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To: stockman_scott who wrote (22293)	11/10/2004 8:05:38 PM
From: kodiak_bull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

Scott, Your cultural elitist guy seems to have gotten some of his information wrong. You are 25 percent more likely to hold a college degree if you live in the Democratic northeast than in the red state south. Blue state voters are 25 percent more likely, therefore, to understand the historical and cultural ramifications of Bush's brand of bull-in-a-china-shop foreign policy. The truth is, except for those few voters with some "post graduate study" Bush voters WERE more highly educated than Kerry voters, once you got above the minimum threshold of a high school education. High school dropouts were, however, more likely to vote for Kerry: Did not complete high school (50% voted for Kerry, 49% voted for Bush). High school graduate (48% voted for Kerry, 51% voted for Bush) Some college (46% voted for Kerry, 53% voted for Bush) College graduate (47% voted for Kerry, 51% voted for Bush). Only in the category of "some post graduate work", which would be a fairly small fraction of the millions of voters, did Kerry lead Bush, 55% to 43%. Almost all unionized teachers belong to this group, of course. Also, if you were married, no matter what, you favored Bush. If you were unmarried, you favored Kerry. Go to the following site and click on "Who voted and why" lower right hand side. usatoday.com (By the way, I never heard of this guy and have to say his prose style and ideas leave more than a little to be desired; when you look into his background, you realize he's a cartoonist with, apparently, little talent: tedrall.com But, as for art, as they say, a chacun son gout)

To: stockman_scott who wrote (22293)	11/11/2004 1:16:20 AM
From: whitepine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Scott, it looks like the smart folks are at it again in Milwaukee, the home of 'progressive government' jsonline.com W-2 money went to radio host McGee State audit faults OIC for those, other payments; oversight added Posted: Nov. 9, 2004 A Milwaukee social services agency came under fire Tuesday in a new state audit for its spending of millions of dollars in welfare reform money on its own subsidiaries and executives and on radio personality and former Ald. Mike McGee. The audit faults Opportunities Industrialization Center of Greater Milwaukee for some $275,000 in payments to local radio station WNOV-AM (860) and McGee from 1997 through 2003. OIC Under Fire ...........{remaining part of the story is linked above} wp