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SpreadItAround (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:10 PM Original message |
How does the GOP get people to vote against their best interests? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Simple: they lie, cheat, accuse, if necessary, steal the votes. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Depends on what you mean interests. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. By "interests" many of us mean economic interests |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. You answered your question: They control with fear.. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Appeal to their ignorance and pride |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Emotional triggers. |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. By twisting logic--saying stuff that sounds right, but isn't |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fear. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yep.... |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think they, |
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SpreadItAround (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I was arguing with a family member... |
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Sir Jeffrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. They make them think they are voting in their best interests nt |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. People think like them. Odd but their it is. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. fear & peer pressure... |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sadly, the sheeple don't delve into things to find the truth. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. Thomas Frank wrote a book about it |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, see. When ya win the lottery, ya don't want the gubmint takin' it |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. All of the above. And they appeal to baser instincts. And get folk |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. They didn't do it alone. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well oiled propaganda machine. |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. bigotry n/t |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Atheist gay gun confiscators are going to marry your children. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think it can be summed up by two things: ignorance and greed |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Religious cults and the "Great Asleepening" going on. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Hi Beardie!! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. They make it seem like a Christian duty. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Easy |
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