These People Always Vote

Do you?

David Atkins "thereisnospoon" at Hullabaloo:

Dave Weigel reports from Nevada, speaking to a local Republican caucus partcipant:

"This is going to sound rough," he said. "But if you're a Democrat, you are my enemy. Democrats piss me off. They've gotten extremely socialistic." What did that mean? "Every time they get in, they raise taxes. They screw things up. I've got a jeep I've had for ten years; I pay $100 a year on the license plate. We just got a new Dodge; $600 to license it. You pay your money, they pass it on to the Mexicans, the colored people. Free education, handouts, all of that." Kent was 67, and dated his disdain for socialism back to Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society. "We've got maybe two Democrats in Virginia City. One of them owns the second-biggest bar. I won't set a foot in the door.

I'm sure that if Democrats drop the nasty tribalism and capitulate on our values enough by allowing cuts to Medicare and outlawing of abortion, we can come to reasonable bipartisan compromise with these folks.

Surely there's something we can do to win this man's vote or at least soften his ire. And I'm sure that whatever it is, it will totally be worth it in the spirit of post-partisan unity.

Atkins in December:

For forty percent of the country or so, there is no amount of evidence that will ever convince them that they're getting screwed by the top 1%. Even when the middle class is basically gone and all that's left is the very wealthy and the impoverished underclass, these fools will still be blaming taxes, environmental regulations and minorities for everything. And yet, those of us who know better are supposed to feel other than contempt for them.

Contempt they richly deserve. But respect for the power they wield at the polls.

Turnout wins. Every time. It's the only thing that ever has.


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thereisnospoon 12/09/2011 07:30:00 AM