[extropy-chat] Enlightenment and the election

Kevin Freels cmcmortgage at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 9 22:29:57 UTC 2004


Mike, I've been wanting to ask you...What is your take on NH? Why do you
think it went to Kerry?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
To: "Samantha Atkins" <sjatkins at gmail.com>; "ExI chat list"
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Enlightenment and the election


>
> --- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When we speak of California you are already speaking of around 13% of
> > the population of the country.  Not exactly a negligible out-of-touch
> > little sanctuary as nearly portrayed.
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/countymap.htm
>
> Not even all of california, or even most or half. It is clear from the
> county vote map that most Kerry support is enclaved in parts of the
> country which are a small segment of the nation. In particular, those
> who most loudly declaim, "I don't know anybody who voted for Bush" are
> speaking from locales which are so heavily democrat that they cannot
> hope to have a fair and balanced idea of what cross-sectional America
> thinks without getting out of their enclaves for significant periods of
> time (and not spending it in another democrat enclave).
>
> When I talk with my Seattle friends, it is rather offensive to hear the
> vituperative language they use towards Bush, the 'facts' they claim to
> have seen on their local media. It is clear they are enclaved to a
> significant degree, mentally as much as anything. Their vacations to
> 'the country' are to Sun Valley, Lake Chelan, and Whistler, BC: i.e.
> isolated liberal resort enclaves.
>
> It appears my republican friends, wherever they are, are much better
> traveled, acculturated, and tolerant of divergent opinions, while my
> liberal friends are provincial, narrow minded, intolerant, petty,
> spiteful, mean, vengeful, and disbelieving. Liberals pretend to an
> elitism that only exists in university degrees, publishing records,
> etc. and not to diversity, cultural exposure, etc.
>
> =====
> Mike Lorrey
> Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
> "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
> It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
>                                       -William Pitt (1759-1806)
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>
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