[quote=briansd1][quote=Arraya]Actually brian, poor people, in general, don’t vote – or at least in tiny percentages. Education, political leanings and socioeconomic status have nothing to do with gullibility. Most tea baggers are not poor either[/quote]
Tea Partiers are not poor but they are one or two steps away from poverty so they are scared.
That’s why I view them as the conscripted foot soldiers of the new Confederate Army led by Jim Demint.
One of my cousins in Ohio is married to one of them. I feel sorry for her.
If you’re a well educated person living in Carmel Valley, do you really want to be associated with the loud-mouthed, vulgar Tea Partiers? If so, I do hope that your daughter ends up married to a Tea Partier.
And if you’re a traditional conservative, how do you feel about “winning” thanks to crass antics that have nothing to do with intellect and reason?
It’s not politically correct to say so, but there’s a reason Tea Partiers tend to be concentrated in the East County rather than on the coast of San Diego.[/quote]
Brian, I think you are being *slightly* judgemental here.
People come from all kinds of social and economic backgrounds. There’s a difference between being poor and being uncouth, and poverty doesn’t necessarily equate to uncouth and being rich doesn’t necessarily equate to being refined. And supporting one particular affiliation does not necessarily equate to being poverty or necessarily class for that matter.
What would be worse: a person who has the “shell” of looking/acting refined, but helocs/cc’s they hell out of things to make minimum payments on debt to “pretend” to be refined with artificial crap like Bimmers, expensive jewelry,fancy restaurants, trips, etc…Or someone make $30k in family income who lives within their means?
And sorry, a lot of the attorneys/partners I know in my ‘hood did support the Tea Party. Simply because they hated the direction of where the current government was going… That’s the irony, because like it or not it was more of less able to bring people from different economic background under one theme…(albeit, it’s a lot easier to unite because for an “angry” reason)….All this thing about unity and being politically pc regarding race/ethnicity…yes, I guess it’s important. But what really matters when it comes down to is money…Pure and simple…That’s how it’s entirely possible to have a completely backward, “hick” town in the south be completely ok with something like a Kia-ville, Georgia (look it up)….When it comes down to money, people care less about race.
The biggest problem this government had was they spent a hell of a lot of money, and average folks have no idea where the heck it went….And unfortunately, that played right into the stereotype of this party….Big government, big spending…zero accountability (even though the GOP isn’t really any better)….
Think about this.. Do you think average people really are going to get what the 600billion QE2 is going to be good for? That’s going to be a bruisemark in a few months too….
