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ErikJ

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33. Any links or sources for those stats?
Wed Nov 28, 2012, 01:11 PM
Nov 2012

Last edited Wed Nov 28, 2012, 03:21 PM - Edit history (1)

This is the main issue the RW harps on. It would be nice to give them some more specifics. The war profiteers make hundreds of billions off US taxpayers for stuff the military doesnt even want or need. The top 5 defense contractor CEOs make average $20 million a year from the US govt.

K&R 99Forever Nov 2012 #1
Oh yeah. Working Class Whites are the %1 problem! Romulox Nov 2012 #2
saddly maindawg Nov 2012 #3
Well said, maindawg. 'That we are all equal...must respect the rights of each and every person....' freshwest Nov 2012 #15
We are all equal pocoloco Nov 2012 #20
That sounds like my brother liberal N proud Nov 2012 #4
I'm wondering if the picture is trying to be offensive to the working class people. MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #5
oy............ Pharaoh Nov 2012 #6
I am union working class(ret) and Post #6 is 100% on the mark. byeya Nov 2012 #12
I am also retired Union. dotymed Nov 2012 #85
100% agree Pharoah AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #46
two things....oh wait...ok, three things BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2012 #54
I think the lack of education is really key here. They feel inferior, so overcompensate. Squinch Nov 2012 #57
I think that's an excellent analysis AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #64
4) The Democratic Party dismisses and belittles them; the Republicans flatter and court them YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #70
The main part of "cultural liberalism" that seems to "turn off" the white working class Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #75
You could say the same about non-white working-class and poor people.... YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #77
Um, yeah, since you saw the need to state it as if it was your idea, you obviously missed my point. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #90
Except for that mocking and insulting part... jberryhill Nov 2012 #78
Lol! To be clear, my point wasn't about my opinion of those behaviors, but about the RWers' Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #91
Classless gussmith Nov 2012 #16
Agreed. Seems like a very antidemocratic term to me. efhmc Nov 2012 #88
yes it could very well be created by a conservative Enrique Nov 2012 #25
Wow - Freeping TeaBagging RepubliSuckers Personified Berlum Nov 2012 #7
And the answer to this is oversimplification and condescension Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #8
What is your answer? JDPriestly Nov 2012 #17
You can start by refraining from calling people Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #29
It's just TRUTH. Lex Nov 2012 #26
Don't think so. Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #30
Sorry, I'm around people like that EVERY DAY Lex Nov 2012 #44
Not necessarily "Truth". I'd change "dumb" to misinformed and manipulated by whathehell Nov 2012 #36
I agree with that. Lex Nov 2012 #45
Thanks, yes. whathehell Nov 2012 #83
+1 Apparently some think that more name calling will be win them over. grantcart Nov 2012 #60
Not sure these voters like Rmoney so much mountain grammy Nov 2012 #9
my racist grandpa loved his first biracial grandchild Viva_La_Revolution Nov 2012 #13
Yup, once the grandkids start showing up, it's hard to keep that racism going NICO9000 Nov 2012 #37
thank you, I shouldn't be so cynical and I'll try not to be mountain grammy Nov 2012 #74
LOL.... too damn good! ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #10
A "chicken for Colonel Sanders" if I ever saw one. DinahMoeHum Nov 2012 #11
love. love. love. love. k & r nt LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #14
K&R quinnox Nov 2012 #18
Where is his Klan membership card? santamargarita Nov 2012 #19
Where's all the "this is elitist" replies..? Bigmack Nov 2012 #21
ok, since you asked Enrique Nov 2012 #24
Which parts aren't true? Lex Nov 2012 #27
"this is a conservative" Enrique Nov 2012 #31
No, sorry, that's not a caricature. Lex Nov 2012 #43
He's not actually living off the rich's table scraps. DaveJ Nov 2012 #22
Yes, thanks for correcting that! nt SunSeeker Nov 2012 #40
That is great!! loudsue Nov 2012 #23
Same look I see with libertarians up here. Aggressive, looking for a fight over imagined slights. freshwest Nov 2012 #28
The enemy? burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #34
I generally smile at them. Which just makes it worse. Fortunately, most won't hit you in the store. freshwest Nov 2012 #41
The comments at your link are hysterically funny and scary batshit crazy. Wow. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2012 #51
Just think, they vote, too! freshwest Nov 2012 #52
Many of the batshit crazy ones sound like three of my sisters! No wonder we are estranged. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2012 #56
They are a sad, disturbed lot. sheshe2 Nov 2012 #66
69% of whites voted for the Romney/Ryan, because they looked like him. burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #32
"white Americans have become anti-intellectual, anti-reflective and unworthy of any respect at all." just1voice Nov 2012 #50
I've looked at it. burnsei sensei Nov 2012 #71
Any links or sources for those stats? ErikJ Nov 2012 #33
Exactly. Sounds right, probably is right, but... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Nov 2012 #59
The same can be said of middle and upper class conservatives YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #35
I think there is a distinction between upper and working class conservatives LiberalLovinLug Nov 2012 #55
Because middle class conservatives aren't likely to actually use the safety net jeff47 Nov 2012 #62
Yeah right. YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #69
Conservatives only demagogue the safety net for the poor. jeff47 Nov 2012 #72
i call them royalists. supporting a king that doesn't give a shit. pansypoo53219 Nov 2012 #38
What a Tool warrant46 Nov 2012 #39
A CEO, sulphurdunn Nov 2012 #42
Perfect! ReallyIAmAnOptimist Nov 2012 #58
Who is the fellow pictured? They_Live Nov 2012 #47
I'm wondering that, too. Union Scribe Nov 2012 #80
just a repost Pharaoh Nov 2012 #87
You can play this up, it's legit toby jo Nov 2012 #48
Get back to me when any one of those groups have run this country for over 200 years. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #53
I'll do that when they figure out how to toby jo Nov 2012 #65
So which is it-race or class? YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #68
And a poor White person in this country STILL has benefits that don't extend to people of color. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #89
A middle class white person STILL has benefits that don't extend to poor white people YoungDemCA Dec 2012 #92
K&R. We can only hope there is help for the morons. AAO Nov 2012 #49
He can't figure out who is really screwing him PD Turk Nov 2012 #61
I thought he was a moran... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2012 #63
television mcgarry50 Nov 2012 #67
K&R! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #73
211 recs YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #76
bashing workers; good strategy for the party of the people. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #79
try working at low-wage jobs (like i have the last few years). you'd meet plenty of these kind. KG Nov 2012 #81
Posted on FB. AnnieK401 Nov 2012 #82
He believes the FOX news talking points AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #84
Uneducated and Angry dterrell Nov 2012 #86
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