Originally posted by lazs2
a better example using women would be that women allways vote for democrats. Women and womenly men and big city apartment dwellers.
lazs
I hear that from you a lot, while actually, more of the women I know vote republican (or more accurately, most of those that I know are planning to vote republican are women). and most of the men vote democrat
they like the way they feel safer (without actually being safer) when the republicans start talking minimum sentences, and zero tolerance policies, and getting tough on crime.
since they are often the type of women who tend to go more on feeling than actual reason, they never move past that to the logical next questions of where are we going to put the additional inmates, and how will we afford the increased cost of apprehending, bringing to trial, and incarcerating, while at the same time cutting taxes to the wealthy, getting in an extra-curricular war or 2, rebuilding other countries, taking on the role of vigilante to the world, and crapping all over our own economy.
most men I know pay more attention to the bottom line. they've seen how the republicans seem to spend a lot of time talking about some very positive things, but when it comes to actual effort and action, they seem to apply most of that to other areas that tend to screw over mainstream America.
while at the same time the Dems tend to throw a lot of talk behind every fruity new cause that comes down the line, and like the republicans not much happens on these issues that they have so much to say about. but again, when you forget the talk and watch the bottom line- wages go up, bills tend to get paid, jobs are available for those willing to work, the national debt gets paid down, and the over-all quality of life seems to improve for most of us when they are in office.
