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eridani

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73. The statement that "liberals stayed home" is dim and silly and stupid and wrong

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:01 AM

Jan 2012

The people who stayed home were the unattached infrequent voters who saw no point, given that their lives still sucked. I went through a lot of trouble to get some of these folks registered and voting again in 2008. One woman had not voted since 1992. What does that year tell you? Obviously, back then she thought that putting a Democrat in would help people in her lower income bracket. What she got was NAFTA and welfare "reform." She didn't bother again until so many got caught up in "hope and change" thing. She got business for the 1% as usual.

Also, young people stayed home. I know several people who were too young to vote in 2008 and still worked their asses off for Obama. Two didn't even bother to register to vote when they turned 18.

Anyone who thinks that the above people are in any way liberal issue junkies is delusional.

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