Photo Op fun!

After another night of phone banking for "The Man" and some Propositions, we decided to take a few moments for a photo op!

There has been a lot of talk about "The Bradley effect". This pertains to Tom Bradley, the African-American, ex-professional basketball player that lost his bid for California Governor in 1982. It was noted that Bradley was ahead in the polls at the time of the vote, however, after the voting was completed he had lost his bid. This discrepancy showed, at that time, that people would voice their desired opinion for an African-American in office, but when if came time to cast their vote they were unable to do so.

Since then, there have been other races, most notable in 1989, L. Douglas Wilder, ran for Governor of Virginia. While pre polls showed Wilder leading by as much as 9%, he did go on to win the election by a 1% margin. It is now thought that the people that were undecided at that time ended up voting for Marshall Coleman, the Republican candidate. This win in such a historically racial and republican state shows the strides that Americans have taken over the years. Virginia should be proud for their foot forward in being the first state to elect an African-American to office as Governor. Virginia allows Governor to be one term, so Wilder subsequently is now Mayor of Richmond Virginia after being voted in with 79% of the vote. He took office in 2005.

Since there have been numerous other campaigns that help to bring this into a more modern perspective. It is noted that since Tom Bradley, the public has become much more urbanized and less racially segregated in their actual individual ideals. Harold Ford, Jr., ran for the Senate seat in Tennessee in 2006. Although, Ford lost by a slim margin, the entry polls and exit polls taken coincided with eachother much more than polls in previous campaigns. Showing that the people polled prior to their casting of their vote did actually vote, based on their exit polls, as to what the polling information was upon entry.

With Obama leading in many polls by 10%, and based on the polls showing that Sarah Palin is viewed as not ready to lead anything, and is now viewed as detrimental to the McCant campaign, it shows that the American people are speaking out for the change that is wanted in America today. The people have also spoken loudly with their wallets by giving the Obama campaign a $150 Million boost this past month.

Now, we find that the only possible recourse for victory for the repugnicant party is to fraudulently change the outcome at the voting booths themselves, much like the discrepencies in 2000.

It has been advised that you take a camera and take pictures of your votes. Take pictures of the voting room and more in order to create the necessary substance for recourse to fight this unfair and illegal practice that we have come to know from the repugnicants.

Make your voices heard, on Nov. 4th...loudly!


(c)Copyright 2008 Doug Boggs