Voters declare they’d rather be stylish than safe
From MSNBC:
On the issues and candidate qualities
In the survey, Obama also holds commanding leads on the issues — especially economic ones. He has a 39-point advantage over McCain in handling health care (59 to 20 percent), a 21-point edge on improving the economy (49 to 28), a 21-point lead on the mortgage and housing crisis (45 to 24), a 17-point edge on dealing with the Wall Street crisis (42 to 25), a 14-point lead on taxes (48 to 34) and a 12-point advantage on energy and the cost of gas (44 to 32).
That last stat on energy and the cost of fuel is especially funny, as fuel prices are currently falling like a brick under the Bush Jr. administration and the main reason all the Kool-Aid drinkers think McCain won’t stack up has to do with his Bush Jr. associations. It’s also quite humorous that these Major Hoolihan voters think that Obama is more fit than McCain in handling the other issues enumerated in the previous paragraph. I mean, what experience does Obama have in handling ANY crisis? ….uh, well…none. Thank you very much. Meanwhile, McCain was handling stuff like this when Obama was still wearing Pampers. This is just more electorate foolishness.
Continuing onward:
McCain, meanwhile, holds advantages on which candidate would do a better job in catching Osama bin Laden (39 to 19 percent) and handling the situation in Iraq (45 to 40).
McCain also narrowly leads in having strong leadership qualities needed to be president (40 to 36 percent). But Obama has the edge in offering hope and optimism (53 to 23), improving America’s standing in the world (51 to 31) and having the right temperament to be president (50 to 30).
Okay, let’s see what’s more important: protecting us (and our troops abroad) from terrorists and having strong leadership abilities, or offering hope, optimism, and the right mood? I think the answer is obvious. But then, I’m a conservative mastodon. When I point out obvious things like this (or open my mouth for that matter) liberals demand an interpreter, dwell on the irrelevant, and scream obscenities in my general direction.
One other key advantage for Democrats is the enthusiasm gap. Fifty-two percent of Obama voters in the poll say they’re excited to be voting for the Democratic presidential nominee.
That’s compared with just 26 percent of McCain voters who said that about the GOP nominee, a percentage that’s down eight points since the Republican convention in early September.
Winning the base, but losing the middle
Hart, the Democratic pollster, believes there is one good sign for McCain in the poll: The Arizona senator is holding on to the GOP base. McCain has a sizable advantage over Obama among evangelicals (76 to 20 percent), small town/rural voters (53 to 40), and those living in the South (54 to 40).
And what does this little excursion prove? (A) That most of the voters polled were liberal democrats and (B) that they haven’t got a clue what the crux issues are. You see, when liberal media types poll liberal voters, it stands to reason that they (the voters) will find an ultra liberal candidate favorable. After all, the liberal candidate represents what they value. That’s in contradistinction to what classical conservatives value, and never the twain shall meet.
As for the crux issues, isn’t it obvious there’s a problem with the part of the brain governing forethought when voters are more concerned with style, “right temperament,” and other non-issues like how pie-in-the-sky the candidate in question makes them feel, than whether or not he can actually provide solid leadership and keep them safe?
Ridiculous! What a bunch of zero amygdala oblongatas. I must’ve picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
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