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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:37 PM Original message |
What makes people vote Republican? |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too many momma/aunts and daddy/uncles? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. greed, fear and ignorance nt |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. you nailed it. n/t |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank you. After all they're pretty transparent. n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. You forgot obedience. n/t |
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cdb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. I always thought it was due to blunt trauma to the skull... |
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AverageJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's my take |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Why are you here? |
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AverageJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. But Republican policies do nothing--I mean nothing--to promote |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ask Auntie Pinko article about 7 years ago was one of the first things I read on DU |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. asshole-ish-ness? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because it's their Gawd-given right to be an "all about NUMMER ONE" dick. |
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southernleftylady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. ignorance nt |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Ignorance for the majority, greed for about 10 %. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. A few missing brain cells? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. God, guns, and greed. |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. My guess? |
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Jello Biafra (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it's fear and stupidity...n/t |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is interesting that all the replies so far are exactly why the article says we lose elections. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. It all boils down to fear. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I liked John Dean's explanation in his book, "Conservatives without Conscience" ... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's easier than actually thinking. n/t |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks fiziwig. Very thought-provoking article. |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Brains turned off |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Willful ignorance |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. materialism |
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