The knowledgeable public (Barone has left USNews)

Washington Examiner ^ | April 20, 2009 | Michael Barone

[gusopol3]

Many of the sneering comments about the participants in last week’s hundreds of tea parties across the nation were premised on the idea that these people didn’t know much about public policy. The hostile CNN reporter (Rush Limbaugh might call her an infobabe) who told tea party attendants that they were going to get tax rebates was an example of that. It was also an example of the condescension of so many in the media: ordinary people should be satisfied with getting a few extra bucks now and shouldn’t worry about the long-term effects of huge increases in government spending and government debt. As I wrote last, the idolators who attended Obama events last year seemed entranced by the candidate’s persona, while the tea party participants seemed preoccupied with serious issues of long-term public policy. Which side was more intellectually serious?

[gusopol3]

I didn't know Michael Bapone had left USNews last week.

[ComputerGuy]

Money quote:
...men were much more knowledgeable than women...

[gusopol3]

“Bapone” =that’s a typo, not John the Baptist’s vanity plate

[abb]

He hasn’t left USN&WR. They are fading away to nothing and leaving him.

[xsmommy]

it would be interesting to see the freeper breakdown. i don’t believe that women on FR are less knowledgeable about politics/current events than men.

[ComputerGuy]

You’re right - FReeper women are well-informed.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

If they are on FR they get it like the rest of us.

[gusopol3]

how I used to devour that magazine every Tuesday afternoon when I was in High School.

[xsmommy]

i know that, glad you guys do too : ) i know plenty of clueless sheeple of both sexes, unfortunately. it’s all i can do not to get in their faces and shake them to get them to wake up to what is happening.

[MARTIAL MONK]

How many wizzles in a wazzit? All us manly mens know.

[abb]

Indeed. The very first news magazine I subscribed to when I was about ten years old.

[sausageseller]

it would be interesting to see the freeper breakdown. i don’t believe that women on FR are less knowledgeable about politics/current events than men.

FR ladies are the exception, not the rule.

[savedbygrace]

All us manly mens know.

That's right. "Men can take anything." http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/01/2009-super-bowl-pepsi-ad-men-can-take.html

[familyop]

No thanks and no thanks, Signor Barrone.

The GOP Should Go Upscale Townhall.com ^ | January 31, 2009 | Michael Barone
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175548/posts

Excerpt:
"Going upscale also means downplaying the cultural issues...Here, young voters are critical, and their attitudes give guidance. They oppose criminalization of abortion, but they also disfavor it -- the position of the great middle of the electorate. They tend to favor same-sex marriage -- the days of winning votes by opposing it are nearing an end."

The Republican Party will continue to fade away, as long as its leaders and favored constituents reject morally conservative voters like myself. I'm not a goddess worshiper, either, BTW.

[xsmommy]

i wonder what the breakdown of freeper membership is men/women.

[gusopol3]

I agree, I think he had the Obama vapors for awhile, but I think he backpedaled pretty quickly.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Ya just cant fix stupid.

[LibLieSlayer]

They are also some of the meanest warriors in the world... when they get angry! :-)

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

We also know how many chucks a wood chuck could chuck.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Middle of the road is where one finds all of the road kill... barrone is a moderate... never a Conservative... and math in politics is his forte... he is no leader and he is out of touch with America... beltway disease.

LLS