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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:52 PM Original message |
Why are so many of the teabaggers older and white? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is a trick question, right? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's kind of what I was thinking. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Roger Ailes used it for the Reagan myth |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yep. |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Lee Atwater |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Thank you, that's it! Boy that guy was a piece of er, work. |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. That was Lee Atwater, gone but not forgotten. The damage he did lives on. n/t |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. They are the first ones |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's a good point. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because the hate....it ferments with age !!!! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I do know, and I should have said this in the op, |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Diagreed with you first time around, still disagree. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Most wingnuts are older and white |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Good questions. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I've met many Young what |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here are cool articles |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thank you, I'll do some reading. |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Generally speaking, Democrats stand for change |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. For the exact same reason the PUMAs were older and white |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. The world is changing too quickly for them and in desperation |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. lol, believe it or not, that does help. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Many of them are just barely hanging on with their |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The difference between being a racist and a white supremacist? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. easily frightened ...easy prey |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Older and white |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. I noticed my mother starting to spout a more conservative line |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Looks at the demographics of the Republican party. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. It also depends on the state |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm your age |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. My Dad worked at the same place for 30 years. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
57. Mine had one employer only, too |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. I take it you've learned about things everybody knows, but nobody is allowed to say. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Yeah. I had no idea it was such a long list. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You mean like |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. (shrug) Many are offended by the truth. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Most racists are older and white. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. There you go, arguing logic. You must be a Democrat. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think the |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. So it's a family thing? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Skeered of the swarthy folks. And the commies. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. The gigantic 1960s racial/social divide. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Another good point. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-01-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. Because you can't fix stupid? nt |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. Its fear |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
44. I am an Old Tex-Mex (real Mexican) 62 years-old |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Most young people are busy working. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I am still working too |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. I met so many great people far older than me during the campaign |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
48. I am an older, white liberal |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. So you're saying if you start smart, |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. I should have used the word "wise" instead of "smart" |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Great post, especially this: |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Thanks |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. They are the EASILY FOOLED segment |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
52. I thought the same thing at the town hall meeting in Waco |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It must be really tough being a liberal in a red state. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
55. so much for this |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. Cause they're prickly old crap-heads with nothing better to do than think they invented America |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
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