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March 16, 2008

Feel-good way-cool

White men voting this Democratic primary season are reportedly "torn" because under identity politics rules they do not know whether they have to vote "white" or have to vote "man".

Remember: One tribe. One vote.

Something happened to the feel-good, way-cool Democratic presidential contest in the months since a woman and a black man began their path-breaking race for the White House. By the millions, black voters voted for the black candidate and women voted for the woman. White men seemed torn, by the millions.

This reporter forgot the class box of their race/class/gender undergraduate sociology paper generator. Blue collar white men are voting for Clinton while white males with tenure, a Volvo and a Montessori connection are voting in class solidarity with Obama. Somewhere there is a Democratic primary voter making a decision based not on tribal affiliation but on, for example, public policy. The politically correct term for this sort of Democrat is "Republican".

Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 16, 2008 06:28 AM

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While keeping in mind the plural of anecdote is not data, several of my white male co-workers are hard core yellow-dog Democrats. The majority of them say that they will be voting for neither Hillary or Obama. They have a clear preference for McCain. The one thing that they all have in common is a military background.

Posted by: dpatten [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 17, 2008 11:06 AM

The hilarious thing to me about everybody crossing their fingers for another Reagan is how most people overlook the fact McCain is best positioned to get the Reagan Democrats that made those two landslides possible. We can only cross our fingers.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 17, 2008 11:33 AM

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