by Marilyn M.
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February 14, 2007

Another Reason To Pray About The Elections

October 19, 2008 02:40 PM UTC (Updated: October 19, 2008 02:42 PM UTC)
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Another Reason To Pray About The Elections

by Marilyn Mackenzie

 

 

 

I have never found Howard Stern's show appealing.  To me, it's much like the Jerry Springer show.  I don't have much in common with the guests or the show hosts.

My son, however, enjoys the Howard Stern show and told me about this experiement that the show did about the elections.  Have you heard about it?  Today, I received the URL to a clip of the show from two of my internet friends.

The Stern show wanted to find out if people are voting for Obama entirely because of race.  One of the guys from the show went out on the streets of Harlem and started asking questions.  He attributed McCain's political stands, and even his VP candidate, Governor Palin, to Obama's campaign.  And he attributed Obama's stand to the McCain platform.

The people who were interviewed didn't know the difference.  Even when told that Obama wants to stay in the war, doesn't believe in abortion or stem cell research and has Governor Palin as his VP running mate, these people were still for Obama.

Makes you wonder.  I know we cannot require anyone to have an IQ test before voting anymore, but shouldn't they be required to know SOMETHING about the person for whom they vote?  Then again...my grandmother used to vote for the man with the best mouth.  She said that any man (of course back then there were no women running) with a thin upper lip was not to be trusted.

 

Here's a clip of the show:  Clip from Howard Stern Show October 17, 2008  (Don't worry.  There are no cuss words or inappropriate language in the clip.)

Comments: 26

Cyndi B. Oct 19, 2008, 2:54pm UTC
Sad to say that many of those who claim that others are racist for not voting for Obama are those who are racist because they are voting for Obama - they are voting only because they want to see a black man in the white house and they don't know the issues. I may not be voting for McCain, but I know why...
Alta B. Oct 19, 2008, 2:54pm UTC
It's all coming and you and I can see it...Others cannot see it.
April H. Oct 19, 2008, 3:03pm UTC
You'll have just as many people who won't vote for Obama just because he's black, so it probably all evens out in the end. I heard a lady interviewed who said she believes in everything he stands for, but can't bring herself to vote for him. The chose Harlem to do this test. If they had chosen a small rural town with an all white population I'm sure the results would have been the exact opposite.
John S. (arizona) Oct 19, 2008, 3:24pm UTC
I saw this a while ago, and it is troubling; as it would be for any candidate. Sad really...
Take care.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2008, 3:42pm UTC
It works both ways. Maybe someday we can get beyond race in America.
Erin E. Grunewald Oct 19, 2008, 3:54pm UTC
My mother found a video somewhere of people on the streets saying similar things. Very scary. I have come all but come to the conclusion that the uneducated voter is the worst kind of voter of all, and it is not fair to those (be them conservative or liberal) who have bothered to educate themselves.

On the racial note, I think voting for someone just because of their race is just as bad as voting against them just because of their race. This isn't about race, it is about finding the best person for the job.

Thanks for this post, by the way.
glenda j. Oct 19, 2008, 3:59pm UTC
pray
Lera M. Oct 19, 2008, 4:16pm UTC
I posted that video last week. Scary.
William Dotani Oct 19, 2008, 4:17pm UTC
I would not waste a minute watching or listening to a scumbag like Howard Stern. Church is for worship and practicing charity. Political prayers are disgusting, devious, of Satan and I believe blasphemous. Can we get through one day without more gutter smear, or is the republican heart so black that it is nothing but brimstone?
Wilma D. Oct 19, 2008, 4:27pm UTC
I always though praying was to be closer to God's will, not to get him to do what you want. Guess I was wrng about that. I'm sure that you don't mean to sound as racist as you sound, Marilyn. Let me parse your argument, according to Howard Stern, in a very loaded an unscientific survey, finds that poor black people in Harlem want Obama to win because he's black. And to keep a black man in office by the black vote we need to pray that McCain wins. Not very pretty when you put it that way is it?

Clearly. we need a better education in the inner city so everyone can be as clear thinking as Republicans who are credulous enough to take Fox News as "fair and balanced."

The people in Harlem may not know(and I bet he had to go through a lot of people to get the result he wanted)what Obama stands for, but a lot of us educated people do. And we like it better than what McCain and Palin stand for.
G.H. Monroe Oct 19, 2008, 4:28pm UTC
Yes ... and many of McCain's ignorant rural supporters believe that Obama is Muslim.
♥~♥Czella♥~♥ K. Oct 19, 2008, 4:46pm UTC
?
Kerrell Goolsby Oct 19, 2008, 5:00pm UTC
The Republicans have hearts? Really?
How many people are voting for McCain only because he's white? Anyone bother do to that survey?
Marilyn M. Oct 19, 2008, 5:14pm UTC
William, the Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. We're supposed to pray about everything, and the elections are part of that everything.
Marilyn M. Oct 19, 2008, 5:15pm UTC
I'm voting for McCain because he's the only candidate who will serve the entire country, not just a few. Obama is trying to keep this country divided, and he'll do a great job of that if he's elected.
Marilyn M. Oct 19, 2008, 11:12pm UTC
Don...you seem to be repeating yourself everywhere. Perhaps you should read the quote you used. :-)
Lera M. Oct 19, 2008, 11:17pm UTC
"Yes ... and many of McCain's ignorant rural supporters believe that Obama is Muslim."
Jerry M., Oct 19, 2008, 4:28pm EDT

Posted one of those videos, too. Just being "fair and balanced". Smileycons!
Robin"Buffy's Stunt Double" D. Oct 20, 2008, 1:12am UTC
I think there are a lot of people praying for the same thing this election, but with two very different people in mind for the job. That makes for a lot of praying on both sides : )

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