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lumberjack_jeff

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2. If you do happen to find that white paper, I'd love to see it.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:40 PM

Oct 2012

As a partisan, I reject the idea that half the people are just stupid and will never vote my way. There must be a way to reach people.

Look at coal miners as an example. If they supported Democrats 30 years ago and Republicans today, then the explanation that they're simply dupes is unfulfilling.

I think we have to reach them where they are (I'm mostly talking about working class white men here) and there must be a way.

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Why working class people vote for conservatives. [View all] lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 OP

This is not new information Major Nikon Oct 2012 #1

If you do happen to find that white paper, I'd love to see it. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #2

I found it Major Nikon Oct 2012 #3

Thank you, I'll read it in the morning. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #4

Here's why I think Republicans are fucking stupid. Major Nikon Oct 2012 #5

I think it's more a mixed up sense of right and wrong. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #6

"People generally don't think at all about policy when deciding whether to be a democrat." Nailed it YoungDemCA Nov 2012 #7