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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
That's a good point, there are some people for whom the economy is not their #1 priority, and they might vote Democrat because they are more concerned about slaughtering 4,000 unborn babies a day, or giving civilian trials to captured terrorists, or using tax dollars to fund pornography.
But the exit polling showed that the economy was most people's #1 priority. I still haven't seen one person respond to my original question. I'm genuinely trying to understand why someone concerned about the economy, could vote Democrat. It makes zero sense to me, and I can usually understand what others are thinking.
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branding Jim. See my initial reply. Here is a PERFECT example.
Look at the Meg Whitman story. Multi millionaire hires a mexican woman as a housekeeper. If you stop right there, you see a rich white person giving someone a job. Its a win/win. It clearly shows support of immigrants and clearly shows that Meg is not a racist.
Then - and regardless of the details/fault - she finds out the housekeeper is illegal and she is fired. Meg DOES NOT report her, does not try to get her arrested, nothing.
What does the Latino lobbying orgs do? They fund 5 million in ads against Meg Whtiman! WHy? Its branding. They can brand her as being bad for latinos. when its a fact she was willing to hire and pay someone well for their services!
I've heard over and over that Bush "trampled on civil rights" We had a black woman secretary of state ( a first) a black man as secretary of state ( a first) and a latino attornet general ( a first). However that was NEVER acknowledged. The Dem machine is very succesful at establshing a negative Republican brand
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