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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

Quotation
There’s just something about him I don’t trust… It’s not so much that I don’t believe what he is saying, but I just don’t think he’s for the middle and lower class. He’s more for helping the rich.
— Fifty-six year old Sharon Whelan of Florida, a 2008 McCain voter, explaining why she is not voting for Mitt Romney. Whelan plans to vote for Barack Obama in 2012.