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Old 03-15-2012, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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There are a lot more liberal or centrist-leaning republicans than you guys think... I'm one of them.

 
Old 03-15-2012, 03:54 PM
 
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Most people with degrees in the sciences....................

......will probably vote republican because they are higher income earners and people who go for those degrees tend to be focused on other criteria in life.
Scientists are aligned with Democrats much more than the Neo-Cons....one of the biggest issues being Creationism.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 03:54 PM
 
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There are a lot more liberal or centrist-leaning republicans than you guys think... I'm one of them.

You would be called a populist or Rino based on that comment, right?

You are a John McCain fan?
 
Old 03-15-2012, 03:58 PM
 
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I'm not judging, I'm just curious for an answer. I was reading this article in the LA Times this morning:

The LA Times and the NY Times are liberal rags to begin with.

As far as why such a thing could happen, that could be because of the massive amount of indoctrination occurring in college by extreme leftist ideology by professors. Kids have to get over the damage done in order to get a clear mind again.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Mississippi
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One reason young people are so liberal is because of their disdain for the religious right that is at the core of the Republican party.

No because the young have been indoctrinated by leftist professors. The longer they stay in school the deeper entrenched they are in the warped liberal worldview.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 04:51 PM
 
Location: South Carolina - The Palmetto State
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The OP is implying that people (i.e. Democrats, liberals) who earn college degrees somehow possess a higher intelligence than those who don't have a secondary education (i.e. vocational workers, rural, socially conservative whites and blacks).

In my book, anybody who allows himself to go into hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt in order to get a worthless piece of paper that has never guaranteed him a good paying job (liberal arts degrees, lol) makes the college 'elite' the dummies.

On top of that, your commencement speaker was Snooki. Now there's an intellectual college grads in debt should emulate.
In 2012 -

100k in college loans with useless degree = smart

Paid their way, no loans and working in their field = dumb

Is that why the "smart" degree holders are crying to Obama to forgive their student loans???

I'm dumb all the way to the bank, baby!
 
Old 03-15-2012, 04:58 PM
 
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In 2012 -

100k in college loans with useless degree = smart

Paid their way, no loans and working in their field = dumb

Is that why the "smart" degree holders are crying to Obama to forgive their student loans???

I'm dumb all the way to the bank, baby!

Exactly.....

How many people go to college and bury themselves in loans...for useless, unproductive, state overhead jobs.

You have these 25 year old females that are case workers and have their Masters in psychology or sociology and don't even know where their pay comes from... or think they are more accomplished than a garbage man because they passed a false barrier.

Even better is you have tenured 1st grade teachers...or music teachers.. or ESL teachers that think they are on equal footing as those in the math and science field.

Hilarious it is.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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I'm not judging, I'm just curious for an answer. I was reading this article in the LA Times this morning:

Poll: Primary battle has hurt GOP's image among young, non-whites - latimes.com

Maybe it correlates with religion. I'm guessing, but it seems those without college degrees are more likely to be evangelical, and thus identify with Republicans on social issues.
How many college degrees does one need to go Democrat. I was one of those for years after getting both my degrees BS, MS but once I switched over I just don't think I will go back. When they nominate avowed socialists for President I just have to stay away.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 06:38 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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I am going to totally disagree with you, from people i know, family members, friends, and business associates. Most of them are highly educated with degress up the ying yang, many not just one.

Most sucessful people i know, and have no reason to lie about this, are all republicians, sucessful, with own businessesss, gorgeous, mansions, or homes, boats, the whole 9 yards. But family oriented, and love their families, as do democrats.
People i know who are highly sucessful, and have achieved their goals, are all repbulicians, and i do not see this as a bad thing.

Three people in my family are multi millionaires,, more power to them, they are all republicians one being my Son, so do not tell me, republicians do not have college degrees or are educated. Have a son, brother, and Uncle, who have made it and are multi-millionaires. All republicians.
I think it is ignorant to say anything different, and i do not care about your statistics.
 
Old 03-15-2012, 07:09 PM
 
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GOP is usually someone who was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, whereas Democrats who are born poor only have education as an option to bootstrap themselves up out of poverty.
There was no reason to read further into your post. The part I quoted shows that you don't know what you are talking about.
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