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Post#2076 at 02-04-2016 05:22 PM by Marx & Lennon [at '47 cohort still lost in Falwelland joined Sep 2001 #posts 16,709]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
Education was a pretty good thing. I have past teachers who are considered as friends today. I have past teachers that I still admire and highly respect as people (Most of whom are dead or retired). That's why your crowd should've stayed out and kept its nose out of education. I had a couple of your types as teachers. The only two teachers who drove a Corvette to school. The only two teachers who wore more expensive trendy clothes. The only two teachers who could afford an expensive cocaine habit. I'm aware of your types and your contributions to a failing educational system.
H-m-m-m. Statistically, those teachers you hate are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats, conservatives than liberals, and disaffected than any of them. Most coke addicts don't give a rat's ass about anyone or anything other than themselves. The same applies to narcissists.
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Post#2077 at 02-04-2016 05:24 PM by Eric the Green [at San Jose CA joined Jul 2001 #posts 22,504]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
Are you looking out for them? How can you claim to be looking out for them when you've signed off on them as votes? Where's the compassion dude, where's the understanding as to why southern working class folks aren't eager leave their trailer home or small shack in a town, hand over their guns, burn their bible and accept progressive rules and values as the new rules and values they must follow in order to sustain themselves as members of the liberal welfare state?
If poor whites vote Democratic, then if the Democrats win, they get politicians who look out for them. That's pretty simple to understand. Democrats aren't asking them to hand over their guns, unless they are criminals or insane. Confiscation is not in the cards or the stars during a Democratic Party government. This is again just pandering to prejudice and fear. The Bible again is just another prejudice that is being appealed to to fool them. The Bible isn't going anywhere. The liberal welfare state, such as it is, looks after poor people and protects them as needed. Again, that's pretty easy to understand. It provides the infrastructure, the environment, the education, the opportunity people need to get out of poverty.

The poor whites who "vote their valyas" are just being hoodwinked by prejudice and fear to hurt their own interests.
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Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Green View Post
The problem with Trump's rhetoric is indeed that it makes it harder to defeat ISIS, because we need Muslim allies in the region. I think xenophobia is a better description of Trump's attitude than racism; clearly he is using resentment against immigration and fear of foreign terrorists to propose outlandish policies that can't be implemented.

I think Trump did say he wants to bomb the IS. He wants to cooperate with Putin on the civil war in Syria, which would be an utter disaster.

I don't know what triangulation means with regard to the Clintons. They are just using political calculation, which means they might pander to one group when they need them, and then desert them when they don't. This time Hillary offers pragmatic progress in the direction Obama has pursued. That's a much better prospect than any Republican offers.

I don't know how much marijuana is an issue. I don't think they can tell that much difference between Hillary and Republicans, except that Democrats are more likely to support legalization. Bernie may be better, and may get some votes, but I don't know that Trump has advocated a state's rights approach on this issue. The marijuana issue I would guess would have a small effect in some western states. Only two states have legalized it, but Colorado is a swing state and could be important. And yet, it's trending red now anyway.

trump seems to be fading fast. Maybe mikebert's and XYMOX's theories are correct. It depends on NH, and what kind of boost he gets if he wins big there. He's still up there by about 20 points.
How many years is it going to take for Muslim allies to form and organize themselves and begin fighting ISIS? How many lives will be destroyed and cultures will be removed while liberals are waiting or hoping for it to happen?







