Ken, You're right. It wasn't referred to as the Bradley Effect, but NPR was talking about the same thing this morning. I was also talking to a colleague last week, who said his in-laws probably won't vote for Obama for that reason, although they'd never admit it. This guy has the same last name as Palin's maiden name, so I asked him if there was any relation as an initial report I read said her family came from his hometown. Kendall On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:27 AM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > i have been messing around with mike for a few post. > > do politicians lie? duh? there is an old joke; "how do you know a > politician is lying? , his mouth is moving." > > you see politicians promising lots of things and we know there is not > enough money to deliver. we see them say things about something the other > one said and we say, "that is a little out of context." > > we see them say something that after you look behind the statement is just > a silly innuendo. > > then sometimes we hear something that is just a big whopping lie. > > my opinion is that politicians lie quite a bit. > > now the unsavory fact. in the states where the polls show obama leading by > 1-3 points in the polls, do not be surprised if he loses the state. there is > something called the Bradley effect. basically it is the fact that some > people will not tell pollers that they will not vote for a black person but > when they vote they do let their prejudice take control. not the way it > should be, but it is there. there are not as many bigots as there once was > but there are still some bigots out there. > > > > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > -- Kendall An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy