FOX NEWS THIS AM….

[Anonymous]

I thought that by being a renter in La Jolla and driving a Subaru, that I was just smart and thrifty. DZ, thanks for pointing out the error of my ways.

I always knew that we were unusual on our street: American flag flying, church-going, gun-owning, one of the few Republicans (I’m the Republican precinct representative in my neighborhood, one of the ‘get out the vote’ guys; only 15-20% in my neck of the woods were on my list to go chat with). Now I know why: I’m just a (cat)fish out of water.

Yep, lots of BMWs, Mercedes, big Lexii, and Land Rovers on our street. I expect that will change over the next three-to-five years. Or, heck, maybe DZ is right, that my smarter, wealthier, more highly-degreed neighbors know something that I don’t.

[PerryChase]

*Gasp* a Subaru?! That’s for a North-Eastern or North-Western progressive outdoorsmen. You should be driving a F150 extended cab and living in Santee.

You sound like my cousin’s husband, jg. He’s a hardcore conservative but because of where he lives, his kids all turned out to be progressives. Better move to Santee or Fallbrook before it’s too late. (all said in good fun and humor)

[CardiffBaseball]

Music to my ears… We roll up on a VW van plastered with literature so as the car behind you doesn’t get bored at the stoplight.

12 year old asks, why do the hippies put so many bumper stickers on their car? I can thank Homer Simpson for that one, because I have never made fun of hippies in front of the kids. I have of course made fun of the bumper sticker crowd, but otherwise he made the connection. You have to remember if as a kid you want to rebel a little and be a contrarian in these coastal towns, you’ll wind up being a Republican. For instance many of his classmates like Green Day, but he proudly wears Motley Crue, and Zeppelin shirts.

[sdcellar]

PC– When did Democrats suddenly become progressives? Now, I could be mistaken and you are truly a Progressive and not a Democrat, but I notice the dems in general have taken to this term.

I can see why they do it from a marketing perpective, but Progressives have their own parties and movements. I suspect Democrats might be sick of the “liberal” tag.

Perhaps you really do mean that these kids are voting Green Party or the like, so they really are Progressives as well. Is that the case?

Maybe it’s the difference between progressive and Progressive?

[PD]

I would like to see the actual numbers of people in those stats. Since O’Reilly has 33% more viewers, that additional amount could account for the portion of lower income/education folks. I bet the gap looks significantly smaller if you look at true numbers rather than percentage of all viewers. Further, O’Reilly probably has significantly more retired people watching his show. These people probably have a lower income than employed people. Additionally, postgraduate education has become much more important in the last 20 years and older generations probably have a lower percentage of postgraduate degrees (my very smart grandfather did just fine with an eighth grade education).

I would like to see these statistics broken down into pure numbers and by age. They might tell a totally different tale.

[FutureSDguy]

I’m boycotting CNN, at least until the midterm elections has passed. That channel is way off the deepend in its political propaganda (like covering Foley EVERYDAY for three weeks) and showing video from our enemies as they shoot down our soldiers. Sorry, that’s just over the top, CNN. I’ll listen to Fox for a while, despite their flaws.

[socalarm]

it amazes me how intense events can be reduced to consumer choices. “I’m boycotting CNN, at least until the midterm elections has passed”.
i’m switching from coke to pepsi this month…

[Anonymous]

Wow! I hope the same sort of objective rational thinking that spawns the strident invective of any/all political exchanges on this site has not been brought to bear on current trends in the real estate markets. If so, it might be time to buy 🙂

[FutureSDguy]

lol, good analogy. I like CNN most of the time, except when it gets ridiculous, as of late.

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