Post#2079 at 02-04-2016 05:31 PM by Marx & Lennon [at '47 cohort still lost in Falwelland joined Sep 2001 #posts 16,709]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
So, you just need them for this election? Are we talking about people or votes? Do you see people or votes? Do you have enough integrity to talk about the people that your interested in as far as votes? Where's the compassion for the votes that your interested in and feel you need? Are you getting a glimpse, an inkling, a sense as to why, I think so lowly of you and most liberals here and treat you like shit and don't really care if people like you are removed from society? You want to coddle, suck up to them for votes which is viewed as a weakness that can be used and exploited, go ahead be my guest.
That seems more than a little ironic, considering the reason they are in the GOP camp today. The Southern Strategy was, and is, a GOP vote-centric strategy, that brings the dog whistles out in election year, adds a bit fear baiting (the guns thing for instance) and immediately forgets these folks on the Wednesday following election day. If you hate politicians and their supporters who do that, why not throw stones at Republicans? They've been at it non-stop since 1968.
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Post#2080 at 02-04-2016 05:33 PM by Classic-X'er [at joined Sep 2012 #posts 1,789]
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Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Green View Post
If poor whites vote Democratic, then if the Democrats win, they get politicians who look out for them. That's pretty simple to understand. Democrats aren't asking them to hand over their guns, unless they are criminals or insane. Confiscation is not in the cards or the stars during a Democratic Party government. This is again just pandering to prejudice and fear. The Bible again is just another prejudice that is being appealed to to fool them. The Bible isn't going anywhere. The liberal welfare state, such as it is, looks after poor people and protects them as needed. Again, that's pretty easy to understand. It provides the infrastructure, the environment, the education, the opportunity people need to get out of poverty.

The poor whites who "vote their valyas" are just being hoodwinked by prejudice and fear to hurt their own interests.
If that's what they believe about progressives, associate with progressives, how do progressives change those beliefs? How many people do you know take promises and assurances from strangers for granted?
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Quote Originally Posted by Marx & Lennon View Post
That seems more than a little ironic, considering the reason they are in the GOP camp today. The Southern Strategy was, and is, a GOP vote-centric strategy, that brings the dog whistles out in election year, adds a bit fear baiting (the guns thing for instance) and immediately forgets these folks on the Wednesday following election day. If you hate politicians and their supporters who do that, why not throw stones at Republicans? They've been at it non-stop since 1968.
I'm just a short stone throw away from the Republicans. I'm within throwing range of most working class Democrats and those who truly represent them.







Post#2082 at 02-04-2016 06:04 PM by XYMOX_4AD_84 [at joined Nov 2012 #posts 3,073]
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Quote Originally Posted by pbrower2a View Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2016


Republican Race Tightens Nationally; Clinton Still Solid

Raleigh, N.C. –
PPP’s newest national poll finds the race on the Republican side tightening considerably in the wake of Donald Trump’s surprise loss in Iowa on Monday night. Trump’s lead has fallen to just 4 points - he’s at 25% to 21% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 11% for Ben Carson, 5% each for Jeb Bush, John Kasich, and the now
departed Rand Paul, 3% each for Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina, and 1% for Jim Gilmore. Rick Santorum had literally zero supporters on our final poll including him.

Trump’s 25% standing reflects a 9 point drop from our last national poll, which was taken the week before Christmas. It reflects an overall decline in Trump’s popularity with GOP voters. Trump’s favorability has dropped a net 17 points, from a previous +24 standing at 58/34 to now just +7 at 48/41.Trump is particularly starting to struggle on the right- he’s dropped to 3rd place with ‘very conservative’ voters at 19% with Cruz at 34%
and Rubio at 22% outpacing him with that group. He does still lead with moderates and ‘somewhat conservative’ voters to give him the overall advantage.

“Donald Trump’s really seen some cratering in his support this week,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “A key part of his message has always been that he’s a winner and now that he’s lost something Republicans- and especially conservatives- aren’t finding him as compelling as they did a few weeks ago.”

Rubio is the candidate with the real momentum in the race. He’s up 8 points from his 13% standing in our poll right before Christmas. Beyond that he’s seen a large spike in his favorability rating- it’s improved a net 28 points from +15 at 49/34 to +43 at 64/21. That ties him with Ben Carson as being the most broadly popular candidate on the Republican side.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/m...n-race-tighten

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...onal_20416.pdf
Again ....

In NH:
1st - Trump (but by less of a margin than pundits currently comprehend)
2nd - Rubio
3rd - Cruz

In SC:
1st - Rubio
2nd - Cruz
3rd - Trump

NV is a tough call. There are lots of Trump-bots here out West (lots of them are former Paul-bots). However there are many LDS in NV. I somehow don't see Trump resonating with LDS. Cruz and Rubio will probably split the LDS vote.

