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Apr. 12th, 2005 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kamomilWith the lack of Gomery Inquiry info, the Toronto Star has this little nugget of political thought:
For many grown people, voting is like shopping for toothpaste; they picked their brand when they were 21 and they're sticking with it until incisors start falling out into their dinner. And that one choice is a brand-affinity choice as much as anything. If your folks are rural and still use the word "dagnabbit," they're probably Conservatives. If they're poor and embittered, or rich and guilty, these are the two principal ways God makes New Democrats. And if they're suburban somnambulists, the sort whose computer is still on every default setting and whose VCR — and rest assured they still have a VCR — is still flashing "12:00"? No points for guessing how this easygoing lot votes.
For many grown people, voting is like shopping for toothpaste; they picked their brand when they were 21 and they're sticking with it until incisors start falling out into their dinner. And that one choice is a brand-affinity choice as much as anything. If your folks are rural and still use the word "dagnabbit," they're probably Conservatives. If they're poor and embittered, or rich and guilty, these are the two principal ways God makes New Democrats. And if they're suburban somnambulists, the sort whose computer is still on every default setting and whose VCR — and rest assured they still have a VCR — is still flashing "12:00"? No points for guessing how this easygoing lot votes.
