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Elmore Furth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:21 AM Original message |
AP-GfK Poll: Working-Class Whites Shun Dems |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. I do not trust the AP in any way, shape nor form |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. not. n/t |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. I fit the demographic. I'm a huge leftist-Democrat supporter |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Voters 65 And Older |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Nah, I don't buy that... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Uneducated favor carnies... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I don't know what "carnies" are but it sounds disparaging..and guess what? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Carny is slang for "carnival worker" |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I don't need a wikipedia link.. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. No disparagement meant, as I'm part of a carny family. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Oh yeah. I can see by your homepage that you're too young to remember |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. that bugs me too |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Right...but I hoped it also bothered you |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. that's ABSOLUTELY why it bothered me |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. No. |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. true - all too often i see people ok with someone ELSE getting the shaft |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes...It's an "everyman for himself" attitude which is both cold and foolish, imo.n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. I entered the workforce in that late 80's/early 90's. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Homepage? |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Thank TALK RADIO! |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. surrounded by weak minded gullible knuckle heads |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. Same damn thing up in my area of SW PA |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't have a 4 year degree... |
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whyverne (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I used to say that you couldn't pay me to vote Republican. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I reckon everyone can be a whore and has their price. n/t |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. We have a secret ballot |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Activist governing"??? What is that, some kind of dog whistle phrase? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. They really object to "Blackness of the young president" |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's been like this, to varying degrees, since 1968.... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. Utter garbage |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yep, the methodology sucks. nt |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. 416 is way too small of a sample |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
13. That's really stupid! Republicans are the ones who ship jobs overseas! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. The Republicrats and the Demlicans have both done that. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. Another example of people voting against their best interests |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I agree. And unfortunately I personally see that same sentiment with many working class whites. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Which of these is in working peoples' "best interest"? NAFTA, MFN China, Bankster bailouts, |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The bank bailouts were necessary |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. But bailouts of regular people aren't, huh? What were you saying about "best interests", again? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Nice strawman |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No Strawman. We're talking about Democratic policies as they exist on the ground. |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. nothing in this crisis has addressed the free trade causes of it |
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Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. What do you mean by "bailouts of regular people"? |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. you forgot H-1b visas and outsourcing too nt |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. With a two party system, and the sorry state of today's DLC driven Democratic party... |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. DLC Driven means the economic voter has NO choice |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yet another case of Friedman Shitonomics being allowed another decade margin of error . . . |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Spending trillions on multinational banks, almost nothing on regular people = "Keynesian"? Really? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. TARP = Bush II /Paulson, not Obama. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Stop. Obama voted for, spoke in favor of, and spent half of TARP |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Senator Obama voted for TARP nt |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Complete bullshit. n/t |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. And those of us that have a job.... |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. Stupid people will get what they deserve |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Smart people don't get what they deserve, though. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is because the Democrats refuse to adopt economic populism |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. the term is 'neoliberalism' |
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RussBLib (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. what bullsh*t, "flocking to Republicans..." |
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mcollins (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think we'll see more and more fake polls before the elections. nt |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. If they don't support us then they must be punished |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. ..and their freeloading, tax cheatin' pets too! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. This seems like a crock. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. The "dumbing down" of America by republicans since the Reagan era |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. Democrats are forgetting that the gains came from disgust with the incumbant party |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Are there people against Obama because they are racist? Of course there are |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
61. the thinking of serfs. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. Voting to help the rich people they think they'll become. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
65. It's not as if educated whites go for Democrats whole-hog. Lyndon Johnson was the last |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
69. Where the hell are they finding these people? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
70. These are the people DLCers directly piss on. (nt) |
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independent_voter (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. +1 |
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