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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
seriously folks, what is it that you refuse to see about these groups of people? sure, some of them are out there just for the partisanship, but a larger portion of these folks are angry and tired about not being represented. These are folks who aren't left or right, but somewhere in there and their views and concerns are being totally ignored.
The major political parties are making a huge mistake thinking these people are just on the fringe.
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I don't really follow when you say that these people aren't being represented. They don't even know what they WANT or what is best for the country. They are confused, dumb, uninformed and fanatic. However, for all that, they DO have politicians in their corner. They have Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin. They have talk show hosts and an entire cable news network. These people are represented far more than people on the other end of the political spectrum. Politicians wont touch drug and sex legalization with a ten foot pole, but they'll shoot down a needed healthcare bill simply because it runs up against the party line.
Their views and concerns aren't even based on reality, but I contend that despite this, they are NOT being ignored. They are, in fact, being given too much play time in the national discourse.