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Originally Posted by Willravel
Why did you just skip over the part where I linked to an article describing in great detail how BP and the Tea Party are basically in bed together to create artificial support for offshore drilling? Or the polling showing that a majority of Americans are actually against offshore drilling?
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Because our disagreement involved an understanding of what is important to conservatives on a grassroots level. Most conservatives do not belong to the Tea Party or have even attended a Tea Party event. Also, at the grassroots level conservatives have more concern for the owner of the local BP gas station than they despise BP. BP is not going to influence conservative thought at the grassroots level one way or the other until they repair their corporate image.
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Those directly call into question your assertion that there's some sort of grassroots support among real Americans for offshore drilling. Were you wrong, is this all just from your 'gut', or do you have more information?
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I spend a lot of time with parents with kids involved in sports and other activities as is my son. Waiting for practice to end gets pretty boring and parents talk about all kinds of stuff. If you really want insight to grassroots issues, hang out at a soccer field for a season or two.