Actually, I succumbed to my own inflammatory comment. I should have inserted "actor" instead of "idiot".Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
Originally posted by: alchemize
How about this one:
"While I may not necessarily support every George Bush policy decision, and generally consider myself driven by the issue rather than the political party, I'm so disgusted by the left's attempt to call him every inflammatory insulting name in the book that I'm being pushed to the right and will probably vote for him again just because I'm tired of seeing long haired uneducated idiots on TV calling him a "Nazi" and his policies "facist" and proceeding to break the law then whine about it when they are arrested".
That might not fit though.
Actually most liberals hail from college campuses and are very educated. A good chunk (not generalizing here, but can you deny this?) of conservative America stems from the south and includes that section of white America that is high school educated, lived in small towns their entire lives, and are generally oblivious to the way the rest of the world works. This is why they are so willing to trust the decisions of the gov. Of course there are exceptions to both sides.
And I think your characterization of conservatives is incorrect also. I don't have any stats to back me up, but I would guess that conservatism generally = age, and more to lose. I was quite liberal in college. What did I care. Now that I have a wife, 2 children, a home, and responsibilities, I don't want them to inherit a weak country that kowtows to dictators and terrorists.
I also think that someone who deems themselves either a conservative or a liberal, and does not have a logical, factual, and historical basis for their opinions is foolish. And conservatives tend to think in these terms, where liberals think with their hearts.
So you putting it in the poll or not? Take out long-haired too, that's irrelevant.
Edited version:
While I may not necessarily support every George Bush policy decision, and generally consider myself driven by the issue rather than the political party, I'm so disgusted by the left's attempt to call him every inflammatory insulting name in the book that I'm being pushed to the right and will probably vote for him again just because I'm tired of seeing actor on TV calling him a "Nazi" and his policies "facist" and proceeding to break the law then whine about it when they are arrested."
Oh, and I also disagree with the small town, blue collar premise. Unions? Dems. Farmers? Dems (they like the subsidies). Educated businessmen(persons)? Conservatives, and very well travelled. Educated other? Liberals (inherent to their job i.e. social workers, educators, etc.) But even then, impossible to put them in a box. More likely, the "lower-income blue collar southern white folk" you allude to, well they are probably about 50/50. Even old folks, a large margin hold onto their dem backgrounds and refuse to convert.
So anyhow, in essence, your implication that "most lliberals are smart, and conservatives are stupid" shows YOUR inability to look beyond your self, and oblivion to the rest of the world/society.