Awful liberals, awful conservatives [WAS ISLAND ONE, a prime time...]

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, cygonaut wrote:

> An example of fishing and excerpting what you think makes
> Republicans look good.

My comment has nothing to do with making Republicans look good and
everything to do with fighting the mindless blathering you favor. If
you want to trade in stereotypes then why not Google the issue and see
if the data confirms your beliefs? Surely you've heard the old adage
"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open
it and remove all doubt?"

> As you can see from the page you cited, Republicans are
> disproportionately under-educated white males.

Apparently you missed the analysis, so I'll repeat it below:

With 95% of the electorate having graduated from High School, the
Democrats captured 50.77% of their votes. With 74% of the electorate
having at least some college education, the Democrats captured 50.70%
of their votes. With 42% of the electorate having a college degree,
the Democrats captured 48% of their votes. With 18% of the electorate
having a post-graduate degree, the Democrats captured 52% of the vote.

Are all the people with college educations under educated? It seems to
me that your inability to comprehend even a simple mathematical
analysis, such as the conclusion that Democrats captured 48% of the
votes of those with a college degree or higher really speaks to your
intelligence, for you stick to your screed without blinking at
evidence which contradicts your prejudice.

> 44% of pukes are post graduates compared to 52% of Dems.

What's are pukes?

> Put in another way, most women, minorities (including Hispanics,
> blacks, and Jews), and post-graduates vote Democrat.

So what? This data in irrelevent to your point about the education of
the electorate.

> And there's some Republican women I'm sure.

Yeah, 56% of all married women voted for the Republicans. See Table 6
in THE POLITICS OF POLARIZATION (a Democratic Pulbication):

http://www.third-way.com/news/tw_pop.pdf

TangoMan