Comments on: David Brooks' Special Suburbanites http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/david-brooks-special-suburbanites/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:38:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: woody http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/david-brooks-special-suburbanites/comment-page-1/#comment-10267 woody Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:48 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13280#comment-10267 Murkin "independents" mainly are voters who are too lazy to follow the relevant political events, and who mainly "agree" with the last polemicist who gets their attention. They're not thinkers, not critical, not reflective: they're weal-minded: FOLLOWERS and drones... True, only 20% apparently identify as Pukes (significantly fewer than those--mebbe 35%--who identify as Dims). But that doesn't mean they won't VOTE Puke, if that has been their pattern in the past--and since 1980, it has been. A significant number were swayed by the "Obama" wave in 2008. They'll be swayed by the backlash of the Right, next time... Obama is already 'damaged goods.' Murkin "independents" mainly are voters who are too lazy to follow the relevant political events, and who mainly "agree" with the last polemicist who gets their attention. They're not thinkers, not critical, not reflective: they're weal-minded: FOLLOWERS and drones…

True, only 20% apparently identify as Pukes (significantly fewer than those--mebbe 35%--who identify as Dims). But that doesn't mean they won't VOTE Puke, if that has been their pattern in the past--and since 1980, it has been.

A significant number were swayed by the "Obama" wave in 2008. They'll be swayed by the backlash of the Right, next time… Obama is already 'damaged goods.'

]]> By: LT http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/david-brooks-special-suburbanites/comment-page-1/#comment-10263 LT Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:55:29 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13280#comment-10263 In theory, an independent does not have to be a "centrist." He just has to dislike both parties. That could put him anywhere on the spectrum, but the people who are fed up with the two-business-party system tend to be from the left-wing. That said, American independents do not dislike both parties. Rather, they sympathize with each party on different issues. It's a misnomer really, because they are treated as if they are unbiased when, in fact, their bias ranges from issue to issue like everyone else. In theory, an independent does not have to be a "centrist." He just has to dislike both parties. That could put him anywhere on the spectrum, but the people who are fed up with the two-business-party system tend to be from the left-wing.

That said, American independents do not dislike both parties. Rather, they sympathize with each party on different issues. It's a misnomer really, because they are treated as if they are unbiased when, in fact, their bias ranges from issue to issue like everyone else.

]]> By: Dana Franchitto http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/david-brooks-special-suburbanites/comment-page-1/#comment-10230 Dana Franchitto Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=13280#comment-10230 Brooks has always been an American fairy tale spinner. Brooks has always been an American fairy tale spinner.

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