CO to make a difference. What worries me most is that Hispanics in TX who lack motivation to vote for the top of the ticket tend not to vote at all, which is disastrous for downticket races. Is this a phenomenon exclusive to TX, or does this happen in other states?

I had no idea that the ABC (anybody but clinton) people were so aggressive and vitriolic. Couple that with the cultic adoration of Senator Obama, his lack of experience, his “sweetie” moment, his flipping off and flip-flopping and the RBC shenanigans, there is no way I will vote for him.

In this charged political atmosphere there are many non-racist voters who are afraid to tell their own family and friends, much less pollsters their true leanings. The first time in public that I mentioned that I was a PUMA Democrat, a complete stranger accused me of being racist — you know, my being a white woman and not voting for Senator Obama. Wow! This person knew nothing about me but couldn’t fathom that my opposition might be based on issues of character and experience.

Yep, there will be a new “Bradley Effect” but this time NOT because of racism. (It is still debatable if race was the only factor in the Bradley election.) It will be because of voters who are not telling anybody that they have swung away from the rabid left and DNC corruption, away from gross gender bias, and away from an essentially weaker and less experienced candidate.

I’ll wager easily 8%.

One online forum where I used to post became Obama Central during the primaries. There were a few stalwart Clinton and Edwards posters, but they got shouted down and often their comments were deleted. This same site used to run a monthly poll during the primary which always showed a striking discrepancy between the number of pro-Obama posts and the number of actual Obama supporters. Month after month, Hillary outpolled Obama. Granted, it’s easy to fudge the results of an online poll, but I took it as an indication that the Clinton supporters were at least as numerous as the Obama supporters, but they were quiet about it.

I had a similar experience on another online community, where it was assumed that Obama was The One and Hillary was the Evil Dragon Lady. From the comments on that forum, you would assume it was unanimously pro-Obama, yet I had many private e-mails with other members who were stealth Hillary supporters.

If people felt too intimidated to come out as Hillary supporters, imagine the trepidation among lifelong Dems about voicing pro-McCain sentiments, or even doubts about Obama now that he is the nominee.

I wonder if the obnoxiousness of the Obamabots will be a contributing factor to Obama’s downfall. As Bill Clinton said on The View, people vote for all kinds of reasons, not just cut-and-dried issues. It often comes down to, Who do you trust? The cultlike behavior of
Obamabots over the past year has contributed greatly to my distrust and dislike of the candidate. I think it was Stellaaa who used to say on TL, the fish rots from the head down.