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[kevin maxwell farmer <fakirmevern-amch AT yahoo.com>]

Jbtroy1 AT aol.com wrote:


> Actually, the issue that is raised here, the questionable intelligence of 
> assuming thus and such about a region without exploring underlying causes, of 
> dividing people further with invective rather than finding ways to bring much 
> need unity to a common cause, also applies to the problem of what to do with the 
> Bush voter.   I've done my share of bashing the Bush voter, but maybe it would 
> be wiser to find out what it will take to reach that person instead of 
> priming him/her to make the same mistake next time. 

exactly!

assuming there is such a thing, beyond a certain point, as a "bush 
voter." meaning--there's the hard-core "the man prays before making a 
decision and that's good enough for me" voter to be sure. but i'm not 
convinced that percentage is very high. and the rest? are they bush 
voters or low-tax voters? are they bush voters or fear voters? are they 
bush voters or i-just-hate-ben-affleck voters?

why did bush make significant gains among latino voters?

why did bush make significant gains among women voters?

and if one more "good democrat" tells me we need to reframe the moral 
values argument, i think i am going to go berserk. julia boseman, "the 
first openly gay state legislator in NC history," was elected in a 
district where bush carried 30 out of 46 precincts, but her opponent 
only carried 21.

why?

she talked about the issues in a way that connected with voters, her
opponent talked about her sexuality.

and he lost.

-k