On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:40:24 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Apr 16, 12:54*pm, "Ed Huntress" wrote:


Professor Will appears to have jumped the gun. Here's the latest example:

" [R]espondents were asked whether they agreed with various
characterizations of different racial groups. Only 35 percent of those who
strongly approve of the tea party agreed that blacks are hardworking,
compared with 55 percent of those who strongly disapprove of the tea party.
On whether blacks were intelligent, 45 percent of the tea-party supporters
agreed, compared with 59 percent of the tea-party opponents. And on the
issue of whether blacks were trustworthy, 41 percent of the tea-party
supporters agreed, compared with 57 percent of the tea-party opponents.

"The survey, which included about 1,000 respondents in six battleground
states (like Michigan and Nevada) and California, found similar margins on
questions regarding Latinos."

http://depts.washington.edu/uwiser/mssrp_table.pdf

George tends to fall in love with his own rhetorical skills and to go off
half-cocked when he thinks he has a great insight. His "insight" this time
appears to be that the Tea Party is the second coming of his beloved Burkean
conservatives, with a strong libertarian bent. The evidence is that not
everyone in the Tea Party is a racist, but that racists seem to gravitate
toward the Tea Party -- something like Muslims and terrorists.

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Ed Huntress

It would be interesting if the same questions were asked about white
folks. It could be that members of the Tea Party have a lower opinion
about everyone. In fact I would expect members of a group that thinks
the government is not hard working, trustworthy, or intelligent, would
also think everyone is the same way.

Dan
Racists like the Rev. Wright, and Al Sharpton and so forth?

Those kinds of racists?

Gunner, who is NOT white.


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it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
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