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Whovian

(2,866 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 07:45 PM Nov 2012

Amazing observation from Alternet. (Might be offensive to some) [View all]

"Here is your brutal nutshell takeaway: If only women voted, Obama wins in a landslide. If only men voted, Romney wins in a landslide. (Taken further: if only Latinos, blacks, celebrities, college grads, professors, scientists, poets, Burning Man attendees, book readers, trees, oceans, major cities or college towns of America voted, Obama nails it wholly and true. If only rich CEOs, gun owners, upper managers, oil companies, rednecks, shut-ins and guys who think Muslims are terrorists, Mexicans are lazy house painters and feminazis are ruining porn voted, Romney is a mutant and faraway god).

All of which leads to the most depressing conclusion of all: older white males remain the most terrified, lopsided, confused demographic in all of America, perhaps even more acutely – and more embarrassingly – in this election than any other in modern history."

Hilarious. And depressing.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/why-frightened-white-men-love-romney?akid=9631.224811.jY-T4r&rd=1&src=newsletter737377&t=10

www.alternet.org

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This old white man agrees. Scuba Nov 2012 #1
This one does too. reflection Nov 2012 #16
Word. localroger Nov 2012 #19
Yep... dchill Nov 2012 #28
I'm an older white male aletier_v Nov 2012 #2
To you and Scuba Whovian Nov 2012 #6
fear biters NMDemDist2 Nov 2012 #3
Ha, that made this dog owner LOL. Brickbat Nov 2012 #4
EGGZACTLY!!! nolabear Nov 2012 #15
Old white males are the biggest problem facing the world today. undeterred Nov 2012 #5
There's such a slew who come to mind.. Cha Nov 2012 #7
Here's some more: Merlot Nov 2012 #22
Oh yeah, There's plenty of the good guys to counteract the Cha Nov 2012 #23
old white men should be defended, because blanket descriptions such as in the OP = BS. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #25
HEY. sibelian Nov 2012 #30
Except for the ones on DU. undeterred Nov 2012 #32
I'm not offended by the truth. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #8
Dear Old White Men... Marmitist Nov 2012 #9
Dear Marmitist... Johnyawl Nov 2012 #10
Double LOL! Brilliant! Whovian Nov 2012 #24
Then you should vote for Romney aletier_v Nov 2012 #12
Rest assured there are a lot of younger white angry men as well Merlot Nov 2012 #21
the human race doesn't include old white men? really? what if i put 'women' or 'black' or 'indian' HiPointDem Nov 2012 #27
No thanks. sibelian Nov 2012 #31
And maybe the end of an era Iris Nov 2012 #11
Old White male gun owner... Johnyawl Nov 2012 #13
it doesn't really make sense to me Enrique Nov 2012 #14
In short, the very people we keep voting into office in the first place. But that is changing! nolabear Nov 2012 #17
And most of them are voting against their own interests in any event treestar Nov 2012 #18
True UtahLib Nov 2012 #20
The younger people supporting Ron Paul are pretty confused too. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #26
Hey, I like older white men. Shrike47 Nov 2012 #29
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