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

[Jordan Hayes]

> "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.

I hear ya.  I was recently talking to a friend of mine who grew up in a 
blue-collar urban environment (Western NY, actually!) and who now lives 
in a suburb of said city and I asked her why she voted for Bush.  She 
gave me four sort of tame answers; but added up, they did seem to tip 
the scales toward W.

By a little, but still.  I mean, Kerry is no prince.

But: only if they were true.

When I refuted each of them with analysis and sources, she came back 
with: huh, well looks like I made a mistake.

D'oh.