06-03-2008, 10:55 AM
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They can vote for anyone they chose to, especially after listening to the latest Cheney joke on west virginians(since many of these type of hardcore supporters live around appalachia) for loyally supporting Bush/Cheney for the last eight years. They were after all, voting on such criteria like the guys with whom they would rather have a beer, they vote for people who think shares their "values". However, based on Cheney's joke, I don't think he or Bush or McCain wants to have anything to do with those folks. For Cheney and the rich republicans, probably appalachian inhabitants means and a bunch of bigoted fools who can be easily misled over 3G - Guns Gays and God - practising incest. Even though Cheney's cousin, Obama will genuinely care about them compared to any of the republicans they have been voting for specious reasons for the last 3 decades. What I find amazing is how easy it is to dupe people to vote AGAINST their own economic interests through the use of certain code words or touchy issues.
If after all this, if they still feel that if Hillary is not in the race, the next person who shares their "values" is a republican, no amount of bridge building is going to help them. But I don't think this segment exceeds 10% of Hillary voters.
After all, as the old saying goes, people get the kind of leaders they deserve (probably already proven with Bush). So let us wait and see....
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They can vote for anyone they chose to, especially after listening to the latest Cheney joke on west virginians(since many of these type of hardcore supporters live around appalachia) for loyally supporting Bush/Cheney for the last eight years. They were after all, voting on such criteria like the guys with whom they would rather have a beer, they vote for people who think shares their "values". However, based on Cheney's joke, I don't think he or Bush or McCain wants to have anything to do with those folks. For Cheney and the rich republicans, probably appalachian inhabitants means and a bunch of bigoted fools who can be easily misled over 3G - Guns Gays and God - practising incest. Even though Cheney's cousin, Obama will genuinely care about them compared to any of the republicans they have been voting for specious reasons for the last 3 decades. What I find amazing is how easy it is to dupe people to vote AGAINST their own economic interests through the use of certain code words or touchy issues.
If after all this, if they still feel that if Hillary is not in the race, the next person who shares their "values" is a republican, no amount of bridge building is going to help them. But I don't think this segment exceeds 10% of Hillary voters.
After all, as the old saying goes, people get the kind of leaders they deserve (probably already proven with Bush). So let us wait and see....