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Originally Posted by livius drusus
Somehow, progressive politics have become associated with ivory tower liberals and we've lost the grass roots of it. I mean, Nebraska was the home of the Farmer's Alliance, the spark which transformed the Democratic Party from Civil War losers to the party of FDR. Where did that go? Did 50s anti-communism destroy it all? Did the hippies freak people out that much?
I need to do some reading.
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Maybe its because other people are not doing
enough reading. I say, look to basic education and how people come to "know" things, and how their "knowing" is validated. I found the results of that poll where they found that people who were for Bush still believe there are WMD in Iraq. After its been shown to be untrue.
Chris Matthews on Today Show right now talking about the people in the states where Bush was strong are Creationists and biblical fundamentalists who do not think intellectually. These are the same people described above. If it weren't so fucking scary, I'd be LOL.