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So you work for an hourly wage and still vote Republican? (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP
It just baffles the mind, doesn't it? BlueCaliDem Jun 2013 #1
Agreed ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2013 #2
Bingo.... nt Ernesto Jun 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jun 2013 #4
+1! Saviolo Jun 2013 #5
Welcome to DU, Saviolo! calimary Jun 2013 #6
Such people dont vote for financial reasons... davidn3600 Jun 2013 #7
Corporations are people tooooooooooo Iliyah Jun 2013 #8
What about those who don't vote at all? rickyhall Jun 2013 #9
hate is a great motivator maindawg Jun 2013 #10
Even though I am retired now, RebelOne Jun 2013 #11

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. It just baffles the mind, doesn't it?
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 02:22 PM
Jun 2013

Also, add to that category those who hate the Democratic Party as much as they hate the Republican Party and waste their vote on some fringie candidate in that same category: a special kind of stupid.

They still don't understand that we live in a two-party, winner-take-all political system, and would rather believe that the world revolves around them and waste their vote on some GOP-backed fringe candidate than stand with the political party that's closest to their ideals. Yep. Special kind of stupid.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
2. Agreed ...
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 02:25 PM
Jun 2013

But it must be extended to include anyone that earns the majority of his/her income by salary (whether hourly or fixed salary); rather than, investment income, is a special kind of stupid

And that includes those fortunate enough to be paid, even, $300,000 a year.

Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

calimary

(81,567 posts)
6. Welcome to DU, Saviolo!
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 05:04 PM
Jun 2013

GOOD ONE!

Actually, make that EXCELLENT, SUPERB, SPOT-ON, and the sad truth, too.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
7. Such people dont vote for financial reasons...
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 05:06 PM
Jun 2013

They are voting for social reasons...

Abortion, religion, gay marriage, immigration, military, etc...

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
8. Corporations are people tooooooooooo
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 05:13 PM
Jun 2013

then shit they can go to jail huh.

Gopers want to take away the minimum wage and let the employer not offer their employees health care. Keep them uninformed and lie to them constantly. If it doesn't go their way scream Sodom & Gomorrah, end of the world, death to all non-believers, zombies, and only GAWD chosen people who will survive and re-build the earth. Climate Change is a myth and GAWD will fix the earth (like the GOD I believe in didn't give brains and the will to live). . . .

 

maindawg

(1,151 posts)
10. hate is a great motivator
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 05:32 PM
Jun 2013

Throw in some fear and presto. It is mainly the hate they harbor for their fellow man. They go to church and presto, they are good people. They have a job and presto, they are better than you. They pay tax and that is proof that poor people are bad.
Its about hate.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
11. Even though I am retired now,
Sat Jun 29, 2013, 05:35 PM
Jun 2013

I worked for an hourly wage for a Democratic company and it was a fair wage.

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