[lbo-talk] who likes Hillary

[Miles Jackson]

Michael Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 13:39 -0700, Miles Jackson wrote:
>> Doug Henwood wrote:
>  
>>> Yeah, you & I know that, but 85-90% of AA's don't agree. Do we know  
>>> better than they?
>>>   
>> I have to shrug and admit I just don't understand their reasoning.   
> 
> Forget about the first 'A' for a minute -- just assume they're 
> 'normal' Americans, as that LA police chief memorably said. Assume 
> they're answering these pollsters based on the same media
> representations of reality as their melanin-challenged 
> cousins. 'What's the matter with Harlem?' doesn't seem to me 
> a harder question to answer than 'what's the matter with Kansas' 
> -- in fact, it's probably the same answer, don't you think?

I agree.  I am similarly bewildered by working class white Repubs who 
willingly support leaders who screw them over.  (And don't get me 
started on Log Cabin Republicans.  How do their heads not explode from 
the cognitive dissonance?)

Miles