Super Tuesday is what I'm waiting for. I think the current top three will all stay in the race through Super Tuesday. Then it will be come to Jesus time and we will probably see only two continuing through the remaining primaries.







Post#2083 at 02-04-2016 06:14 PM by pbrower2a [at "Michigrim" joined May 2005 #posts 15,014]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
How many years is it going to take for Muslim allies to form and organize themselves and begin fighting ISIS? How many lives will be destroyed and cultures will be removed while liberals are waiting or hoping for it to happen?
Most of the people fighting the Infernal State on the ground are Muslims!

You can trust that any Kurdish victory has lots of shouts of Allah Akbar! in the celebration.
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters







Post#2084 at 02-04-2016 06:15 PM by XYMOX_4AD_84 [at joined Nov 2012 #posts 3,073]
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Quote Originally Posted by playwrite View Post
Yea, that's it, our educational system would be just 1950s peachy again if we just get rid of all the teachers snorting cocaine off the hoods of their Vetts in the parking lots.

I couldn't make that stuff up if I tried, and that was a big part of my career!

It's pretty obvious your enlarged amygdala has totally burnt your cerebral lobs to a crisp. Nothing left for you but to dream of the coming zombie apocalypse and the sheer joy of being cheered-on to shooting those less fortunate than you in the head - the ultimate punch down!
I see lots of struggling Millie teachers in our neck of the woods. There is even talk of building some sort of 21st Century version of tenements to house them. May be a local phenomenon or may be something more universal.







Post#2085 at 02-04-2016 06:32 PM by pbrower2a [at "Michigrim" joined May 2005 #posts 15,014]
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Quote Originally Posted by XYMOX_4AD_84 View Post
Again ....

In NH:
1st - Trump (but by less of a margin than pundits currently comprehend)
2nd - Rubio
3rd - Cruz

In SC:
1st - Rubio
2nd - Cruz
3rd - Trump

NV is a tough call. There are lots of Trump-bots here out West (lots of them are former Paul-bots). However there are many LDS in NV. I somehow don't see Trump resonating with LDS. Cruz and Rubio will probably split the LDS vote.

Super Tuesday is what I'm waiting for. I think the current top three will all stay in the race through Super Tuesday. Then it will be come to Jesus time and we will probably see only two continuing through the remaining primaries.
A recent poll of Utah (December) showed Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton 37-26, which is unusually tepid support of a Republican in Utah.

56-24 Carson/Clinton
48-21 Rubio/Clinton
48-23 Bush/Clinton
37-26 Trump/Clinton

http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/feat...idates-in-utah

Utah is typically one of the most conservative states in the United States thanks to the Mormon vote. But Trump has multiple divorces and heavy involvement in gambling casinos, both contrary to Mormon values. Trump will do badly in any primaries in which Mormons are a big part of the conservative vote in any state (Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and California). Add to this the religious bigotry that Mormons believe can be turned against Mormons without warning, and does not serve Mormon missionary efforts.

In the general election, any Republican nominee will do well among Mormon voters -- except Donald Trump. But tepid support of Mormons for Trump ensure that Democrats win Arizona (whose conservative component is heavily Mormon); should the Latter Day Saints' hierarchy endorse a Democrat for President while endorsing just about every Republican running for any office, then the Democratic nominee will win everything west of the Black Hills except perhaps Alaska.
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters







Post#2086 at 02-04-2016 06:39 PM by pbrower2a [at "Michigrim" joined May 2005 #posts 15,014]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
I'm not an elementary school kid or a student of yours or a regular participant within children environments.
Teaching is one of the lowest-paid professions requiring a college degree. Clergy seemingly alone do worse.

Persons living on a teacher's salary typically have obsolete electronics. live in less-than-upscale housing, and drive used cars. Two teachers can do sort of OK, but so can two adults who have factory jobs.

