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AgingAmerican

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35. They vote for people who impoverish them

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 6, 2014, 01:44 AM

Nov 2014

The jokes on them....

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"Revenge of the White Male Voter" [View all] applegrove Nov 2014 OP

And white men hate being told there is a race problem in the Republican Party. applegrove Nov 2014 #1

As a white man GummyBearz Nov 2014 #18

I was talking about white males in the Republican Party. The ones applegrove Nov 2014 #23

I never GummyBearz Nov 2014 #24

We agree I think. We both don't want to see broad brushstrokes applegrove Nov 2014 #25

White men who voted for Mia Love in Utah yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #55

NO, it cant be. Obama's policies are as mainstream as you can get, ACA was a rightwing idea randys1 Nov 2014 #76

Richard M. Nixon proposed something very like the ACA hifiguy Nov 2014 #104

since when do our elected officials hfojvt Nov 2014 #106

You dont think average teaparty dipshit doesnt perceive ACA as Obama telling HIM randys1 Nov 2014 #130

maybe they just see an employee hfojvt Nov 2014 #132

Wicked burn GummyBearz Nov 2014 #133

Bullshit, the policy they couldnt keep are policies that were sold AFTER the law went randys1 Nov 2014 #134

So wrong GummyBearz Nov 2014 #137

Not possible...If it didnt meet the ACA qualifications there was a good reason for that randys1 Nov 2014 #139

Again, you're wrong as applied to my case. GummyBearz Nov 2014 #141

I gave you the facts, your policy was NOT cancelled unless it didnt qualify..period randys1 Nov 2014 #142

I am so sick of this race argument bullshit AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #116

97% of ALL opposition to Obama from the right has to do with skin color and Muslim name randys1 Nov 2014 #129

except the same was true of Clinton hfojvt Nov 2014 #131

All true and same will happen to any Dem in 2016 as these are immature assholes, but randys1 Nov 2014 #135

LOL Puddy Nov 2014 #59

Where in All people should be revered did you get WhiteTara Nov 2014 #126

Whenever one tries to point out the latent and not-so-latent racism in the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #31

Black kids get traumatized by racism applegrove Nov 2014 #33

The human and societal costs of racism (and other 'isms' founded on KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #36

The disconnect is based in vocabularly. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #38

Damn, either I'm really tired (I am) or you are too brilliant by half for me. But KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #40

You're just tired. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #41

Thanks. Meant no disrespect, just that my head was spinning. And now your KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #42

I took no offense. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #43

Or worse, to use it only in the social power sense - explicitly rejecting any other definition. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #70

From the same exit poll data` OnlinePoker Nov 2014 #81

yep LawDeeDah Nov 2014 #2

Silly. Male white priviledge issue is a wedge issue. It makes applegrove Nov 2014 #3

"they are perfect in their own minds" hfojvt Nov 2014 #6

I know it is not an attack on all white males. But many will feel applegrove Nov 2014 #8

it is? hfojvt Nov 2014 #58

Or maybe they think they are actually inferior Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #82

quite possibly hfojvt Nov 2014 #105

That shtick wins the election every time, on tumblr. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #92

I'd say that people who are attacking them, are attacking them. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #9

I am a white male AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #34

You can never get through to them. upaloopa Nov 2014 #127

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #108

You continue to miss the point. uppityperson Nov 2014 #110

Geez Amanda, you make it sound like that wasn't your intent all along. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #4

I heard this on NPR this a.m. Seems angry old white men outperformed all of us. Sleeping giant? Tarheel_Dem Nov 2014 #5

40% of the single women who turned out to vote, picked (R). lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #12

Apparently they love being repressed in a male dominated society. Yet another of RKP5637 Nov 2014 #14

The Dems need to clarify why single women should support them spooky3 Nov 2014 #29

too true. n/t. okieinpain Nov 2014 #60

It's like cozying up to the boss loyalsister Nov 2014 #83

Yes, agree! Also, some of it is almost like the Stockholm Syndrome. RKP5637 Nov 2014 #86

Yep loyalsister Nov 2014 #90

It does, doesn't it. I just can't believer we are in the 21st century and this is still going on. nt RKP5637 Nov 2014 #97

There is such a thing as wealthy single women treestar Nov 2014 #52

I imagine that there are republicans who are equally surprised... lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #66

Correct except for the Russian lollipops. All things Putin are pure and good per the GOP. freshwest Nov 2014 #45

Oops! You're right. I forgot. Putin pure & good. Got it! Tarheel_Dem Nov 2014 #74

Yeah, these White Privilege Men will rejoice when the Republicans thank them by ramming.. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #7

What a Hobson's choice. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #11

Oh, I see. MRA's are pivoting their messaging. boston bean Nov 2014 #47

I'm glad you're finding the election results amusing. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #65

They vote for people who impoverish them AgingAmerican Nov 2014 #35

Wendy Davis lost among women voters by a 9 point margin. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #10

Yeah, but that's gun totin', Bible quotin' Texas. BillZBubb Nov 2014 #27

"gun totin', Bible quotin'" describes a fairly large chunk of our nation 0rganism Nov 2014 #30

if you take away the white male vote, Democrats didn't do that bad at all bluestateguy Nov 2014 #13

