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MilitaryTimes Election Poll
| Tue, 10-21-2008 - 10:05am |
I copied this from FNC. I'm planning on going to the base today so I'll pick up a copy of Military Times.
The Military Times polled 4,300 readers from 22Sept-29Sept. Those surveyed were a little bit older than the avg. enlisted member and includes a few more officers than are represented in the military as a whole.
ALL RESPONDENTS
68% support McCain
23% support Obama
10% undecided, declined to answer or other
If you divide it by race, 8 out of 10 Black service members

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They generally identify as black. I don't think I've ever heard someone actually saying African Canadian....I am just never sure what is the best/most respectful terminology to use when speaking of race with an American.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Canadian
My husband is an Army veteran and served two tours in Iraq; most of his friends are currently on their third and fourth tours, and he is going to college on the GI Bill, so we definitely have kept up with the election and specifically veterans issues and Iraq/Afghanistan. We are both proudly voting Obama/Biden this year for several reasons, but one of the most important is the ticket's support of our troops, veterans and military families.
As my husband has said, "I know a ton of officers who were great officers, but they would make terrible CEO's, let alone presidents." Serving your country is an honorable, selfless thing to do, but it should not be an automatic qualifier for being POTUS, and likewise, not choosing to serve in this fashion should not automatically disqualify someone or make them less worthy of
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As far as I know, you might be. Actually, I've never found that to be a very accurate term anyway. When we refer to someone by nationality (with or without the "Canadian" tacked on)....It's specifically to acknowledge the country that person or their parents actually came from.
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