Teachers are toward the bottom in consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. They just can't afford them, and they could never get away with alcohol or drugs on the job.
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


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Post#2087 at 02-04-2016 06:46 PM by Eric the Green [at San Jose CA joined Jul 2001 #posts 22,504]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
How many years is it going to take for Muslim allies to form and organize themselves and begin fighting ISIS? How many lives will be destroyed and cultures will be removed while liberals are waiting or hoping for it to happen?
That's a good question, actually. Some say that if the USA wants to defeat the IS, they should invade on the ground and just do it. But others say (and I think I agree) that invading that area would make us into the target of opposition, and that we can't restore sane governance to the area without the cooperation of the Muslims there who want and fight for their freedom. Most candidates of both parties seem to agree with this. The Republicans complain about Obama's policy, and then just offer the same policy he's already doing.

So I don't know how long it will take. There is some progress in Iraq, but regaining Syria is impossible as long as Assad is in power/the civil war & proxy war continues.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...40587630366691

Faith is playing an important role on the campaign trail, especially among politicians trying to appeal to evangelical Christian voters.

But some of the things the candidates have said aren't exactly biblical.

To show just how those words might sound coming from the leader of the faith the candidates profess to follow, Jimmy Kimmel had an actor dressed as Jesus Christ read actual quotes from Republican presidential candidates on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night.

Check it out in the clip (in the link).
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters







Post#2089 at 02-04-2016 06:58 PM by Eric the Green [at San Jose CA joined Jul 2001 #posts 22,504]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
If that's what they believe about progressives, associate with progressives, how do progressives change those beliefs? How many people do you know take promises and assurances from strangers for granted?
Poor whites who vote Republican just need to be willing to look at facts instead of prejudices. That may be hard, but that's not "taking promises and assurances for granted." No Democrat has ever passed a law to confiscate guns from law-abiding and sane people. No Democrat has ever passed any law restricting Christians from practicing their religion. It's true, they do pass some laws which Christian fundamentalist preachers say go against the Bible (gay marriage, abortion), and Democrats may oppose those who want to impose their interpretation of the Bible on all people. So conservatives who vote their values can be more concerned about those things if they wish. Or they can persist in their fear that liberals will come to take away their guns. But then they get screwed in other ways if they do, and in the bargain they very likely get NO action on their desire to outlaw abortion or gay marriage. It's their choice.
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
If that's what they believe about progressives, associate with progressives, how do progressives change those beliefs? How many people do you know take promises and assurances from strangers for granted?
Progressives need to convince poor white people that progressive solutions can improve their lives. That requires convincing poor white people that what helps poor blacks and Hispanics can also help poor whites. Why should white people feel the sting of poverty and lack of opportunity any less than blacks and Hispanics feel it? Poor whites are not going to get benefits from policies that $crew poor blacks and Hispanics.

So we show that the white poor have gotten nothing for voting for right-wingers who see poor people of any kind as vermin.
The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters







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Sanders is the only hope for comprehensive security for worker's and students rights. Trump seems to be the best available in terms of creating a new nationalist worldview and securing national cohesiveness. Hillary represents everything that is wrong with the current American body politic; she is the personification of the extreme selfishness of the boomers and their deranged hostility to hierarchy of any kind.







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Quote Originally Posted by playwrite View Post
That's pretty nasty, Odin. Do you actually have any evidence of her campaign pushing that?

Or are you actually some t-bagger troll trying to piss off enough Clinton supporters to stay home if Sanders is the nominee? Do you really want a President Cruz that much?

There are actual differences in policy, personalities, and personal histories to argue over; why do you Clinton haters have to always take the low road? Lack of confidence in your candidate?
Thanks for proving my point.
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Quote Originally Posted by Marx & Lennon View Post
H-m-m-m. Statistically, those teachers you hate are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats, conservatives than liberals, and disaffected than any of them. Most coke addicts don't give a rat's ass about anyone or anything other than themselves. The same applies to narcissists.
Worse, they are likely disappointments to their parents. I figure that such teachers were pegged to become members of better-compensated professions but flunked out of a rigorous college and ended up at a non-selective college. Encouraged by school officials to take "education" they could still "party" while attending college at "Kegger State" as they could not get away with at a more rigorous college. The 'Vette could be a graduation present. (Surprisingly it is one of the better cars to buy because it holds its value very well). If a woman, she reads Vogue Magazine, an awful periodical dedicated to the most superficial people who have or fantasize about the Good Life that includes such brand names as Gucci, Estee Lauder, Prada, and Louis Vuitton.

