this is the high definition of an optimist....'McCain, in Alabama, Courts Black Voters'

[spanone]

good luck grandpa

GEE’S BEND, Ala.—Senator John McCain opened a weeklong tour of the nation’s “forgotten places” in Alabama’s Black Belt on Monday by acknowledging the challenge he faces in appealing to African-Americans and admitting that “I am aware of the fact that there will be many people who will not vote for me.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/us/politics/21cnd-mccain.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

[JDPriestly]

1. His lack of realism is scary. Reminds me of Bush II.

Oh, no. Not another loony. Please, please, please.

[Cant trust em]

2. Token. Just so he can say that he went there and didn't totally ignore them.

Though I'm sure that he'd ignore them legislatively if he gets in office.

[jody]

3. Alabama’s "Black Belt" is named for its fertile soil, not the people who live in that area. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

4. Blacks living in ALA might have something in common with a Vietnamese POW

You never know.

[tomtomtom]

5. he don't got a chance

blacks are voting black this year....we're dumping the clintons, once and for all. They didn't do us good anyways.