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Democratic Presidents Make Us All Richer; Republican Presidents Make Us All Poorer

Well… Read the title of this post again. Then read this article. Then take a look at the stats (from the US Census Bureau):

And then, when voting next time for a Republican President, just tell me – what are your reasons other than:

  1. the right to own a military grade machine gun at home to compensate for a small d-k,
  2. caring more for future children than for those already living because the yet unborn do not need health care and good education – like NOW,
  3. having a President who will act like a “father” to you – because you want to be a “child” forever… or may be because your dad was not there when you needed him (he had to work two full time jobs to make ends meet, remember – correlate with the stats above),
  4. having a President who will need a “Higher Father” to make his decisions – so that he doesn’t have to take full responsibility for them (you like your President to be like you, don’t you?),
  5. having a President who will share your own negative opinions about those other 50% of Americans… those who are NOT real Americans or good people altogether according to your strong beliefs.

Update:

Read a more dispassionate and much more educated discussion on WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? by Jonathan Haidt (found via Jean Russell).

However, at this stage of the political fight for the White House, understanding Republican voters (while absolutely necessary) is not enough. We’ve had enough of analysing why Republicans dominate the political landscape for quite some time already. We need more people to confront them. This country is our country too! Society is not “as it is”… it is what we make of it.

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  1. Ryan Graves | September 24, 2008 at 1:47 am | Permalink

    Emil- First thanks for checking out http://ryanagraves.com any feedback or suggestions would be appreciate.

    Second, thanks for the chart and the analysis here. This is one of the more powerful arguments that needs to be brought into the limelight during this election…

    As a person who is still a bit undecided I like reading data driven arguments and analysis to help me decide.
    Hope to hear from you soon!

  2. Emil | September 24, 2008 at 9:06 pm | Permalink

    Hey Ryan… thanks for stopping by.

    Still undecided…? Now that’s troubling… :)

    Just read the title of the post above once more.

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