More sick-in-the-head types posing as Democrats

[ProSense]

At McCain’s regional headquarters in Woodbridge, former Real Estate Commission Executive Director Dawn Rafferty – a self-described life-long Democrat who served under Governors McGreevey and Codey -- said that she fears for her children’s future if Barack Obama is elected president. She was joined at the press conference by the voice of her mother, former Secretary of State Joan Haberly, who endorsed McCain via speakerphone while on a business trip in Las Vegas.

Not present was former Waterford Mayor George Fallon, a Democrat who State Director Rick Mroz said was backing McCain as well.

“They are an illustration of what we’ve been saying in this campaign all along from the start, from two years ago, when John McCain started his quest for the presidential election,” said Mroz. “That there are people in this state who are not just the rank-and-file Republicans, who are non-traditional Republicans, who are independents or Democrats who will ultimately come out and vote for John McCain… We think this is a very real dynamic, which, at the end of the day, is going to be the reason McCain and Palin are elected.”

But it won’t be the first time that Haberle and Rafferty will vote Republican on a federal level. Although Haberle was a delegate for Al Gore in 2000 and chaired the Hunterdon County Democrats in the late 1970s, she voted for George W. Bush in 2004. So did Rafferty.

“I don’t know, there was just something about (John Kerry) that I didn’t like. I didn’t like his wife either, but that’s beside the point, “ said Haberele. “I just didn’t feel secure with the guy much.”

In August, the McCain campaign touted the endorsement of Linden Mayor Richard Gerbounka, a former Democrat who’s now an independent. But he also supported Bush – both in 2000 and 2004.

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[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Matt Friedman?

:grr:

[ProSense]

6. Doesn't matter. Why these people are still holding elected office and

posing as delegates as members of the Democratic Party is beyond me.

Voting Bush in 2000, 2004 and now supporting McCain?

[yardwork]

2. Is it wrong to hope that they've lost a ton of money in the past couple of weeks?

I'm so tired of selfish, greedy people who will say and do anything to promote their own slimy values.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. i thought of you today. Did you see how Michelle OBama described Palin?

I think she provides an excellent of example of all the different roles that women can and should play,"

[ProSense]

9. Not sure what this has to do with the OP, but are you referring to these comments?

KING: What do you make of her running for a vice president and having kids -- many kids and being a good parent and bouncing all the balls?

M. OBAMA: You know, I think she provides an excellent of example of all the different roles that women can and should play. You know, I'm a mother with kids and I've had a career and I've had to juggle. She's doing publicly what so many women are doing on their own privately. And what we're fighting for is to make sure that all women have the choices that Sarah Palin and I have to make these decision and do it without hurting their families.

And we're in a position now, as I go across the country and I've had conversations with working women. And many find that they have to do the juggling, but they're doing it without the support. They're living in communities where jobs have dried up, so their family members have had to move away so they can't rely on mothers and all those informal support structures. They don't have access to decent child care and they're worrying about health care.

So what Sarah Palin and I have that all women deserve is the choice and the resources to make their choices work.

KING: The senator...

M. OBAMA: And I think that's what we need to fight for.

KING: And the senator shares that view?

M. OBAMA: Absolutely. I mean, he's seen -- you know, Barack has grown up with strong women. He's seen me and he grew up in a household where his grandmother was the primary breadwinner. He saw her juggling to support the entire family, saw her working her way up from being a secretary at a bank to being a senior official. His mother was a single parent. He saw her struggle in many ways.

He's seen the struggles of women and knows that there's an inequity there and that we're still, in this country, dealing with pay equity issues for women. Women still earn $0.79 to the dollar, compared to men, for the same job.

And that's where we have to move from, you know?

We have to move out of that inequity and give women the salaries that they need so that in the event that they have to make the choice or want to make the choice to work, that they're able to support their family like I can, like Sarah Palin can.

KING: The extraordinary Michelle Obama.

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Her response was perfect, taking the high road while making it clear that no one should have to worry about taking care of their family.

[sufrommich]

4. Nobody at that IQ level is a democrat. She voted for Gore and

then Bush?

[ProSense]

8. Strange, isn't it?

And now supporting McCain?

[louis-t]

5. They're worried for their 'future'?

Have they been paying attention for 8 years?

[sufrommich]

7. That's code for "I'm not voting

for a black guy".

[donco6]

10. "There's just something about them . . . "

I despise that chickenshit "reason" for doing or not doing something.