What % of laid-off DHL employees

[coalition_unwilling]

in Wilmington, OH voted for Bush in 2000, 2004 and\or McBush in 2008?

I would really like to know, but CBS did not see fit to ask that question.

Did you notice how overwhelmingly Caucasian the interviewees were?

Wonder how many of those interviewees think Bush did a good job on Katrina?

[firedupdem]

1. That was such a sad story...small town "real" america. I wonder

too. Not that I blame them for losing their jobs. I lost mine too....in big old blue michigan.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

2. I have to admit that was my first thought too

when the woman was crying about her son dropping out of college and the guy talking about his son who died in Iraq.

[coalition_unwilling]

5. I noted with interest that the man

expressed no opinion on the morality of Iraq-nam, much less the Iraqi casualties of the war crime kmwn as Fallujah.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. The horror of his remark

as the segment ended about how all these job losses essentially dishonor his son, who "died protecting our way of life," or something akin to that. I don't recall his exact words. He said he didn't want his son's death to have been in vain.

So, you can reasonably assume, I think, that that man voted Repubican in 2000, 2004, and 2008. And yet I was told that John McCain was instrumental in putting DHL out of business.

That poor man's son died in vain.

[TayTay]

3. Not sure if this is accurate or not

But this is the page for the Ohio League of Women voters with the votes on it. Sounds close for that county of Ohio

http://www.smartvoter.org/2004/11/02/oh/state/race/pres/

[elleng]

4. SO?

Aren't THEY Americans? Citizens? Are you familiar with small-town mid-west America?

[Lex]

7. Sad if they voted for politicians whose policies brought about their own joblessness.

nt

[stray cat]

8. My attitude as well. My small town relatives in Arkansas lost their home and jobs

not that it matters but they are white as well and always have been democrats.

[coalition_unwilling]

9. I grew up in a small town in the

Bible Belt (SW Missouri--very red).

I'll bet you at least 60% of those OH citizens voted for Bush and McBush.

[MADem]

6. You'd have to poll them. It would be impossible to tell, otherwise.

You know, people tend to "assume" how people vote based on their affiliations, or what state they come from, or some other demographic blip. Often, they're wrong.

I spent a full long career in the military, and close to half the people I knew, and most of my friends, were Democrats or Independents. Even during those "Gipper" years....

Now granted, I chose not to associate with many of the jerkier GOP cheerleaders, but the military is no more monolithic than any other group of people, even those who live in a state, county or city that the media defines as "red." Sixty percent may be enough to win, but forty percent is nothing to sneeze at, either.

[coalition_unwilling]

11. Good points. The thing that bugged

me about the 60 Minutes piece was how little analysis it had.

For example, Wilmington came up with a ton of tax incentives to keep the Airpark. I did not hear any discussion of the wisdom of that policy.

[Joe the Liberal]

10. Yea I wish 60 minutes asked them whom they voted for as well.....

If they voted for Bush then in a way they brought that upon themselves. You should know better than to trust a Republican in this day and age. If you are stupid enough to buy into their (Republicans) bullshit and vote them in then you must face the consequences of their destructive policies.

[raising2moredems]

12. My 2 cents

DHL got lots of corporate welfare from OH and the state should go after them.

And every time I hear or read about economic woes in OH, I think to myself good thing they voted to not let gays marry. After all, their economic problems would be much worse if gays were to marry.

Then I hear the lady who says she, her husband, daughter/son-in-law, grandchild AND ONE ON THE WAY live in the same house. What the *h* is wrong with people who refuse to use birth control? I'm sorry, I'm tired of people being stupid. It is not like the OH job market tanked in the last month or two.