McNabb votes for the first time

McNabb said. “For the first time, I had the opportunity to vote and I can say that I was a part of it.”

LTRT wrote:McNabb casts his vote for Obama
http://www.timesleader.com/sports/McNabb_casts_his_vote_for_Obama_11-05-2008.html

McNabb said. “For the first time, I had the opportunity to vote and I can say that I was a part of it.”

1st time, he's 31 yrs old.

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2008/11/donovan_mcnabb_goes_deep_on_ob.html

Markwes wrote:

LTRT wrote:McNabb casts his vote for Obama
http://www.timesleader.com/sports/McNabb_casts_his_vote_for_Obama_11-05-2008.html

McNabb said. “For the first time, I had the opportunity to vote and I can say that I was a part of it.”

1st time, he's 31 yrs old.

http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2008/11/donovan_mcnabb_goes_deep_on_ob.html

Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

meta4 wrote:

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

From now on you shouldn't need to wonder why your opinion may be respected less than it has been in the past.

Markwes wrote:

meta4 wrote:

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

From now on you shouldn't need to wonder why your opinion may be respected less than it has been in the past.

Shoot, I'm going to go jump off a cliff now. Instead of your usual "Suck it" and "STFU" type responses, why don't you tell us why you think McNabb suddenly decided voting was important?

SavoyTruffle wrote:I understand what you guys (Mark and LT) are trying to say, but neither of you really know what was going through their heads? Maybe there was a decent amount of voting based on Obama's race (and no doubt, that happened on both sides), but could you really blame them for feeling a little disenfranchised from the political scene? I'm not saying what they did is right nor that they really felt disenfranchised - for all I know, they just didn't care about politics and jumped on this bandwagon - but I'm sure it did happen to some people and they were motivated to vote this time around.

I don't know nor will I claim to know, but that doesn't really matter - the people have spoke and that's all there is.

Donovan McNabb grew up in Chicago never believing he would ever see a black man become president.

Perhaps that was one reason why the 31-year-old Eagles quarterback never registered to vote until this election.

McNabb, though, had met Barack Obama, believed in his ideas and supported his policies. When he watched Obama give his victory speech at Grant Park on Tuesday night, McNabb truly believed anything in America was possible.

“We’ve made big strides from what could possibly have happened in the past,” McNabb said Wednesday. “Here’s an individual who’s truly intelligent, smart, has a game plan for change and I’m truly excited for him.”

Several Eagles hollered Obama’s motto, “Yes we can!” in the locker room, and one even yelled, “We got a black president!” Most of a locker room filled primarily with black players was euphoric that Obama won the election to become the nation’s first black president.

meta4 wrote:

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

From now on you shouldn't need to wonder why your opinion may be respected less than it has been in the past.

meta4 wrote:Because, as Savoy pointed out, you have no clue what anyone's reasons for voting would have been without asking them.

meta4 wrote:And ya know, I don't believe I aimed those phrases at you. Who was it that said I like to jump in and defend Bman all the time?

meta4 wrote:I suppose we're back to occasionally agreeing on some topics... I think beer was the best one.

meta4 wrote:Hey, ya know, maybe I'M being the TOOL for not antagonizing these recent statements about Obama being black into some sort of interesting or productive, thought provoking discussion.

LTRT wrote:

meta4 wrote:

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

From now on you shouldn't need to wonder why your opinion may be respected less than it has been in the past.

Please don't try to convince us that the results were not indicative of anything but.

LTRT wrote:

meta4 wrote:

Markwes wrote:Hmmm, I guess he didn't feel it was duty before, but now does for some reason.

LTRT wrote:A little birdie told me that millions and millions of people had the very same reason, weird huh.

From now on you shouldn't need to wonder why your opinion may be respected less than it has been in the past.

Please don't try to convince us that the results were not indicative of anything but.

Bman wrote:Did people vote for the first time this year because Obama is black ... you betcha. Some black people voted for him because he was black. Some white people voted for him because he is black. Some white people voted AGAINST him because he is black. What is wrong with being motivated to go vote? Hopefully they all stay engaged in the process.

Where is your whining about white people voting for the first time because he is black and voting against him just because he is black. A little hypocritical isn't it?

I should log on to AWB and see how that site is reacting to the election of Barack Obama as President, maybe a few on here could just tell me.

Bman wrote:Fluck ... upset because people voted. Hilarious ... cry and whine because you got beat because people voted. That is sad.

LTRT wrote:

Bman wrote:Fluck ... upset because people voted. Hilarious ... cry and whine because you got beat because people voted. That is sad.

No the sad thing is you had people voting that could've cared less about voting until a man of color gets the nomination.

Bman wrote:

LTRT wrote:

Bman wrote:Fluck ... upset because people voted. Hilarious ... cry and whine because you got beat because people voted. That is sad.

No the sad thing is you had people voting that could've cared less about voting until a man of color gets the nomination.

AMAZING ... voting against a person because he is black is A-OK with you but voting for someone because he is black is just wrong.

All I can say is wow! That is really sad. Should we just not allow them to vote? Should we have separate drinking fountains and restrooms too? I find it great that the black people in America were motivated to go vote even if it was because he was black. Now EVERY child in America knows that if they do the right things that they too can do anything.

America is MUCH better off beginning yesterday than what we were 48 hours ago.

pez wrote:This is the type of conversation that makes me miss MaryJ...

I personally think that while it is likely true that many blacks and white voted this time for the very first time, and may have done so for the purpose of getting a black candidate elected, to say that Obama won because of the black vote turnout must not be true, or Jesse Jackson would have been president in the 80's.

The issue here is not that his skin happens to be black, but rather because he was the best candidate for president, that also happened to be black. I think if someone is postulating that Obama won because of the black vote, he would have taken More states Like Georgia (30% black), or south carolina (too lazy to Look up% black)