Wit and wisdom of Iowa "NASCAR dad"

[BJ]

This morning's edition of The Des Moines Register features a story on "hot voter groups," i.e. the so-called NASCAR dads, "security moms" and the rest of the current demographic-consultant drivel. And, after reading the entire story, it is drivel.

What is not offered on The Register's Web site edition are sidebars of "typical", actually stereotypical, "hot group voters."

I'm passing along the "typical" NASCAR dad,(P___ D____ of Des Moines has been a NASCAR fan for about four years.)because a good friend of mine, who is a passionate Democrat, works with this guy and is the president of this guy's union local.

Wealthy John Kerry a NASCAR fan? D___, a Republican who watches NASCAR races wvery week, isn't buying it. "Kerry would be a Le Mans man or something like that," he said. "I was joking with my co-workers yesterday that if Kerry said he was a NASCAR fan, he'd probably say 'Dan Earnhardt was the best driver ever." (For NASCAR naifs, the late, great driver was Dale.) D____ voted for Bush in the last election and is again leaning toward voting for the president. "He seems to have a clear picture as to what's going on, what he's going to do, how he's going to do things."

The obvious questions are:"How many NASCAR drives can Dubya name?" and "Other than the Dayton 500 photo-op stunt, how many NASCAR races has the ersatz-cowboy king attended in the past three years?"

Unfortunately, that wouldn't matter to a NASCAR aficionado of four years. He'll vote for the party that denegrates his work, jeopardizes his job through privatization schemes and wants to rob him and his family of his Social Security benefits because John Kerry supposedly doesn't know squat about NASCAR.

No wonder my buddy gets frustrated over some of his fellow union members from time to time.

[Wickerman]

1. So, in other words, this guy jumped the NASCAR train when Dale `

was killed and now ridicules those who toss his name about? Hooo-kay.
:eyes:

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Anybody else scared shitless with this quote-

"He seems to have a clear picture as to what's going on, what he's going to do, how he's going to do things."

Holy crap!

[Rambis]

3. I know one

The only thing you left out was his wife saying Edwards has 11 houses he doesn't know anything about my life. I know a cop married to Nascar dad and * has let the assault weapons ban expire and the new law is going to take her overtime pay which they need. Wake up Limey fish, hey!

[IowaGuy]

4. Well, judging from personal experience....

On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2003. a volunteer coordinator with the Kerry campaign knocked on my door and asked for my help. At that time I had just gotten done mowing my lawn w/ my John Deere tractor and was chillin' in front of the big screen, drinking a beer and watching a NASCAR race....I guess you could put me in one of those demographic groups the so-called expert pundits think are going for *;
White, 40's, middle class male (Joe 6 pack) that works every day, pays taxes....think again...."experts". I've got a son thats 14 (will be 18 before the end of this next term)and I'll be damned if a drop of his blood is going to get spilled because this nincompoop in Wash wants to prove his dick is bigger than his daddies. I'm also smart enough to add and subtract (a concept * refers to as fuzzy math) and I can tell that a tax cut that drives you into deficit is nothing more than a deferred tax hike.....
so bottom line is, this "NASCAR dad" is voting for Kerry and have been working for him since the beginning.

(BTW - Jr (Earnhardt) took his whole crew to see F/911...that ought to tell you something about just how solid Bush is with the "NASCAR Dads".)