Tough Crowd for Obama at Cape Fear BBQ...

This article was forwarded to me by a friend in my group "Obama Brigade".

Tough Crowd for Obama at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken
October 19, 2008 3:07 PM

In Fayetteville, NC, today, at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken, Sen. Barack
Obama, D-Ill., was greeted by a 54-year-old woman
shouting "Socialist! Socialist! Socialist! Get out of here!"

The woman, Diane Fanning, who works at a Sam's Club, was one of the
many in the older and largely white crowd eating lunch after church
services.

Sitting next to Fanning, Lenox Bramble, 76, gave her an angry look at
her.

"Be civil, be courteous," he said. He later told a reporter he's
voting for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and doesn't think Obama has
enough experience.

Another diner, Cecilia Hayslip, 61, yelled back at Fanning, "At least
he's not a war-monger!"

Obama came to the long table where Fanning was eating with fellow
congregants from the local First Presbyterian church.

Obama held out his hand to her.

"How are you, ma'am?" he asked.

She refused to shake his hand.

Obama spoke with other, friendlier members of the congregation about
health care, Social Security, and taxes.

Fanning explained their courtesy to a reporter, saying, "Some of `em
are just nicer than I am. I know how some of `em think."

The reception in this Red state diner was decidedly mixed

"You're doing a great job," Betty Waylett, 76, told Obama. Waylett's
a Republican but says she plans to vote for Obama.

Pastor Randal Bremer, also at the table, relayed that Obama told
him, "Whether you vote for me or not I'll need your prayers."

"I'm very impressed by his ability to meet people on a down-to-earth
level," said Bremer, who plans to vote for McCain because he prefers
smaller government and McCain's position on the Iraq war. "I don't
want to see (recent gains made in Iraq) damaged by a premature pull-
out," he said.

"I'm surprised, but I'm not going to say anything else," said Pat
Smith.

A group of six retired women, mostly Democrats, remained undecided.

"I have to pray about it, think about what's best for our country,"
said one of them, Dorothy Buie.

Fanning was aware of the endorsement Obama received today from Gen.
Colin Powell (Ret.) but was unimpressed. "Colin Powell is a RINO, R-I-
N-O, Republican In Name Only," she said.

Obama and his aides ordered to go chicken, collards, baked beans,
slaw and wings. The tab was $13.91.