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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 06:52 PM
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It's ok if a Republican pollster says it....
No one even blinks at it or criticizes. :)

Republican pollster Whit Ayres has a clear preference. "I would dearly love
for the Democrats to spend millions of dollars trying to persuade NASCAR
fans to vote for the Democrats," Ayres chirped last summer. "They tend to be
disproportionately southern, disproportionately white and disproportionately
male, which pretty well defines the core of the Republican Party."
In other
words, it's a waste of time and resources for the Democrats to pursue
them -- a classic sucker's bet.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/17/white_man/index1.html


:) "Republican party is mostly white male Christians" :)
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 06:54 PM
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1. Because he's dead right -- esp the part about idiot Dems chasing those votes
Democrats should be chasing the disaffected progressive vote. These people want to vote for Democrats but feel left out in the cold by the rush to the center.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 07:29 PM
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4. (DLC) Dems have been chasing them the wrong way.
Edited on Mon Sep-17-07 07:30 PM by w4rma
Need to treat them as economic progressives while not insulting any religions or cultures.

And forget about additional gun control.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 07:01 PM
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2. Gotta agree with him
Although, I don't think white, christian, males are disproportionately republikkan.

The world is full of them and many of them hate the republikkans.
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angrycarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 07:29 PM
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3. well what do you expect
they like watching shiny objects go around and round for hours on end punctuated with explosions.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 07:41 PM
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5. That shows why they are NASCAR fans
any body stupid enough to enjoy going around in circles while driving a car and WASTING ALL THAT GAS, adding to global warming should just take a viagra instead and help SAVE THE PLANET.
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