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10-18-2008, 08:56 PM | #1 |
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Military Polls on Presidential Race
In case you missed this week's issue of the Military Times here are the results of the Military Times' poll of military personnel about the election (in percent): The results were reported in the Navy Times, Army Times, Air Force Times, etc..
McCain Obama Overall 68 23 Army 68 23 Navy 69 24 Air Force 67 24 Marines 75 18 Retirees 72 20 White/Non-Hispanic 76 17 Hispanic 63 27 Black/African-American 12 79 Enlisted 67 24 Officers 70 22 Last edited by Big Sarge; 10-18-2008 at 09:42 PM. |
10-19-2008, 01:05 AM | #2 |
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I'm surprised it's not more lopsided.
Everyone wants to feel important, needed, and appreciated in their job. For reassurance, the cops need criminals, firemen need fires, and teachers need students. Nothing gives the military reassurance they are appreciated, more than huge appropriations, a paranoid public, and a war or two going on. If I wanted that, I'd pick McCain too. As much as I respect what the military does, I'd prefer they were needed as little as possible.
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10-19-2008, 04:25 AM | #3 | |
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I agree with most of Bruce's comments.
I also notice that : Quote:
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10-19-2008, 07:33 AM | #4 |
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Add to that the probable economic demographic that you're talking about there. Bear in mind that African American voters overwhelmingly vote democrat anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if a similar poll taken during Clinton's race likewise showed African American soldiers heavily leaning towards him.
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10-19-2008, 08:15 AM | #5 | |
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10-19-2008, 08:53 AM | #6 |
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At first I thought you meant morale, but then I figured it works this way pretty well too.
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10-19-2008, 10:22 AM | #7 |
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It's only racist for us white folks to want the white guy. Haven't you read the rules?
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10-19-2008, 10:37 AM | #8 |
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Well, Obama just picked up Colin Powell's endorsement, which was the single biggest military vote he could have gotten. I just listened to Powell on Meet the Press, and his reasoning was the most thoughtful I have yet heard.
I really think that that is what is missing from the McCain campaign. They have their emissaries in the form of politicians and columnists, but there seem to be very few conservative intellectuals who can sit down and make a reasoned and intelligent argument for McCain. In fact, many of the conservative intellectuals, now including Powell, have jumped ship or abstained from endorsing McCain. For eight years, G.W. Bush has been the anti-intellectual candidate. When he surrounded himself with smart people, it seemed he picked those whose advice he could easily disavow or whom he could count on to tell him what he wanted to hear. Powell was an exception to this, which was why he had to resign. McCain had a chance to fix this and he was unable to, having decided to court the base. He may have won a majority of the military, but he may have lost the respect of the decision makers within the military.
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10-19-2008, 02:10 PM | #9 | |
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And Wolf, a white person who wants a white president automatically leads to white supremacy, a person of color who wants a black president can just want a representative with a different skin color. There is a big premise difference.
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10-19-2008, 02:12 PM | #10 |
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I did mean morale, but then again you could make a case their morals were pretty low too.
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10-19-2008, 02:13 PM | #11 | |
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10-19-2008, 02:14 PM | #12 |
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Haha, I stand corrected.
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10-19-2008, 08:50 PM | #13 |
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Great. The mule is a zebra.
And the elephant is one of those Galapagos Tortoises.
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