You have to measure the widths of their noses Sent from my iPhone > On May 26, 2025, at 4:50=E2=80=AFPM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFI'm puzzled at the common assumption that people are Republicans o= r =3D > Democrats, as if they carry membership cards, or look different. I =3D > realize many states are "party registration" states where you register =3D=
> to vote with a party affiliation, or else Independent or Unaffiliated. =3D= > I don't live in a party registration state, the only time I get asked =3D > for a political party preference is if I want to vote in a primary and =3D= > it's just for that one ballot. If someone asked me what party I belong =3D= > to, I would not know how to answer. I've voted both ways through the =3D > years, sometimes differently in local, state and national elections. =3D > And the idea that some party "owns" me seems kind of repugnant. >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------ >=20 > "The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that =3D= > the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." > - Oscar Levant > ------------------------------------------------------------ >=20 > =3DE2=3D80=3D9CThe Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they h= ave =3D > demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of =3D > celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, =3D= > but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant =3D= > to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The =3D > Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but =3D > they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly =3D= > Pants Night at the country club.=3DE2=3D80=3D9D > - Dave Barry >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 5:07 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political >=20 > "Cult" is a very apt term. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > Mike Hammett >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 11:49:22 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > We should stop calling them =3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D9Cparties=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3= D9D =3D > because none of them =3D3D are much fun. Elephant and donkey are apt =3D > symbols.=3D3D20 >=20 > Whatever happened to that guy Vermin Supreme?=3D3D20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected]=3D3D20 > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2025 11:35 AM=3D3D20 > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>=3D3D20 > Subject: [AFMUG] OT Political=3D3D20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Hmmmm=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3DA6..=3D3D20 >=20 > By SHANE GOLDMACHER The New York Times=3D3D20 >=20 > One longtime Democratic researcher has a technique she leans on when =3D > nudgin=3D3D g voters to share their deepest, darkest feelings about =3D > politics. She asks =3D3D them to compare America's two major parties to =3D= > animals.=3D3D20 >=20 > After around 250 focus groups of swing voters, a few patterns have =3D > emerged,=3D3D said the researcher, Anat Shenker-Osorio. Republicans are =3D= > seen as "apex pr=3D3D edators," like lions, tigers and sharks =3D > =3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D94 beasts that take what the=3D3D y want when they want= it. =3D > Democrats are typically tagged as tortoises, slug=3D3D s or sloths: slow, =3D= > plodding, passive.=3D3D20 >=20 > So Shenker-Osorio perked up earlier this year when a Democratic man in =3D= > Geor=3D3D gia suggested that a very different kind of animal symbolized =3D= > his party.=3D3D20 >=20 > "A deer," he said, "in headlights."=3D3D20 >=20 > The man had more to say.=3D3D20 >=20 > "You stand there and you see the car coming, but you're going to stand =3D= > ther=3D3D e and get hit with it anyway."=3D3D20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=3D3D20 > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >=20 >=20 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >=20 >=20 >=20 > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