This analysis is goofy, and specious. Like there aren't White Men on, say, the West Coast- where our Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #15

And like there aren't white men in red states who vote Democrat. Iris Nov 2014 #21

Tossing "White Male Voter" around like it's an insult- does she really think that's a good strategic Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #28

Only while, tossing aroung "all female voters in a derogatory fashion. boston bean Nov 2014 #48

I think her analysis is just wrong, for starts. I dont think that was what this election was about. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #50

Exactly, so...... boston bean Nov 2014 #51

Talk to Amanda Marcotte. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #75

I don't talk to Amanda Marcotte, anyhow, I doubt it is she boston bean Nov 2014 #84

Okay, but the OP is about the "White Male Voter" Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #87

I don't know. But pretty sure it wasn't dur boston bean Nov 2014 #89

I think you and I are having two separate conversations, here. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #91

Democrats? Not really. Amanda Marcotte? Yes. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #67

I totally misread your post. I'm sorry. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2014 #39

huh? I was saying there are plenty of white men in red states who vote Democrat.I live with one and Iris Nov 2014 #46

Why dems lost and why white rightwing racist males voted are two entirely different things randys1 Nov 2014 #77

Oh Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #79

The person should have said republican or rightwing because I assume that is what she meant, clearly randys1 Nov 2014 #80

Well, I don't think insulting groups of people is a good way to get them to vote for you Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #85

Succinct reply Puzzledtraveller Nov 2014 #95

I agree. I also think there were a bunch of factors at play, here. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #113

Must be nice to be able to lump all the people you dont like... LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #16

The White Privilege topic for discussion is a wedge issue applegrove Nov 2014 #17

It's a broad brush that gets used too fucking freely. LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #20

You prove my point. applegrove Nov 2014 #22

I love armchair social science! (sarcasm) Vattel Nov 2014 #19

She's not very bright bluestateguy Nov 2014 #32

Hey let's attack a third of the electorate and paint them with a broad brush Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #26

What do you do when you lose an election, because you got killed in a certain demo Kurska Nov 2014 #37

Exactly! NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #44

So, you suggest Dems promote policies of republicans? boston bean Nov 2014 #49

Continuing to act like the Republican party speaks for all white males Kurska Nov 2014 #62

LOL how do we attract the demo of white men treestar Nov 2014 #53

Do you know any white male Liberals? dilby Nov 2014 #63

The demo is majority conservative treestar Nov 2014 #69

60% of our party is white and I would assume 1/2 of that 60% are male. dilby Nov 2014 #71

Why do we have to attract them? treestar Nov 2014 #121

If you are unable to convert them to your ideals then don't complain dilby Nov 2014 #124

We have to covert them or they have to convert us treestar Nov 2014 #143

I'm a white male liberal. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #72

No one says you aren't, but that's anecdotal treestar Nov 2014 #122

"Men don't need any help as they were the dominant and treated superior gender" lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #123

Well shit I'm a white male over 50 workinclasszero Nov 2014 #54

Enabled by the efforts to disenfranchise all other voters. liberal N proud Nov 2014 #56

Bleating of the white male sheep, that is. Orsino Nov 2014 #57

And it's the revenge of the white women too! 56% of whom voted Repub. Kaleva Nov 2014 #61

Interesting... do you have a link for that? demmiblue Nov 2014 #93

I can't find any super detailed polling results. But there's this. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #98

Because they're "good Christian women" Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #102

It's at the CNN website in their exit poll data. Kaleva Nov 2014 #117

Our continuing to think this way will guarantee us more defeat in the future. Puzzledtraveller Nov 2014 #64

The thing that pisses me off about this the most... lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #68

I love this!! (And detest Marcotte.) (n/t) Seeking Serenity Nov 2014 #140

kick Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #73

I frequent sports boards where I infrequently discuss my politics DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #78

You understated it a million percent Awsi Dooger Nov 2014 #136

I don't think the members of this board realize the echo chamber they live in. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2014 #138

"FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING WHITE MEN! sibelian Nov 2014 #88

They didn't vote for Dems. That is the point of me posting this. applegrove Nov 2014 #94

I don't think it was the Republicans. nt. sibelian Nov 2014 #118

In many ways successful white men applegrove Nov 2014 #119

That's an interesting theory, but I don't think we need it. sibelian Nov 2014 #120

a way to score "see me I'm such a lefty" points NaturalHigh Nov 2014 #128

I am a white guy in his 50s who has voted Dem all my life. hifiguy Nov 2014 #96

She's not talking about you. applegrove Nov 2014 #99

I know. hifiguy Nov 2014 #100

Yes there are. I didn't mean to paint everybody with the same brush applegrove Nov 2014 #103

Good reads on institutional "invisible" racism Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #101

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #107

Yes. Some of us here steered clear fo the "white privilege" debate applegrove Nov 2014 #109

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #112

Healthcare, livable wages, decent schools, infrastructure that holds up, assistance if you need it uppityperson Nov 2014 #114

Health care, a decent society, a good economy, great education, applegrove Nov 2014 #115

The concept of white privilege Harmony Blue Nov 2014 #111

Pretty clear that few in this thread want to think about what could change a proportion. HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #125