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Submitted August 18, 2008 - 2:43 pm by Christi Demuth

 Yesterday, we did a community works project across the street from my house. I wanted to call it Obama works but some of the neighbors balked; there were many in our little community who showed up to help paint the elderly couple's home.  After we finished one of my old friends (from my NHRA racing background) who also happens to own a beach vacation home here, came over for a beer, after spending some time catching up I asked him where he was politically. His exact words "Yeah, I saw your Obama signs; you do not want to go there with me, I am a die-hard Republican, I have donated to McCain (who I don't really like) but, I could never, I mean never vote for a  black muslim". OMG, I really like this friend and am shocked that he is not only a right winger, but racist too. I spent some time trying to debunk the muslim meme but he is definitely a lost cause. He even used the N word. He knew it upset me and he apologized for the word but not for his political views.Ugh!

I hope there are not too many of these types left to take the election again. I had hoped the nation had come further than this.

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