What percent of Dean supporters wear sandals?

[Eric J in MN]

MR. RUSSERT: David Broder, to that point, John Zogby, in his analysis of the polls this morning said that "Look at the parking lot of the Iowa caucuses and if you see Volvos and people getting out of them with sandals, it's a good night for Howard Dean. If you see Ford Crown Victorias and people wearing wing-tips, it's Dick Gephardt." Young voters overwhelmingly for Howard Dean. Voters over 60 in Iowa, they're still attached to Dick Gephardt.
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I've never been to a Dean rally or meetup.

What percent of Howard Dean supporters wear sandals?

[w13rd0]

1. I've not seen anyone wearing sandals...

...it's friggin winter. Is the guy writing this just daft?

[Cha]

9. Well, I do know some Dean Supporters

in Hawaii and those People tend to wear some type of "sandal" all year round!

But I suspect this dude wasn't thinkin' of Hawaii or at all for that matter!

[Padraig18]

2. Ummm...

I'm in Illinois, and I haven't seen a sandal on a guy since mid-October.

Broder is a Repuke.

[hedda_foil]

3. In the WINTER?

Actually, the average age of meetup attendees for Dean is 44 (by a survey of groups across the country at October meetup).

Here's a site of bios of active bloggers that one of the bloggers put together. There's really no characterizing us because we're everyone, we're every age and income group, and we're everywhere.

http://dean2004.bmgbiz.net/blogfamily.html

[Padraig18]

7. At my last meetup...

... we had a retired 91 year-old schoolteacher and his 90 year-old wife (high end) and 3 high-school seniors (17 and 18-low end), but about 90% were middle-class working people between 40-50, of both sexes.

[stickdog]

4. I wear steel toe shit kickers. (nt)

[Cha]

10. I wear the whole spectrum!

A Dean Supporter with a shoe fetish! }(

[stickdog]

12. Somehow I don't think you're alone

:9

[Kathleen04]

5. More lame generalizations..

they should pause and think before they speak.

[Bill McBlueState]

6. it's 10 degrees Fahrenheit here

My sandals have been in the closet since October.
:eyes:

[Hoppin_Mad]

8. It's about 80 in SoCal - Maybe I'll put on a pair - for Dean ! :-) -eom-

[Cha]

11. Oh you poor things!

Here in New York.. ..it's up to 20 degrees.

[BuelahWitch]

13. I wore some to Meetup last summer

But not at the last one. It was snowboots for me! Also not a latte drinker, sushi eater, overly pierced or a Volvo driver...

[dorktv]

14. I have been to a meet up since the beginning and except

for the summer, I have yet to see anyone wear sandels. Most of us wear sneakers or loafers. I also host the GenDean one were we have mostly young people but there is a good mix even at the non-Gendean ones.

[ShimokitaJer]

15. I guess I'm a stronger Dean supporter during the summer

During the winter, I never get the urge to put on sandals. I also tend to feel less small, less gay, and less female than the "average" Dean supporter and I don't own a Volvo. Golly, I sure hope Dean still wants my vote.

[dorktv]

16. Dean loves all Americans...no wait that is Jesus.

[w13rd0]

17. Hey, I didn't even know....

....but I'm actually a small, female, gay, sandal wearing Volvo driving latte drinking flannel wearing anti-corporatist communist! Childish RW twiddleheads...

[KaraokeKarlton]

18. I wear spandex and stilettos

n/t

[ShimokitaJer]

30. Are you busy this weekend?

wink wink nudge nudge

[KaraokeKarlton]

34. lol

I'm going to be canvassing for Dean in NH. You'd be surprised how easy it is to get the NH Nascar Dads to switch loyalty from Bush to Dean when a curvy woman in spandex and stilettos asks them to. ;)

[joefree1]

19. in-bred, flag-sucking, OxyContin-popping, Faux-News-watching, ...

... Apocalytic-yearning, Hummer-driving, Goose-stepping, election-stealing, jobs-exporting, Halliburton-loving, oil-drilling, insider-trading, Iraq-lying, Right-wing missing-links!will never get us Dean supporters right. My favorite shoes are Wolverine Work boots, perfect for stomping ignorance and stupidity.


Images from Dean Rocks the House of Blues, Hollywood
From wtmusic http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=919849
From Joefree1 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=921300

[jburton]

20. I don't know about sandals...

but I drive a Ford. Shit, I'll have to change my avatar now!!!

:crazy:

[zulchzulu]

21. Everybody wears "sandals"...maybe Russert doesn't know about Birkenstocks

I wear them when it's possible...and I support Kerry. I've gone to a couple Dean things and there are no more people wearing sandals than most gatherings.

I thought Russert's assertions were stupid.

[ClarkGraham2004]

22. I wish I lived somewhere where I could wear sandals right now.

[the populist]

23. Retarded comment.

He has a point, saying that Dean is more for the college crowd whose voting issue is the war while Gephardt is for the retired and the working men and women of this country; but I'm tired of this stereotype about sandal-wearers and latte-sippers. I hope the Club for Growth Ad backfires because it's so politically cynical ("Haha, these average folk are so dumb they'll write off Dean just because of his image") that it makes the Confederate flag remark look tame by comparison.

PS: I don't like sandal-wearing people myself. I think of lazy pothead students who've never had a day of hard work. I don't feel like looking at their grimy toes anyway.

[not systems]

24. "I don't like sandal-wearing people myself."

Wow, your a real case.

Wearing sandals here and now. "TEVA"

Supporting Dean also really digging the CSPAN show!

"I don't feel like looking at their grimy toes anyway."

I'm wearing socks with mine.

Put that in yer "populist" pipe and smoke it.

[the populist]

27. I don't mind sandal-wearing people with socks. n/t

[not systems]

29. good n/t

[John_H]

25. I wear sandals--and even they understand chimp will bear Dean by 10

[tedoll78]

26. I hate sandals.

Now, flip-flops are a different story.. those are a part of my summer uniform.

[Logansquare]

28. Maybe it was a chapter of "Monks for Dean"

Were they wearing belts made out of big ropes, too?

[maxanne]

31. Russert is a dolt

It's -15 here today, and NO ONE is wearing sandals.

What a shame he couldn't shoehorn "latte drinking, tie-dye wearing, patchouli smelling, Volvo driving, recycling, cross country skiing, commie pinko liberals" into his hopelessly inane stereotyping idiocy.

We need to take back the government and the media.

What's next - "Do Dean supporters wear boxers or briefs? Bikini, panty, or thong?"

I'm sure glad the liberal media are asking the important questions, and discussing the burning issues of the day.

[NashVegas]

35. No, Russert's an Idiot

It's not Volvos anymore, it's SUVs. Preferable Jeeps & Range Rovers.

[markus]

32. Only when driving my Volvo to pick up a pint of Cherry Garcia

eom

[WI_DEM]

33. well, how many people are going to wear sandals on a cold, winter

night in Iowa? Leave it to the press to come up with something silly like this.

BYW, the Dean campaign attracts people of all ages to our meetups. Teenagers to people in their 80's have been to ours.

[jsw_81]

36. I've never owned sandals

Probably never will. I do, however, drink lattes, read the New York Times and drive a foreign car. :)