[lbo-talk] Re: poor, white and pisssed

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Wed Feb 23 17:53:28 PST 2005



>From: Tommy Kelly <tkelly15450 at charter.net>
>
>Doug wrote:
>
>"So why did about half of the white working class vote for W?"
>
>Well unlike most of you, I actually live around these people:
>
>*The first reason is simply word of mouth. Gossip flys further than most
>birds in rural areas... esp. in the southeast. I hate to say it but women
>are the key reason for it. People hate junk mail and radio talk shows, but
>the few who bother to listen to it spread false information around
>word-of-mouth.

Aha. Possible long-term advantage to the left due to the growth of Web usage. As this list shows, no one on the vast grapeline of cyberspace can outblab the left.


>* The second reason is the blunt propaganda that is taking place in the
>churches like never before.

There the left is screwed. There's no way the left can out-Jesus the right.


>* The third reason is simply this: the Democratic Party has long ago lost
>its socialist agenda.

Amen, right on, and I agree fully. I'm not sure the Dems ever had a socialist agenda to lose, but it's encouraging to think their renewed interest to the white working class might be tied to the Dems' getting a socialist agenda -- even it it has to be rammed down their throat.

Carl



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