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Maribelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-16-08 08:24 AM
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So, what is Obama telling us about the votes he received in Florida?
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Edited on Sat Feb-16-08 08:26 AM by Maribelle
The Obama campaign has stated over and over again that a good reason Florida votes should not count is that the people did not get to know him because he didn’t campaign there.


If you believe that, then what exactly is the Obama campaign saying to the world? Are they really telling us that the good people of Florida that did vote for him didn’t know him? Or what excuse do the use today regarding these voters? Especially, what about the voters of three congressional districts of Florida where Obama handily won, perhaps thanks to the intricate surgery by Republican gerrymandering at it’s finest.


A map of the republican fine-tooth-combed and carved congressional districts:
http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/congress/congress.htm



The stats of three Florida districts where Obama said people did not get to know him:


  1. Congressional District: 3 Obama 58.1%

    http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/congress/cong03.htm

    race alone or in combination with one
    or more other races:
    Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,183.....50.8%
    http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/5001203.pdf


  2. Congressional District:17 Obama 55%

    Race alone or in combination with one
    or more other races:
    Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366,030.....63.4%

    http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/5001217.pdf


  3. Congressional District:23 Obama 52.1%
    Race alone or in combination with one
    or more other races:
    Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363,519.....58.7%


http://censtats.census.gov/data/FL/5001223.pdf
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/elections/resultsarchive/index.asp?ElectionDate=1/29/2008



Obama’s forked tongue has grown so split he can stick the ends in his ears. Most Floridians know this.
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