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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (224651)3/17/2005 2:17:15 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (2) of 1572295
 
"And just for the record, environmentalists aka blue voters do put their money where their mouth is."

Environmentalists are not the typical blue voter either. You have their equivalent on the red voter side, just typically not in the environmental movement. Not that you won't find any.

Your cousin is typical of most of the red or blue voters, activism isn't something they are going to be involved in until an issue hits them right between the eyes. It all depends on how the issue is packaged.

ANWR could be packaged in such a way that appeals to the typical voter out there. I did a little research after I wrote that post, and the current spread between light, sweet crude and heavy, sour crude is more like 20-30% than 10%. So it should be even more clear that this is a gift to shareholders of those companies and not to the average American. And that is exploitable. Just like Bush's stance on Social Security. It would be so easy to paint him as an elitist and only looking out for his buddies if someone is willing to take the chance. But the Dims don't have anyone with the guts...

This country is pretty ripe for a true Populist to take the stage. It would help break down the barriers between the red and the blue voters that exist now. But I don't see it happening.
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