Re: stupidest quote of the week from an American politician?
On Jul 20, 2006, at 3:58 PM, George Scialabba wrote:
Very eloquent, Jerry, and largely true. But I’m not sure I agree
with you about this: “Pointing to elections in order to show how
people are hoodwinked is almost meaningless.” Why? I can understand
being too disgusted, discouraged, or depressed to vote at all. But
to vote Republican seems to me, for anyone making less than $100
thousand a year, foolish, and for anyone making more, selfish. I
just can’t reconcile voting Republican with being both intelligent
and decent. Doesn’t compute.
Maybe I spend too much time reading polls - I’m sure Cde Cox would
tell me I do - but there’s much more agreement with Republican
economic policies among middle-income white people than most
leftists would like to admit. It’s not just the culture three-card
monte trick, as Tom Frank would have it - much of white Protestant
America likes The Market. And doesn’t like black people, of course.
Doug