They are wrong on so many counts it isn't funny but they think that. I've met their kind in real life before ~ they also think half the people in the country are non-white ~ for what it's worth ~ rather the reverse of the black panther types, who i've also met who think half the people are now less than white.
It's kind of like using $250,000 as a cut off for considering people rich ~ which means, quite intriguingly, that no federal employees are ever rich! Combining that with the representation that Fairfax County is America's richest county so somebody should start beating up on federal employees, and you end up with a presidential candidate who actually seems to think that he is not rich, the poor are actually rich, or actually 'the middle class' and nobody in PA or VA ever votes for Republicans ~ so you don't need to campaign there!
What it all means is that too many FReepers don't bother finding out what the statistical evidence really is, and too many presidential candidates and their advisors join them in remaining totally unknowing of what the reality might be, or how these things inter-relate.
I can deal with FReepers by simply providing URLs, but what about these idiot presidential candidates who appear to have never ventured outside the professor's lounge at a state university, or bothered to take a good look at who pays what for which, and BTW, who's been in the Army and done the heavy lifting where you need to risk real skin ~ not just metaphorical skin.
After this I"m going to start selling custom made red arm bands embroidered with your selection of names for your favorite political band or organization ~ and we'll see just how many other people out there have become disillusioned with the intellectual prowess of the current leadership class.
“...idiot presidential candidates who appear to have never ventured outside the professor’s lounge at a state university, or bothered to take a good look at who pays what for which, and BTW, who’s been in the Army and done the heavy lifting where you need to risk real skin ~ not just metaphorical skin...”
Spot on.
I have a dear friend of mine, a fellow gunny, who is retired Navy. He’s Christian, black, and conservative Republican. He put it best; ‘You never see the Republican candidate or their people knocking on doors in the black neighborhood. You ALWAYS see the Dem candidate or their people knocking on the doors, though.” And you should see the crap my bro puts up with from his family, his friends, and neighbors because he’s Republican.
I can vouch for it in my own neck of the woods as well; the local Dem walks around with his wife, every night, stopping and talking to folks. He’s run for local, county, and state elections, and made it to the township council.
He’s friendly, knows the neighbors, and is a decent guy - but he’s a Dem, and therefore he’s supporting what THEY support at all levels. I’ve had that discussion with him when he stopped to talk with me when I first moved into the neighborhood several years ago.
Suffice to say, we’re not buds...especially at election time.
But the point is - HE’S the local face. Nobody knows who the Repub is automatically. They’re not knocking on doors.
The Dems are.
Facetime gives you an automatic advantage.