"It struck me as odd. He's a guy from Somerville, so I was surprised he was supporting Obama"

[ron_newman]

The above quote is from a parole officer, testifying about an Obama bumper sticker on an alleged murderer's car.

The bumper sticker helped link the defendant and his car to the crime, which is a Good Thing. But I don't get the parole officer's logic at all. How many Somerville people do you know who didn't support Obama over McCain in 2008?

(From the Herald, via Universal Hub.)

(2008 Somerville presidential election results from Boston.com: Obama 26450, McCain 5197, others 700)

Comments

[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

Well, you can count me as 1 person in Somerville who didn't support Obama over McCain & my roommate at the time who no longer is in Somerville also supported McCain over Obama - so that's 2 of us.

[ron_newman]

Right, I know some of you are out there. But you were a 16% minority in the election results, so I'm baffled by the parole officer's comment.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Don't forget anomie666. He voted for McCain but we luvs him anyway. :-)