Reply #37: If you stand up for the economic issues, the social issues take care...

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...of themselves.

The only reason people have been voting for social issues is because the Democrats have effectively abandoned populist economic issues, in order to appeal to corporate money and 'swing voters'.

It's very simple for many economically liberal/socially conservative voters: neither party is talking about their economic issues, so that leaves only divisive social issues left. And since the GOP is closer to them on those issues, they vote Republican.

The Democrats lost all credibility on economics when Clinton re-appointed labor-hating Greenspan to the Fed chairmanship. This is the same man who has said, repeatedly, that rises in workers' wages were BAD.

The old addage holds true: people vote with their pocketbooks. If you've got a good job, enough money in the bank to cover emergencies, good health care, and a bright future, you probably don't give a rat's ass about whether Adam and Steve get married or not.