Comments | detroitfather: Tale of two Milans

detroitfather

Tale of two Milans

Feb 12, 2009 06:22

This was the kind of thing which God pulls on me from time to time, I think, just to let me know that He is still in control. I imagining Him winking at me, and saying: Did you see what I did there? Hehe.Tuesday morning I was annoyed that the passenger side windshield wiper rubber on my Mercury Milan lease car was flapping around loose. And it ( Read more... )

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bojojoti February 12 2009, 17:11:59 UTC

Love the story.

buongiornodaisy February 12 2009, 22:29:37 UTC

Not sure if this was your intent, but I wouldn't necessarily base someone's voting history on their appearance/race. I say this only because I really, really don't like it when someone makes assumptions about me just because of my race.

It was my intent. detroitfather February 12 2009, 23:14:25 UTC

I stand by my statement: A probable Obama voter.

I believe that exit polls show that more than 95% of black Detroit voters voted for Obama. Possibly more than 99%.

Anyhow, I was talking about probability, as my post stated, and so I am most certainly justified in saying he was a probable Obama voter!

Re: It was my intent. gtrnvox February 13 2009, 17:53:07 UTC

I think your probability is warranted. During my time cleaning up the donor database of the Mission, I have noticed that among black donors I have only encountered 2 Republicans and 2 Independents - out of literally thousands of black donors.

Two mitigating factors, however: (1) our donor base is from this and surrounding states only; (2) being a Democrat does not require one to vote for a Democratic candidate.