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

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Jordan Hayes" <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
>
>>"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 that's just it, Kerry was a prince -- the Prince of Dorkness.

Carl