It baffles me that so many posters here are so flamingly liberal

[anatta]

I am trying to answer the question: are conservative more likely to support gambling than liberals? To answer this, I have to make generalizations. I also have to define who makes up the group "Conservatives". I have included "Christian Conservatives" as conservatives. I think most Christian Conservatives would oppose gambling more often than not, certainly more than the average person. I also think that Christian Conservatives probably make up over half of those people who identify themselves as Conservative. Since such a large percentage of Conservatives are of the "Christian" variety, and since such a large percentage of these Chistians oppose gambling, I have concluded that conservatives are more likely to oppose gambling as compared to liberals since liberals have no large subset (ie. Union member, academia, civil rights activist) I can think of that would oppose gambling.

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For instance you'll find prominent Republicans that generally support Roe v. Wade and Gay Marriage. You'll find prominent Democrats that support the Iraq war.

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Yes. But if I was trying to see whether a liberal or a conservative is more likely to support gay marriage or the war...I would say conservative are more likely to oppose gay marriage. I would say liberals oppose the war more than conservatives. At some level of discourse, this seems to me to be obviously true.

[adios]

Thanks for your thoughts and the interesting dialogue. I'll take my own advice and quit throwing around the word liberal so often.

[andyfox]

Illegal gambling.

I liked you better before when you weren't reading the papers.

[James Boston]

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But how does citing one city with three "???" rebut the statement

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There are more than three, and as far as gaming goes, it's one of the largest gaming cities in the US. Not the mention, southern Mississippi also has several casinos.

[garyc8]

What the hell are you talking about?

I, in fact, am fairly liberal, but this is my only 2nd post on the politics forum.

You don't have to be a liberal to be anti-Bush. My roomate usually votes Republican. He's voting against Bush (Kerry just happens to be the alternative).

[andyfox]

Those of us who post a lot are probably on either end of the spectrum. We probably wouldn't get as exercised if we were in the middle.

I think there are probably more conservative posters here than liberal ones. Maybe you just notice us more, since you think we're "flaming."

I have no scientific evidence, but it seems to me that the poker players I have hung out with in cardrooms over the past 25 years are no more conservative or liberal than the general population.

[mmcd]

It's not that he's too liberal, its that he's just plain soft. Thats the way it is with the whole country now days. America was once a tough, hard-nosed country, but the liberals have certainly put an end to that. The solution to these problems in Fallujah is quite simple: Call up the B-2 bombers and depopulate the city. It may not be "nice" or "right" or "ethical" or whatever but war is a dirty business.

[Nepa]

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Please list the "mistakes" that he has made.


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That a whole other thread.

[Rooster71]

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Most of my personal friends

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You have friends? This is a shocking claim, but not as mindless as the rest of your post.

[Rooster71]

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You don't have to be a liberal to be anti-Bush.

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True, but if you are not for Bush then Bush supporters label you as a "liberal." The word really has no meaning anymore and most people that use it do so solely for derogatory purposes.