White, working class voters...White, working class voters...White, working class voters

Kaylee

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Tue May-20-08 10:23 PM
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White, working class voters...White, working class voters...White, working class voters

My GOD...if I never hear this phrase again it will be too soon.

Thank you for letting me vent...back to your scheduled programing.

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bluestateguy

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Tue May-20-08 10:26 PM
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1. You are dead right

I was one of those voters in 2004. Now I am solidly professional and middle class and I have a degree. I worked hard to get to that point, and I don't appreciate the bobbleheads on TV dismissing the importance of my vote.

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Kaylee

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Tue May-20-08 10:34 PM
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6. The punditry is so myopic on race/class issues....

Edited on Tue May-20-08 10:35 PM by Kaylee

they believe everything can be explained with those 4 words. They ignore the fact that white, working class voters are not homogeneous across the country. Completely skip over the fact that every candidate has a group they just might not be able to sway for whatever reason. And continue to marginalize other voting groups as not as important; because according to the talking heads we are not patriotic Americans who love our country like white, working class voters. It's all BS.

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RazBerryBeret

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Tue May-20-08 10:26 PM
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2. my pet peeve tonight...

when contrasting OR and KY, you have to call out "higher educated white working class voters? wtf?

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Bicoastal

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Tue May-20-08 10:26 PM
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3. I've always been white. I'm currently working class. I've voted since 2000.

But because I live and work in a big city, and I'm college educated and young, I guess I don't count.

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Connie_Corleone

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Tue May-20-08 10:32 PM
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5. I don't count either. I'm black AND college educated.

It's as if being college educated is a bad thing in this country.

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TTUBatfan2008

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Tue May-20-08 10:40 PM
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7. When George W. Bush is President...

I think you have your proof of how utterly stupid the average American is. As George Carlin would say, walk around sometime with a pad and pencil. You'll come home with at least 30 or 40 names.

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BlueJac

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Tue May-20-08 10:26 PM
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4. Vote for Obama!

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