So some interesting things going on out here. We had 10 props on our ballot ranging from requiring farmers to have enough space for chickens to stretch their legs (passed) to a bullet train from LA- San Fran (passed) to a $10,000 credit when you purchase a hybrid vehicle (failed). But the big ticket item was gay marriage...prop 8.
I'm sure its national news now, but prop 8 was passed which means that it bans gay marriage. This was a huge surprise since the polling just a day before showed it being rejected by 18%. Ahhh, was it just bad polling, or was this actually the Bradley effect that was intended to hit Obama, but really it was prop 8.
Another interesting stat that was just released was the Asians and Whites were slightly in favor of voting no against the prop, but Blacks and Hispanics were in favor of passing the bill by a 70-30 margin. Hmmm, so the excitement driven by Obama and the large turnout actually hurt prop 8's passing. Terrible research by the prop 8 team.
Now on the local news you are seeing the protesters of Prop 8 are all holding up Obama signs. Um...why would they be doing this? The common comments are stating that its hatred coming from the conservative base in the state that voted this bill in. First, Obama came out against gay marriage and the majority of his backers in CA are also against it. Also, how does Obama carry the state 61%-37% but yet the bill gets passed 52%-48%? There is an easy link to make, which I don't think the local media wants to make or are too dumb to make.
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I just saw that on the news and my first thought was about the typical stereotype. Must be pretty true.
Let see if I've got this all correct...
I can buy marijuana in Michigan.
I can have a Dr. kill me in Washington.
Chicken can stretch their legs in California.
But I can't double down on a soft 7 against a 6 in Ohio. WTF.
This morning a caller made an excellent point, which is sort of sad. "So Californians are more concerned about chicken rights than gay rights."
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