My idea of the Good Life is to not need such overpriced stuff as stuff by Gucci, Estee Lauder, Prada, and Louis Vuitton. I describe myself as a "blue collar" teacher who prefers giving attention to students to sitting behind a desk -- or even worse, sitting on a desk! Even in good times, I don't shop upscale. Upscale purchases show only that one is willing to waste money -- certainly not wisdom or desirability.
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The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" (or) even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered... in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by (those) who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern."


― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters







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Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Green View Post
If poor whites vote Democratic, then if the Democrats win, they get politicians who look out for them. That's pretty simple to understand. Democrats aren't asking them to hand over their guns, unless they are criminals or insane. Confiscation is not in the cards or the stars during a Democratic Party government. This is again just pandering to prejudice and fear. The Bible again is just another prejudice that is being appealed to to fool them. The Bible isn't going anywhere. The liberal welfare state, such as it is, looks after poor people and protects them as needed. Again, that's pretty easy to understand. It provides the infrastructure, the environment, the education, the opportunity people need to get out of poverty.

The poor whites who "vote their valyas" are just being hoodwinked by prejudice and fear to hurt their own interests.
Pretty hard to claim that your looking out for them while a policy like Affirmative Action is still in place.







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Quote Originally Posted by pbrower2a View Post
Progressives need to convince poor white people that progressive solutions can improve their lives. That requires convincing poor white people that what helps poor blacks and Hispanics can also help poor whites. Why should white people feel the sting of poverty and lack of opportunity any less than blacks and Hispanics feel it? Poor whites are not going to get benefits from policies that $crew poor blacks and Hispanics.

So we show that the white poor have gotten nothing for voting for right-wingers who see poor people of any kind as vermin.
I'm pretty sure that whites feel the sting of poverty and lack of opportunity the same as blacks and Hispanics.







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Quote Originally Posted by Marx & Lennon View Post
That seems more than a little ironic, considering the reason they are in the GOP camp today. The Southern Strategy was, and is, a GOP vote-centric strategy, that brings the dog whistles out in election year, adds a bit fear baiting (the guns thing for instance) and immediately forgets these folks on the Wednesday following election day. If you hate politicians and their supporters who do that, why not throw stones at Republicans? They've been at it non-stop since 1968.
When it comes to guns, Progressives have a history of walking right into the Republican narrative. We need to decode guns. Guns as a political issue have always been about selling fear of those who the issue makes of having guns. In the 1900s, when New York's Sullivan Act was passed, the fear was about European immigrants (anarchists!) having access to guns. In the 1960s, the fear (and dog whistle) was of African Americans (militants!) having access to guns--with spin-offs ranging from a ban on mail order guns in the mid 60s to the massacre of Black Panthers in the early 1970s in Chicago. Today, it is poor whites who are being dog whistled by the educated classes as the threat when guns are mentioned--via mass shootings, which though spectacular are a mimiscule fraction of the number of gun deaths. Which is why Bernie Sanders has been leery of identifying too much with the anti-gun moral panic, which is directed at poor white voters he wants to attract.
Real concern about guns and a real campaign against gun deaths would start by centering on gun suicides, which would be compassionate, and on taking guns from people whose danger to self and others increases if they possess guns. Which is not happening, obviously. Poor whites "get" from this that they are being attacked by Democrats the same way that African Americans "got" that they were being attacked by conservatives over guns in the 1960s. The gun issue in this country has always been in this country about identifying specific groups in the population who are "too dangerous" to be allowed to bear arms. Now it's poor whites turn.







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Quote Originally Posted by pbrower2a View Post
Progressives need to convince poor white people that progressive solutions can improve their lives. That requires convincing poor white people that what helps poor blacks and Hispanics can also help poor whites. Why should white people feel the sting of poverty and lack of opportunity any less than blacks and Hispanics feel it? Poor whites are not going to get benefits from policies that $crew poor blacks and Hispanics.

