Voters say economy overshadows political hoopla

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Trudy Tucker doesn't know if the back-to-back U.S. political conventions addressed the financial worries she has raising four children -- she was too busy to watch.

"I didn't hear much about that, to be honest," said Tucker, a supporter of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, as she shopped at discount retailer Target in Cincinnati.

"The economy is depressed. Our money isn't stretching as far," said Tucker, 40. With four kids to home school and coupons to clip to save money, the political conventions fell by the wayside.

"I didn't have time to watch," she said.

Chicago real estate agent Kathy Ivcich did catch some of the speechmaking but the celebratory atmosphere among the delegates left her wondering if they felt any of the economic pain she's experiencing.

"We're feeling it in a city like Chicago; I can't imagine these people aren't hurting, too, but I guess not," said Ivcich, 45, an independent voter.

The hoopla of the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions captivated political junkies over the past two weeks but gloomy employment news released on Friday showed many Americans may be feeling left out of the party.

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TRUDY TUCKER! tsk, tsk, tsk. :eyes:

And Bernice says she's listening...but she isn't listening. Shame on yu Bernice!

Meghan Guitron. :thumbsup:

Mrs. Tucker, you are a fool.

and the fact that it is not "fundamentally sound"......I didn't hear that from the repigs..

But, go ahead Trudy, vote for McCain. You deserve him.

Clearly she ain't a clear thinker: if you sent your 4 kids to the public schools you already help pay for, and where they could get free/reduced lunch, PLUS afterschool programs, PLUS they won't be home all day, using electricity and water, you just *might* save some money and get increased quality of life (and you could get a day job). Wow, that was really hard to figure out.

So, about the home schooling: is she a racist, a fool, or a masochist?

They think they'll get a reward in "heaven".

The GOP depends on low-information voters. They should rename the party "SYC" (Seen You Comin').

Democracy is a participatory system; it demands that the citizen be informed and make informed choices.

Then again, if you're just too lazy, there's always the fascistic theocracy the GOP so adores. Then the corporations can just tell you what Jeebus wants you to think. Ask any bought-and-paid-for big-box preachah who regularly passes the plate, accepts huge GOP donations and drives those shiny Lexuses parked in front of pazillion-dollar homes.

That you ain't livin' in.

Just sayin'.