On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:35:30 -0400, "Tim J."
wrote:

Tom Littleton wrote:
snip
. . . belittling education and educated people
illustrates exactly how empty headed many in the GOP have come.

"have come?" Are you kidding? The GOP, among its myriad membership,
has had for years and will probably always have about 50 percent of the
US population of empty-headed dumbasses who'll vote for whomever the
party throws in front of them...and the Dems, among their myriad
membership, have a solid lock on the other 50 percent...

They
celebrate ignorance, push tough talk and jingoistic BS over really making
the world and nation safer, and come up real small in terms of actually
moving the nation in a unified, positive direction.
It is only fitting and right that such an attitude get buried.
The sooner, the better.

. . . and this is the attitude that got the Dems into the downward slide in
the last two elections. It's that "many" thingy that'll get you every time,
my friend. The middle-of-the-road voters will be the deciding factor in this
election

Absolutely. Both slates are gonna get the first 40-45 or so percent as
a freebie, and in just about dead-nut equal amounts, Nader is gonna get
his 4ish, Barr (if he's in) his 1, that leaves about 10ish percent of
the _actual_ voters, tops, who'll aren't currently "committed" and will
decide this. Obviously, they aren't "pre-aligned" with either, and half
of them won't decide until the very last minute unless something
EXTREME!!! happens and the "decision" will be all or mostly emotional
reaction. The remaining 5 think of themselves as real
weigh-all-the-information types who are going to hear ALL the
information before making a really informed decision, but really,
because of where they get their info, they are just mirrors of the right
and left who will just about split. What you'll have is about 5-8 % of
those voting who'll decide this (the emotion deciders) and who'll do so
based on, well, emotion.

and, tho' I'm no expert here, their decisions just may be
influenced by these types of elitist comments.

Oh, you bet your ass.

If playing down to the
element you describe above comes into play ("Can I get me a huntin' license
here?"), turn out the lights - it's over.

TC,
R