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2016 Postmortem

Shitty Mitty

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20. This

Reply to DFW (Reply #15)

Sat Sep 29, 2012, 09:09 AM

Sep 2012

Some of it, but not nearly as much as some here would have you believe, is due to race.

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What's going on with the 47% in the southern states? [View all] Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 OP

Many conservative Southern poor whites would rather go broke, sick, and hungry meow2u3 Sep 2012 #1

Surely they must see through this? Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #2

They do not. NCLefty Sep 2012 #14

Ditto that they don't. SoapBox Sep 2012 #32

Unfortunately it doesn't look like Obama will flip a single Mccain state TroyD Sep 2012 #18

As usual........ socialist_n_TN Sep 2012 #3

Sadly, fun n serious Sep 2012 #4

Exactly. It's a class issue more than a race issue. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2012 #6

Then we need to do something about local news Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #11

I'm not so sure about lack of cable or internet ..... Grammy23 Sep 2012 #35

Thank you fun n serious Sep 2012 #39

Leave Texas out of this oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #5

We do have the biggest cities. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #12

The answer to the question is easy. aaaaaa5a Sep 2012 #7

How previous pres. elections? Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #9

You are WRONG about Texas Tx4obama Sep 2012 #8

Not bashing Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #10

Well said. SoapBox Sep 2012 #33

Yes, indeed! Nicely said. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #13

That means McCain still won by almost a million votes Daniel537 Sep 2012 #26

You are still outnumbered jzodda Sep 2012 #31

Texas is deep blue in the 7-Eleven poll union_maid Sep 2012 #38

The people who mentioned the media nailed it DFW Sep 2012 #15

This Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #20

Well President Obama won't be getting any whiter anytime soon so coldwaterintheface Sep 2012 #16

Social issues...gay marriage, abortion, etc... davidn3600 Sep 2012 #17

Give them 100 years Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #21

That 47% In Texas You're Sneering About.......... Paladin Sep 2012 #19

That's good news! Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #22

If its a sure thing he's going to win the state Daniel537 Sep 2012 #25

I can attest for the lack of RMoney support in Texas. Waltons_Mtn Sep 2012 #28

Jesus Stuckinthebush Sep 2012 #23

Question Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2012 #24

Sadly, yes Stuckinthebush Sep 2012 #40

OMG... spartan61 Sep 2012 #27

I'm from Alabama. 33Greeper Sep 2012 #29

Its the southern strategy jzodda Sep 2012 #30

Disclaimer: DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #34

Texas jzodda Sep 2012 #36

They just love voting GOP. can't reason with them. n/t hrmjustin Sep 2012 #37