WHY BUBBA WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA

When Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 there were a handful of his teammates------ mostly southerners, who at first all refused to play with a black player.
Now their reasons for not wanting to be on a team with Robinson were very interesting. For the most part none of them said that they, themselves did not want to play with Jackie Robinson. Instead, they said that if they did share a clubhouse with a black man then it would be very difficult to face their friends back home.

It is my opinion that “the Bubba vote” will go to Barack Obama despite all of the fears that racism will raise its ugly head in the form of the “Bradley effect.”
It will go to Barack Obama because at the end of the day Obama comes off as a nice guy. It might be over simplistic to use this phrase but it’s true.
Even conservatives concede the fact that Obama is non-threatening and if there’s any black man who Bubba would not mind if he was a neighbor------- or President, it would surely be a black man like Obama.
You see, in order to understand why Bubba will vote for Obama one must understand racism in America. One must understand that the reason 99% of racists are who they are is not because they are evil and despicable. Rather, racists are racists because of stupidity. Old fashioned ignorance, and if you meet that ignorance head on you do have a chance to change minds. Perhaps not all the way, but enough to move forward.
This is what Barack Obama has done throughout his campaign for the Presidency, and this is why he has been connecting with the type of voters that one would have thought would never vote for a black man just five years ago. These voters will vote for Obama because through his demeanor and his words he has shown that he is just like them.
Perhaps you might not find Bubba him hanging out with Obama on a Saturday night, but at least if Barack and Michelle stopped off at Bubba’s favorite bar on the way home from a Broadway play they would surely be greeted by Bubba and his friends and Barack might even share a beer with the guys while Michelle exchanges recipes with Mrs. Bubba.