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Just a fun article when Reuters visited the rural areas:
The Reuters gang apparently drove their Chevy pickup for months through the rural hinterlands of the South, parked it at Waffle Houses and Flying J's in eleven states and asked over 8500 families making under $55,000 per year who they'd be inclined to vote for and why. The results were surprising. Nearly 4 out of 10 Bible Belters say Romney's money makes him even less trustworthy than the black guy:
Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled over the past several months shows that, across the Bible Belt, 38 percent of these voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is "very wealthy" than one who isn't. This is well above the 20 percent who said they would be less likely to vote for an African-American.
Several of those interviewed in Lynchburg were devotees of the TV series "Big Love" and "Sister Wives," about polygamous Mormon families. They were unaware that the Mormon Church long ago renounced polygamy.
"Mormons don't believe like we believe," said Dianna McCullough, a retired factory worker, as she tossed salad in a Tree of Life Ministries soup kitchen. "Like the wives -- Romney's probably got more than one."
You can even start to feel a little bit of sympathy for poor Mitt, trying his darndest in his natty blue blazer and khakis to reach these people who he simply cannot afford to lose. As the article notes, given President Obama's outperformance with minorities, Romney needs a minimum of 60% of the white vote.
Now before anyone thinks I'm disrespecting any particular class or geographic area, I will jump to claim immunity. One-half of my entire family is Southern, as is my wife's family. They're cut from the same socioeconomic cloth as these folks, and most of them are Democrats.
But I already know who they're voting for.
Baptist, former Bush-voting Sheryl Harris out of Lynchburg, Virginia, remains convinced that President Obama is a secret Muslim. But, hot damn, she does not like that Romney fellow:
"Romney's going to help the upper class," said Harris, who earns $28,000 a year as activities director of a Lynchburg senior center. "He doesn't know everyday people, except maybe the person who cleans his house." She'll vote for Obama, she said: "At least he wasn't brought up filthy rich."
Just a fun article when Reuters visited the rural areas:
The Reuters gang apparently drove their Chevy pickup for months through the rural hinterlands of the South, parked it at Waffle Houses and Flying J's in eleven states and asked over 8500 families making under $55,000 per year who they'd be inclined to vote for and why. The results were surprising. Nearly 4 out of 10 Bible Belters say Romney's money makes him even less trustworthy than the black guy:
Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled over the past several months shows that, across the Bible Belt, 38 percent of these voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is "very wealthy" than one who isn't. This is well above the 20 percent who said they would be less likely to vote for an African-American.
Several of those interviewed in Lynchburg were devotees of the TV series "Big Love" and "Sister Wives," about polygamous Mormon families. They were unaware that the Mormon Church long ago renounced polygamy.
"Mormons don't believe like we believe," said Dianna McCullough, a retired factory worker, as she tossed salad in a Tree of Life Ministries soup kitchen. "Like the wives -- Romney's probably got more than one."
You can even start to feel a little bit of sympathy for poor Mitt, trying his darndest in his natty blue blazer and khakis to reach these people who he simply cannot afford to lose. As the article notes, given President Obama's outperformance with minorities, Romney needs a minimum of 60% of the white vote.
Now before anyone thinks I'm disrespecting any particular class or geographic area, I will jump to claim immunity. One-half of my entire family is Southern, as is my wife's family. They're cut from the same socioeconomic cloth as these folks, and most of them are Democrats.
But I already know who they're voting for.
Why do you hate rich people? Why can't you make yourself a handsome living through innovation and business accumen? Where did you fail in life? No self-loving individual would conjure up a hatred of money if they actually had any. So what's the malfunction?
Your hatred is palpable. It has to come from somewhere.
Why do you hate rich people? Why can't you make yourself a handsome living through innovation and business accumen? Where did you fail in life? No self-loving individual would conjure up a hatred of money if they actually had any. So what's the malfunction?
Your hatred is palpable. It has to come from somewhere.
Please point out where I've ever said that I hate rich people.
Just a fun article when Reuters visited the rural areas:
The Reuters gang apparently drove their Chevy pickup for months through the rural hinterlands of the South, parked it at Waffle Houses and Flying J's in eleven states and asked over 8500 families making under $55,000 per year who they'd be inclined to vote for and why. The results were surprising. Nearly 4 out of 10 Bible Belters say Romney's money makes him even less trustworthy than the black guy:
Reuters/Ipsos polling data compiled over the past several months shows that, across the Bible Belt, 38 percent of these voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is "very wealthy" than one who isn't. This is well above the 20 percent who said they would be less likely to vote for an African-American.
Several of those interviewed in Lynchburg were devotees of the TV series "Big Love" and "Sister Wives," about polygamous Mormon families. They were unaware that the Mormon Church long ago renounced polygamy.
"Mormons don't believe like we believe," said Dianna McCullough, a retired factory worker, as she tossed salad in a Tree of Life Ministries soup kitchen. "Like the wives -- Romney's probably got more than one."
You can even start to feel a little bit of sympathy for poor Mitt, trying his darndest in his natty blue blazer and khakis to reach these people who he simply cannot afford to lose. As the article notes, given President Obama's outperformance with minorities, Romney needs a minimum of 60% of the white vote.
Now before anyone thinks I'm disrespecting any particular class or geographic area, I will jump to claim immunity. One-half of my entire family is Southern, as is my wife's family. They're cut from the same socioeconomic cloth as these folks, and most of them are Democrats.
But I already know who they're voting for.
Even better would be to work for FOX. If you don't like what they've said you can just make stuff up to suit your purpose and no one will notice.
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