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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:47 PM Original message |
We have got to start reaching out to rural voters - here's how |
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gonefishing (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. All we need is one Rove |
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Sara Beverley (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. First you have got to coninve the rural poor that they are not "rich" and |
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West Coast Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wellstone knew how to reach out to rural voters |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. true |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. We just did that |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We didn't do it enough |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I am rural |
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LiberalEconomist (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. We need to get rid of the Hollywood influence |
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wolfgang (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. as someone with friends who are farmers, I must say (m) |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wrong. They need to start reaching out to us. |
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Macadian (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yep..... |
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sangh0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. There are DUers with NO INTEREST in helping the Dems |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. Our next candidate must have a real pig farm. |
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maxudargo (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's food for thought here, but |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. much of Ohio is rural |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Stop looking at the state level |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Same thinking that lost us the South years ago |
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T Town Jake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree with this analysis to a large extent. (n/t) |
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AmandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. what about promoting |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. I dissagree totally allthough a nice essay |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. media is part of it too |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. won't work for religious fundies . . . |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. the hard-core fundies are a lost cause |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Not all bush voters were fundies |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. "separate the fundies from the normal people" |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yep, see post below. |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Their are fundamentalist and their fundamental extremists...I know it |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Most of California is rural and it's solid blue. Go figure. |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Not true |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. I fully agree. See my post here.... |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I read it and you're right |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Build a strategy that works with both rural and urban... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. View from the Midwest |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. insightful post |
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SleepingDragon (80 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Same was true in North Dakota with Non-Partisan League (NPL) |
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Astrochimp (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. You MUST work the small towns!!!!!!! |
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Astrochimp (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-04-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. Edit-- was not Blunt, but another repug....... |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. What have Republicans done for them other than give them something |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 11:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Right, but the Dems were ignoring them AND |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. I Dunno.... |
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Only Me (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. Religion misconception played a huge role in this campaign... |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. it is true the anti-Christ |
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ohio_dem_52186 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries" hires only 82,076 people in Ohio |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Thanks for reality check n/t |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "psuedo-rural" - very interesting |
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ohio_dem_52186 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Economics could reach them, if you can get through the spin. Ohio |
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mumon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Again, I say... |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. You bet |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-03-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. kick |
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