The hate factor on Election Day

From my hometown paper:

In this image from a video, Kern High School District Trustee Ken Mettler is shown punching an opponent of Proposition 8.

The full story in the Bakersfield Californian.

Prop. 8, which will be on the same ballot as Obama-Mccain, seeks to end same-sex marriage in California.

The county's unemployment rate is 9.3 percent, it's one of the worst-hit places in the country for housing foreclosures/value declines, voter registration is at an all-time high -- and when we were there in August I heard stories of people saying things like "I agree with Obama's politics, but I'm not gonna vote for a N-."

Labels: bakersfield, politics

- posted by Amy @ 10/25/2008 08:25:00 AM