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In reply to the discussion: FACT: GOP voters are overwhelmingly older, whiter, and maler [View all]Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)11. IMHO the Democratic party uses more honey than vinegar.
Pointing out that GOPs are more white, older, and male does nothing to persuade voters that the Democratic party is any better than the GOPers, who point out the fact that most POCs belong to the Democratic party at every opportunity, as if that's a bad thing.
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I dont understand why any older, white DU members would be bothered by that at all
randys1
Jul 2014
#3
Of course not, at the same time stating the obvious about who the rightwing is may not be
randys1
Jul 2014
#17
It is a problem because that dead horse is constantly being beaten around here
Art_from_Ark
Jul 2014
#38
I think these folks are absolutely paranoid about broad brushing. Probably because it's something
Number23
Jul 2014
#35
And apple pie is better with ice cream, but it has nothing to do with what the OP said
randys1
Jul 2014
#8
Which idiot righty said he was afraid that people vote who dont know how serious
randys1
Jul 2014
#32
I contributed to that thread. As a human being, as a woman, as a liberal, I have tried...
Hekate
Jul 2014
#44
What I notice, both in the GOP and in it's omission here, is how Heterosexual the Republican voters
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2014
#41
I'm older, white, and male..I was the liberal from the 60s who would put you to shame..
Sancho
Jul 2014
#43
Okay. Here's another FACT: White people make up a majority of the Democratic base.
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#50