Jul 23 2008
Pet Owners Prefer McCain……this is just sad.
New polls show McCain to hold 42% of pet owners’ votes, with Obama getting only 37%. There are many potential reasons for this discrepancy - different races, socioeconomic classes, and residents of cities compared to rural or suburban areas - though why should any of this even be worthy of consideration?
I would not have a problem with pointless statistics like these, as they are somewhat interesting, I guess, but some of the quotes from pet owners as to what McCain having several pets in his household means are…..disturbing. Take these examples:
“I think a person who owns a pet is a more compassionate person — caring, giving, trustworthy. I like pet owners.”
Having a pet “tells you that they’re responsible at least for something, for the care of something.”
And Obama has two daughters………………………………………………………
Do people really believe these things about pe
t owners? Or is the media just creating something out of some very specific responses?
McCain owning pets probably only impacts the retirement age crowd, and those that are single, but of an age where most other people are married. Pets play a bigger role for these people because of the elevated necessity for dependable companionship. Sure enough, the two quotes are from “a retired stay-at-home wife” and a 79 year old man from Washington whose dog had recently passed.
I don’t have a problem with anybody having pets, I just can’t believe that anybody would commend McCain for his animals, yet not also mention that fact that he has raised seven (!) children. If anything, Obama would deserve extra points for currently “caring” and being “responsible” for two living children, that both come from a single marriage.
Souce - http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-pets-and-politics
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