So we show that the white poor have gotten nothing for voting for right-wingers who see poor people of any kind as vermin.
That is what Jim Webb was trying to show. But Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump hogged the attention of poor people and Webb was not able to be heard and had to end his campaign. It's become so obvious to poor whites that they are in the same boat as African Americans that this time around they may actually help African Americans row and bail instead of trying to throw them overboard.







Post#2098 at 02-05-2016 01:17 AM by MordecaiK [at joined Mar 2014 #posts 1,086]
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Quote Originally Posted by pbrower2a View Post
A recent poll of Utah (December) showed Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton 37-26, which is unusually tepid support of a Republican in Utah.

56-24 Carson/Clinton
48-21 Rubio/Clinton
48-23 Bush/Clinton
37-26 Trump/Clinton

http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/feat...idates-in-utah

Utah is typically one of the most conservative states in the United States thanks to the Mormon vote. But Trump has multiple divorces and heavy involvement in gambling casinos, both contrary to Mormon values. Trump will do badly in any primaries in which Mormons are a big part of the conservative vote in any state (Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and California). Add to this the religious bigotry that Mormons believe can be turned against Mormons without warning, and does not serve Mormon missionary efforts.

In the general election, any Republican nominee will do well among Mormon voters -- except Donald Trump. But tepid support of Mormons for Trump ensure that Democrats win Arizona (whose conservative component is heavily Mormon); should the Latter Day Saints' hierarchy endorse a Democrat for President while endorsing just about every Republican running for any office, then the Democratic nominee will win everything west of the Black Hills except perhaps Alaska.
I think Utah Republicans will likely endorse Cruz. And Utah Dems, Bernie. Hillary has too much sleaze associated with her for Mormons to tolerate her. If Hillary is the nominee, Utahans will find even Trump preferable to Hillary. Trump may not be terribly religious, but balanced against his divorces is the fact that his success in business is something Mormons can respect. (Which, by the way, will help Trump in Nevada and Arizona, too). Utah has not voted Democratic for President since, I believe, 1964. And I don't think Trump is sleazy enough for that to change. Mormons were heavily involved in the growth of the Las Vegas gambling industry too. Just because Mormons are against gambling themselves, dosen't mean that they aren't happy to see Gentiles gamble.







Post#2099 at 02-05-2016 01:21 AM by MordecaiK [at joined Mar 2014 #posts 1,086]
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Quote Originally Posted by Classic-X'er View Post
Pretty hard to claim that your looking out for them while a policy like Affirmative Action is still in place.
Affirmative action can be changed to affirmative action for children from poor families, not by race. Jim Webb was pushing this approach. We won't see this argument come up much in the Primaries. But in the General campaign, if Bernie gets the nomination, Bernie could tack in this direction (maybe even making Jim Webb his Veep). Hillary, though is old school political patronage all the way.







Post#2100 at 02-05-2016 01:34 AM by MordecaiK [at joined Mar 2014 #posts 1,086]
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Poor whites who vote Republican just need to be willing to look at facts instead of prejudices. That may be hard, but that's not "taking promises and assurances for granted." No Democrat has ever passed a law to confiscate guns from law-abiding and sane people.
In the South, Democrats most certainly DID pass laws confiscating guns from African-Americans, free as well as slave, post-bellum Jim Crow as well as antebellum. We ignore the Dixiecrat heritage of the Dems . at our peril--the latest instance of it being the Clinton's pandering to fears of black crime during Bill's Administration.
And even in the North in liberal Democratic jurisdictions, the combination of laws and policies that embroil African-American males in the criminal justice system for most of their lives makes it illegal for them to possess firearms while under (lengthy) parole. Of course that dosen't stop African Americans from getting firearms anyway since they DO feel a need to be able to defend themselves.
No Democrat has ever passed any law restricting Christians from practicing their religion.
Both the New York and New Jersey state legislatures passed laws authorising 30 day guardianships to exit-counsel young people who joined cults in the 1980s. Though in both cases, the governors of those states vetoed the legislation after concerted lobbying by the Orthodox Jewish Chabad Lubavitch sect.
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