I don't know if it cost him any votes but I did hear that comment "'you've probably never heard of Fannie & Freddy before today" and i glossed over it because #1 i didn't see who ask the question and #2 someone decided to talk while i was trying to listen.
I won't go back and resurrect the video but i hope his intent was not what you describe. The comment did sound strange though. When i heard it my question was "Who's he talking to"? Who hasn't heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? Hmmmmm.
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Originally Posted by tijanaw
Funny thing that I may be the only one here to notice but I thought when the young black kid asked the question about the economic crisis to McCain.He responded by pointing the finger at Obama with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I thought it was offensive when he told the kid 'you've probably never heard of Fannie & Freddy before today".
That showed a lack of good judgement from McCain IMO, because that sentence resumed literally all the stereotypes about young black African-Americans by white America.
I think that slip might cost him lots of votes.
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