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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:16 AM Original message |
Why are there so many middle class that vote repub? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe some other "values" issue such as abortion |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree with you on that one-- |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Hey back! |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Yeah, its really strange. Especially since Republicans aren't even doing |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. I Heard That One from A Democrat! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. You have to remember that most people aren't as intuned |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. True-- |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. At least she is thinking about it... |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I was almost sorry |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Bingo! Folks make an early impression - tune out and keep the impression |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. One word |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ???? |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I wonder this, too... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I swear to god you would not believe how many |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Yes they figure they are better off |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
56. something like that |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Once the higher incomes paid in the 85 % |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. about that 85% rate |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. And, JFK Did The Right Thing |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Better Word - Selfishness |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. I wonder about this also. |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Hi Izzie--this is interesting |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. About my GOP mother |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. We have something in common-- |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. Brainwashed by the MSM |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
68. I think that is exactly it |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. they have the Dream and percieve of being and going beyond Middleclass. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
63. I hate to be sexist |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. Delusion, disinformation, and lack of a coherent alternative |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You make some excellent points |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. There are very many reasons why, |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. What?!? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. It's true |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I feel bad for those who have never experienced the pre-Reagan America. |
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NI4NI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. That's a mystery |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's not that they like Republicans . . . |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Sounds like |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. A nice little dossier on Saint Ronnie here |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. Queers and fears. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Wedge issues |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Well-- |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Some think Roe v Wade is in no danger of being overturned because |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
52. true for the die hard and some others - but not enough |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. it's the flouride in the water. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. God, Guns, and Gays. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Racism |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Thankfully-- |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. A few long time Repubs on my street... |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Many of my friends who are repubs |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. My theory on why they think this way... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. I agree |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. I call that affluence by association...if I vote republican I must be rich |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. "...the tech companies they work for...." |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. The belief that the media is liberal |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Everytime I hear them say that the media is liberal |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. For many of them (that got it), it was that $300 that W gave them |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Yep. Nevermind |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
41. Whoever answers that question will have also answered why... |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. because "people would rather believe in the possibility of getting rich, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. "1776". |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Ooo, you cheater! John Dickinson would be proud, though. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
46. The insane hope they'll be in Trump's league eventually. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. The Republicans yell "There's a bear coming!!" |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. From what I've seen as a volunteer for our party, the middle class is OUR |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
57. Because the Democratic Party has abandoned economic populism. |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
58. Taxes |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Yup, they want all the benefits of gov't w/out paying for it. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
60. Because the Democrats don't give them any real economic alternatives |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
61. one possible reason, see here: |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
62. Credit cards make them think they're 'rich' like the ones who benefit. |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. I was going to post something similar to this after visiting my parents |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. Willful ignorance |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
71. Easy Answer |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
73. They're all suffering from Battered Wife Syndrome |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. They hate black people |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
75. Anti - (Insert Race, Gender, Etc.) Bigots |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. Because there is no Populist party... |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
78. I work with these "types"... |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
79. Because they are scared of the word "liberal".... |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
80. It's all Devils and Dust |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-03-06 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
81. The ideal of a greater good has been replaced with "What about ME?" |
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