Red State vs. Blue State Reductionist Dichotomy (part 1 of 2

NOTES: i'll post a follow-up vid soon, once i can compress it for file size limitation (came out 106 MB).
i certainly misspoke a couple times in this vid - you'll probably spot them. stupid mouth not keeping up.

the politicians of the Democratic National Committee don't represent me much better than the politicians of the Grand Old Party. our potential is limited by narrowing our understanding of political choices into a one-dimensional spectrum of RED to BLUE. They were once a single party, about 200 years ago, who were formed to oppose the Federalists. While Democratic-Republican, they opposed a national bank and supported both states' rights and individual liberties. Which party represents those ideals now? I guess that all got lost somewhere along the way....

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[brodycrider]

Michigan isn't full of a bunch of working stiffs. we have a very high unemployment rates. one of the highest in this country.

[sadvipran]

that doesn't make the majority of us unemployed. last i heard it was around 8% unemployment. i was of course making generalizations (a dangerous enterprise), but I don't your "correction" is accurate.

[nenxe]

I assume it's no coincidence that you're wearing a blue and red striped shirt?

[sadvipran]

shoot, i try so hard to make all those little things look casual.

[trilobright]

New England...cigarettes...lattes? Uh, nope. Grew up in Boston and almost no one smokes, and everyone drinks plain old simple Dunkies coffee, hot or iced based on season, extra extra or reg-yah-lah, depending on your preference.

[civwarfan]

Weren't the Repulicans more like the Democrats and vice versa once a pawn a time?

How did the change happen?

[hellavadeal]

We are really purple arn't we

[donotfeedthetroll]

i like the video but man, you might want to think about cutting those fingernails.

[brodycrider]

im just trying to point out that trying to group Michigan in with the working stiffs is hard to do, seeing that we have a higher unemployment rate than most countries. plus i must say you have a very broad vocabulary. if you are trying to play to an large audience, try to use words that pretty much everyone knows. but maybe im just stupid and don't have a good vocab.

[rpyromaniac]

The lies go so deep it'll make your head spin. Contact me if you're willing to listen.

Or, Red pill or blue pill, Neo?

[disciplinemisanthrop]

i notice you chose to wear a red and blue shirt

[joshjhutton]

WOW, someone else gets it too.