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givemebackmycountry
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:36 PM Original message |
I've never seen a dinosaur and I've never met a "Reagan Democrat" either... |
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anonymous171
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. They forget that Obama gets Eisenhower republicans so it's all balanced out. |
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LostinVA
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Union memebers who vote GOP -- I have them in my extended family |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Same here. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. My poor best friend married into one of these diasterf@uck families... |
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LostinVA
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Deear God -- I think I may be related to their inlaws |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I hope not, they're pretty aweful... |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Very specific demographic |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. They are mostly blue-collar whites who are socially very conservative. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Reagan Democrat" is a marketing fraud. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, it really isn't. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You're wrong. I worked both elections for the party. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Congrats on your work. Too bad it doesn't help your argument. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Horse Feathers. More GOP memes that have convinced the gullible. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You have no facts to speak of so you resort to vulgarity. Nice. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Unlike you, I was there working the elections. Now accuse me of getting my facts wrong. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You messed up and got your facts wrong. Maybe you should read more. |
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Drunken Irishman
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Jesus, you're both right! |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Reagan Democrats were pre-Mondale, another fact TO got wrong. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Aight. I'll accept your intercession. |
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Drunken Irishman
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Fri Jul-11-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Right, Reagan Democrats aren't around anymore. |
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wyldwolf
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Macomb County, Michigan Democrats: 63% JFK 1960, 66% Reagan 1980 |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Democrats: 40% of the electorate, maybe 45%. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Hart: Caught womanizing in 1987, not 1984. |
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wyldwolf
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. but the stats say it was 66% of DEMOCRATS who voted for Reagan |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Careful. TexasObserver will put you on ignore for posting those pesky facts! |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's a strange day when I find myself agreeing with you. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Thu Jul-10-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Reagan Independents is correct. nt |
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Hamlette
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. My dad was a Reagan Democrat. He hated Reagan so bad he never voted for a republican again. |
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liberalitch
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Thu Jul-10-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. There is no such thing! |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. That's why each election comes down to the circumstances and the candidates. |
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elehhhhna
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. my husband's first vote was for RR. I didn't know him then, and |
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OnionPatch
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. I never met one, either. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. The Reagan Democrat is a fiction. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Dinosaurs must be fiction, too, because I never saw one. |
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paulk
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. I think calling them Democrats |
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newmajority
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. For over 20 years, I thought my dad voted for Reagan in 84 |
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rndmprsn
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. My granfather...FDR/Dem, Union Dem, but voted for Ronnie both times. |
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wyldwolf
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. according to someone in this thread, your grandfather didn't exist |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. a lot of old white people stopped voting Democrat because of civil rights. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Yes, and what are those people called? |
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. But they voted Dukakis and Clinton later. You don't like hearing those pesky facts, do you? |
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rndmprsn
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. he had a kind of grudging admiration for bill clinton, especially during the impeachment thing |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. People usually become more conservative with age. |
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butterfly77
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. They always use it and it irritates me always.. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. it's a term that is intended to identify Democrats, but is really about Independents |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Did you learn this from the same person who told you Hart was caught with Donna Rice in 1984? |
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Speck Tater
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Thu Jul-10-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. In a brief, and never repeated moment of insanity, I voted for Reagan. |
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Geek_Girl
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. I've never met one either |
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paulk
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. most of my family and inlaws back in upstate NY |
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Motown_Johnny
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. I turned 18 three months after Reagan took office. I didn't know any better at the time... |
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blonndee
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. My parents were Reagan Democrats. |
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Alexander
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. According to TexasObserver, our families don't exist. |
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blonndee
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Thu Jul-10-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Well, my parents might not be "Reagan Democrats" anymore |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Media use the term to talk about Democrats that supposedly exist now. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Your parents became Republicans. They're among Bush's 28%. |
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blonndee
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yeah, I noted that in my edit. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I think people become more conservative because they own more. |
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blonndee
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. That makes sense. |
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TexasObserver
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Polls show the older the person, the more likely to vote McCain. The younger, Obama. |
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blonndee
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Thu Jul-10-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Is this a generational thing, do you think? |
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CTyankee
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
56. Unfortunately, my mother was a Reagan Democrat. She had always been a strong Democrat |
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Hippo_Tron
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. I met one canvassing for Harold Ford in Tennessee |
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RoyGBiv
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Thu Jul-10-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
59. That's a really bad analogy ... |
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PurityOfEssence
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. Gosh, then they must not exist |
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Recursion
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. Blue-collar workers who vote hawkish and anti-gay |
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RedShoes
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Thu Jul-10-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm related to a few Reagan democrats. |
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skooooo
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Thu Jul-10-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yuppies from the 80s |
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SoCalDem
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Thu Jul-10-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
68. Reagan democrats are republicans |
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