Blue car/ Red Car

[Nite Owl]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/01/automobiles/01red.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=65209d48b0284eaf&ex=1112590800



"IT has always been tempting to think you can figure out who a person is and what he thinks by what he drives. That subject was raised recently by Chely Wright in her country and western hit, "Bumper of My S.U.V.," in which she tells of a "lady in a minivan" giving her a vulgar hand gesture for driving a car with a Marines bumper sticker:

"Does she think she knows what I stand for/Or the things that I believe/Just by looking at a sticker for the U.S. Marines/On the bumper of my S.U.V.?"

The lady in the minivan might not know, but some of the finest minds in market research think they do. By analyzing new-car sales, surveying car owners and keeping count of political bumper stickers, they are identifying the differences between Democratic cars and Republican ones.

Among their findings: buyers of American cars tend to be Republican - except, for some reason, those who buy Pontiacs, who tend to be Democrats. Foreign-brand compact cars are usually bought by Democrats - but not Mini Coopers, which are bought by almost equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. And Volvos may not actually represent quite what you think."


I gotta say I have a new respect for mini vans. Seems from the conclusions of the article that red staters are more male led in families while in blue states both partners have equal say in what to buy. Males go for the big SUV's while females would pick a mini van.

[arkie dem]

1. If I hear one more

shitty C&W song about patriotism I'm going to puke...!!!

I drive a Toyota must be something to this survey..???

[onager]

4. Hear, hear!

On the shitty C&W patriotic songs.

I was in Fry's the other day and they had tons of Chely Wright's CD heavily discounted. They didn't appear to be moving, and I suspect they will be in the $2.99 bin before Memorial Day.

OK, that's wishful thinking, but still...

[arkie dem]

6. Yeah and the stupid twit

can't spell her first name correctly..!! Chely, How about Shelley...??? It's such a stupid song ranks right up there with Toby Keiths trash. Country music is terrible. Hell, even with my warped mind I couldn't write lyics as bad as some of the shit put out as country music..!!

[CO Liberal]

7. She May Have Been Stuck With That Spelling

When my ex-wife was born, her parents decided to name her "Tina" - not short for anything, just "Tina". Her dad didn't know how to spell "Tina", so he guessed at it when he filled out the birth registrations forms.

To this day, her name is Tenna - pronounced "TEE-na".

:-)

[arkie dem]

8. I'm sure Chely is most likely stage name

her real name is probably Myrtle. She still SUCKS..!!!

[robertarctor]

2. Hey, I drive a pickup made in Warren, Michigan.

Does that make me a wingnut?

[Nite Owl]

3. I notice a lot

of pickups with Kerry/Edwards stickers still on up here. But the Subaru thing seems right. Never seen one with that had a W on it. I did see a Prius with a B/C bumper sticker though.

[CO Liberal]

5. I'm a Democrat, and We Have a Chevy S10 and a Plymouth Sundance

But being as the Sundance was built in Canada, maybe we can consider it an import? :shrug: