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Palin Support Limited Among Wealthy, College-Educated Republicans (here comes MSM talking points)
The New York Times ^ | November 24, 2010, 8:44 pm | By NATE SILVER

Posted on 11/24/2010 6:12:30 PM PST by dselig

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To: yldstrk

Oh my god, I cannot believe that you would buy this $hit!


41 posted on 11/24/2010 6:38:14 PM PST by elephant
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To: RedMDer

Well, I’d like to know of any candidate — what did you DO with your degree?

Did you run out and claim to be a moonbat community agitator/organizer? Or did you run a business, a State perhaps, and actually do something productive?

That is the question!


42 posted on 11/24/2010 6:39:12 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: dselig

Seems a little early to even have this kind of poll....I haven’t decided...but if it were today, among those on the list....THIS MBA would choose Palin.


43 posted on 11/24/2010 6:40:06 PM PST by goodnesswins (You deciding how to spend your health care $, thatÂ’s freedom. Govt deciding, thats a death panel)
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To: dselig

Well, I’m not wealthy, but I am college-educated, and I’m a Palin supporter. And...apparently unlike the graphic artists and editors at the New York Times...I can spell “Gingrich”.


44 posted on 11/24/2010 6:40:42 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Real And Spectacular.)
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To: dselig

If “wealthy” means in the top 7% income distribution, and if “college-educated” means a graduate degree, then I qualify. But I support Palin!


45 posted on 11/24/2010 6:41:19 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: RichInOC

Oh, yeah, and Nate Silver, the writer. Can’t forget him.

Nice work, fellas. It’s not that hard a name to remember.


46 posted on 11/24/2010 6:42:29 PM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: Real And Spectacular.)
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To: LiteKeeper

I guess what you are is not an elitist. As well, not someone who resents another’s possible ascendency to the Presidency withOUT a higher degree; after all it’s darn hard work to get an advanced degree dammit! Palin MUST be stupid if she doesn’t have one, plus she can’t join my academic snob club!! That’s got to be it. You must be a wonderful, humble, person!


47 posted on 11/24/2010 6:42:29 PM PST by hulagirl (Mother Theresa was right)
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To: dselig
New York Times. Thanks, but no Thanks.

Their motto ought to be:
"Carrying the Water for the Communists, and Their Useful Idiots, for 80 Years"
or,
"We Hate America, and the concept of a Constitutional Republic. Let your 'Betters' Lead You ('you unwashed proles')"

48 posted on 11/24/2010 6:43:00 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: dselig

Do elites vote in the primaries?

I’ve always been of the impression such elections are beneath them.


49 posted on 11/24/2010 6:43:27 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: dselig

Funny, Palin has close to 100% support in my work arena....and the lowest education level there is a MS (that’s master of SCIENCE, not basket weaving)...which probably explains why we like her.


50 posted on 11/24/2010 6:43:54 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: dselig

So they’re saying that the less time you spend being “educated” in government funded or subsidized schools the less likely you are to vote for Sarah? I for one am shocked!


51 posted on 11/24/2010 6:45:29 PM PST by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: vbmoneyspender
As I recall, college types preferred Obama as well.

Yeah especially the 18 year olds on facebook who thought he was going to give them free stuff.

52 posted on 11/24/2010 6:45:29 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: dselig

The “well-educated, wealthy” who DO NOT support Palin....are the ELITISTS who were brainwashed in college, or work in government....(No offense to any here who work in gov’t, but, you know who I mean!)


53 posted on 11/24/2010 6:45:54 PM PST by goodnesswins (You deciding how to spend your health care $, thatÂ’s freedom. Govt deciding, thats a death panel)
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To: dselig
Dselig:
Hey, I graduated from the eighth grade, and then SOHK. (School of Hard Knocks). I am 86 years old, never have been on unemployment, and have raised three great kids. (6 grand and 3 greatgrand kids too.) I am all for Sarah, and will walk the neighborhood for her in 2012. I hope that Bristol, and Piper follow in her footsteps. Long live all of the Palins.

The very best to you and yours.
Semper Fi
Tommie

54 posted on 11/24/2010 6:47:56 PM PST by Texican (This FORMER MARINE will never in his life time "Cut and Run" I dig Dagny Taggart)
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To: Texican

You go, Tommie. Probably have more sense than any of us.


55 posted on 11/24/2010 6:50:34 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: dselig

How about those with “some college”?

It’s ridiculous how the media props up those with degrees vs. those who don’t have them. Graduating from college does not necessarily correspond with a higher IQ, or ability to decide the future for others than those who do not. When it comes to deciding the future for our progeny, then we ALL have a say, and it is right that we do.

There are many reasons one may not have a degree. And, there are many people without degrees who end up studying more in-depth about a great many subjects, or become better experts than the college graduates in specific fields.

It has been proven that a bunch of classist, elitists are not the group that should be running this country. If the product and teachings of our colleges is witnessed in the current economy, and our current situation with regards to the government respecting our inalienable rights then it may indeed be preferable that one not necessarily GET a degree (unless it is absolutely necessary for one’s career - like surgeons! LOL). These “well-educated” hypocrites need to take a long hard look around them because they seem to have lost touch with reality.

This would all be rather funny if it weren’t so dang important to every citizen’s welfare in this country.


56 posted on 11/24/2010 6:50:42 PM PST by LibertyRocks
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To: wac3rd

EXCELLENT POINT!


57 posted on 11/24/2010 6:51:32 PM PST by LibertyRocks
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To: dselig

Well, I’m not entirely surprised at these numbers. Palin is often compared to Reagan, but I see her more as Jacksonian (as in “Ol’ Hickory”) in her appeal. That’s bound to turn off some in certain circles, though it’s a quality of hers a lot of us Freepers cherish.

Beyond that, I think the polls reflect a certain skepticism of Palin’s chances, and in that, I see a blueprint for Palin to be successful in both the 2012 GOP primaries and the 2012 general election.

Fairly or not, both Republican primary hopefuls and the Democratic opposition (i.e. Obama and most of the television and print media) are going to make hay out of her brief time in public office and the media-driven perception that she is not knowledgeable on the issues. Sarah 2.0 needs to combine the things we admire so much in her (strength, charm, viewpoints) with a cohesive agenda for governing America.

If she can do that, and do it early on, I think there’s a real chance that many of the skeptics amongst Republicans and conservative-leaning independents will give her a second look.

All just MHO, of course.


58 posted on 11/24/2010 6:52:35 PM PST by DemforBush (If I ever get back my blue jeans...Lord, how happy could one man be?)
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To: dselig

The “poll” is a joke if you read the details. NY Times is pushing BS again. It appears the define $50K+ as “wealthy”. Gee, if that’s a month then I don’t fit their BS because I like Palin. And I’ve been to college.

What a bunch of garbage.


59 posted on 11/24/2010 6:53:29 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: LibsRJerks
I’ve got two college degrees and am working on a masters degree.

Having spent that much time in school you should be able to see that it is in fact not bull. Are you saying that all that time at school you were surrounded by people who like Palin? I've experienced exactly the opposite. The poll seems very accurate to me.

60 posted on 11/24/2010 6:53:36 PM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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