>On Oct 10, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Thomas Seay wrote:
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>>I, on the other hand, find White Trash on Steroids to be hilarious.
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>Do these cranks feel like History is turning against them? Last night
>on CNN, Ed Rollins said it was all over for McCain, and a Dem
>landslide was a good possibility. The latest Intrade is like 78/22 on
>the pop vote, and the electoral vote is 353-185. The Iowa vote share
>is 55-45, and the winner take all is 85-15. The daily Gallup tracking
>poll has Obama ahead by 10.
>
>Doug
yeah. otoh, there's a guy on another list who no would ever call white trash, who has been terrified for months about an obama win spelling a socialist take over. the rightwing has been spreading this meme for months, and would have spread it about *any* democrat.
it's one reason why i'm not so sure it's all about race that you can't get a bigger spread between the candidates. we've been entrenched in this very close split for a long time. in spite of all the bullshit about working across party lines and being above partisanship, because it's *bad* to be principled and stuph, and good to be *independent* (and unique little snowflakes, *just* like everybody else. lard, do i hate hearing people at work go on about their "independence". puke), i think that, when it comes down to it, people have their predispositions to one party or another -- family is a big factor, community another, workplace still another. i notice that, as you move up the managerial ladder, there is quite a bit of subtle pressure on you as to what your politics should be -- at least in this industry where management are not from tech backgrounds.
i had to laugh the other day when a friend told me that he was always an independent, and he would vote for obama even if he were a republican -- because of what obama stood for, his principles, ideals, values. because there was so obviously a difference between the democratic candidates on that score. *rolls eyes*
i asked: so if obama were a socialist, then you'd pull the lever for obama?
obviously not.
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