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Home Front: Politix
St. Pete Times Fabricating Racist Quotes
2008-09-21
A quote attributed to Sandra Cichon, a private citizen, is spreading across the internet as a living example of White Racism. Did a reporter put words in this woman's mouth? An article in the St. Petersberg Times, quotes Cichon as having said, "I can't imagine having a black president . . ."

In a phone interview Saturday, Sandra Cichon of Spring Hill, Florida denied that she ever spoke with any pollster or reporter concerning Obama or about anything regarding race. Cichon was taken by surprise when phoned by this reporter, and she was not aware that she had been quoted in any newspaper.

The September 15, 2008 article Black 'issue' hangs over presidential polls by Adam Smith of the St. Petersburg Times Political states:

A pollster calling Sandra Cichon, a 60-year-old Democrat from Spring Hill, would hear her identify herself as an undecided voter. But is she really?

"I can't imagine having a black president, and I think he's inexperienced," she told a reporter recently, eventually acknowledging she was leaning unenthusiastically toward McCain. "I don't think we (Democrats) have a chance to be in the White House with Obama."

Many analysts wonder how many voters answering polls hide their racial biases or mislead survey-takers about their real preferences.

The article fails to name the pollster who claimed to have called Cichon. When asked during my phone interview, Cichon denied speaking to any pollster on the phone.
Posted by:Frank G

#10  Angie - it may be true that it was intended to be snark, but too many Obama supporters have displayed a mean streak that I have never before witnessed in my life time. "Obama waffles" or "Bush the idiot chimp who can't read" is par for the course. But a part of the left is simply becoming unhinged and vicious in their words and actions.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-21 23:28  

#9  A lot of people would want to cause harm to someone who is (falsely) quoted as saying, "Now can I cook you up a batch of Obama waffles?"

The "waffles" thing is very clearly snark added by the writer at the Double Take blog. Sowell is being either disingenuous or dumb by taking it seriously.

You know, polls only measure one kind of demographic: those who don't have anything better to do than gab to strangers on the phone.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2008-09-21 20:19  

#8  And VA too.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-21 17:06  

#7  I predict a landslide for McCain in Nov.

I have a question for any lefties out there: Are you happy to be associated with the stuff coming from your compadres?

The Obama campaign can only be described as a collection of mean-spirited jerks who are falling apart faster than anything I have ever witnessed in my lifetime.

I suspect a good percentage of democrats, who are not frothing at the mouth, won't show up to vote. They will tell the pollsters that they will be there, and they will intend to go, but in the end they will be busy that day and well...they don't really like him much anyway.

I won't be the least bit surprised if we see multiple states such as Iowa, PA, OH, IN, CO, NM, MN, and others go towards McCain. JMHO.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-21 17:04  

#6  Mods - thx for the clarifying editing
Frank
Posted by: Frank G   2008-09-21 17:01  

#5  Nah, its the Klan reborn [just refocused] and inhabiting the same old political shell it once thrived in to play out its politics of hate and intolerance. Its the same behavioral pattern, the same wink and a nod from the same usual suspects.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-09-21 16:53  

#4  They don't care, anymore than the hackers care that they endangered the Palin children by publishing their cell phone numbers and private email accounts to every slavering paedephile out there.

Leftist fascism indeed.
Posted by: lotp   2008-09-21 15:16  

#3  Wow--by attributing these stupid things to someone they identify by name, age, place of residence, they are endangering the person. A lot of people would want to cause harm to someone who is (falsely) quoted as saying, "Now can I cook you up a batch of Obama waffles?" This is leftist fascism. Scary.
Posted by: ex-lib   2008-09-21 14:15  

#2  Sandra Cichon is must be a Republican racist. Oh. She's a Democrat? But she's can't really be a Democrat......and she said something about BO being inexperienced too. But what does inexperience have to do with anything, not many people have had much experience being a Messiah. No matter, he will get OTJ training. Wrong!
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-09-21 11:57  

#1  Vote for Obama:
He will give you (false)hope, (take your) change and if you don't you are a buck-toothed red state racist.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-21 10:49  

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