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Romney's hold on Macomb puzzling
Macomb Daily ^ | January 17, 2008 | Chad Selweski

Posted on 01/16/2008 11:14:04 PM PST by Plutarch

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To: John Valentine; ILS21R
Bigoted, insulting and disrespectful opinion does NOT deserve respect, and in MY house, it’s not afforded any

Wow--now I'm confused. I must say that I think 100% the same way that ILS21R does which makes me a bit bigoted, insulting and disrespectful. But I still think the same. Well, I guess I'll tend to agree with John Valentine and use noboby's perfect for cover.

61 posted on 01/18/2008 4:20:25 AM PST by kipita (“Love” is to humanity as gravitons are to an infinite # of universes.)
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To: kipita

Implying that a man is sleeping with his wife as a daughter is about the most insulting thing you can say about a person. If someone ever put something like that to me, he’d wind up with a bloody nose or worse.

That sort of thing has no place on Free Republic.


62 posted on 01/18/2008 4:37:56 AM PST by John Valentine
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To: John Valentine; ILS21R

“Implying that a man is sleeping with his wife as a daughter is about the most insulting thing you can say about a person. If someone ever put something like that to me, he’d wind up with a bloody nose or worse.”

“That sort of thing has no place on Free Republic.”

Better response….

Genetics and Social conditioning……

With 6 billion people on the planet from different cultures and societal influences, it is important to understand the cultural and societal influences so that everyone has enough understanding to manage respectful relationships with different people. So stereotyping has some benefit to humanity.

http://www.executiveplanet.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Spirituality…..

“I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.”

So stereotyping can also be harmful to humanity.


63 posted on 01/18/2008 5:29:12 AM PST by kipita (“Love” is to humanity as gravitons are to an infinite # of universes.)
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If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

Interesting read. The article is dead-on about McCain's gloom and doom approach falling flat.

64 posted on 01/18/2008 6:02:53 AM PST by grellis (Is this the best we've got??!)
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To: grellis; Plutarch

Thanks for the ping. Good article, Plutarch. Thanks for posting. Interesting thread.


65 posted on 01/18/2008 6:28:15 AM PST by PGalt
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To: ILS21R

“I didn’t say he was one[a pervert]. I said he “looks” like one.

It’s only anecdotal but I’ve heard that Fred’s campaign responded to this line of inquiry with (paraphrase), “It’s a GOOD thing that his wife looks better than the White House interns!”


66 posted on 01/18/2008 7:46:18 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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Macomb County is also a lot different than it was in 1980. The last Census estimate I saw, it was about 900,000. And still growing despite Detroit and perhaps even Michigan trends. There is migration from Detroit. There is also a mixing across what was once a socioeconomic and ethnic Berlin Wall called Dequindre Rd., the border of Oakland County. For years, construction of I-696 and M-59 were held up, but now there is freer movement between the two. So if it seems different, it may well be.


67 posted on 01/18/2008 8:05:24 AM PST by LongTimeMILurker
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To: Plutarch

It really warms my heart I am from Macomb County!:)


68 posted on 01/18/2008 8:07:36 AM PST by restornu (Understanding that Grace and Mercy is what one receives after all they can do!)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
more than half of Romney's 80,000-vote margin on Tuesday over McCain statewide was accumulated in just two counties - Macomb and his home turf of Oakland County. In Macomb County - a supposedly blue-collar, ethnic, working-class community - voters embraced a candidate who grew up as an Oakland County rich kid and went on to become a spectacularly wealthy venture capitalist.
Gosh, it's almost as if blue-collar working-class ethnic voters would ordinarily prefer someone who advocates redistribution from those who work to those who do not work.

I wonder just how many people who don't have to work for a living wind up in a political career. The Kennedys of course... I can't think of too many others. Basically no one who hits the lottery for millions ever runs for office. And technology millionnaires who retire by age 30 just wind up writing weird screed about extraterrestrial influences on society and technology.
69 posted on 01/18/2008 10:23:20 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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To: John Valentine
Implying that a man is sleeping with his wife as a daughter is about the most insulting thing you can say about a person. If someone ever put something like that to me, he’d wind up with a bloody nose or worse.

That sort of thing has no place on Free Republic.

Being in Europe, after thinking for a week, I must say your comments reflect the "less image minded more pragmatic results oriented" European voters than the image, personal identity, sound bite promises, rock star, American Idol values of the majority of American voters.

70 posted on 01/31/2008 8:39:26 AM PST by kipita (“Love” is to humanity as gravitons are to an infinite # of universes.)
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