He did not do well among women and Christian voters.
It appears that the muslim community did not vote at all.
It IS a heavily Democratic state.
I am 62 and female. I have no problem understanding RP's message and would have understood it 40 years ago, because it is the message for which I have been waiting for years. However, I have more of an analytical and realistic mindset and am not the usual kind of woman who likes to shop, nor play bridge, even if I had time, nor have I been a stay at home mother since my children were about ten-divorced and had to become independent. In fact, I do not enjoy being around women usually, because they have nothing interesting to say. They are all fluff. This does not apply to all women, just so many of the ones I have met. Totally clueless. That said, I am on limited fixed income and retired. So Dr. Paul’s message should at least resonate with bright, thinking, independent women trying to survive, possibly rear children, but are not looking for a handout. How do you find women like that?
There needs to be a simple way to explain to women about economy. You know, like you explain to women that when they go to the store and pay $1.60 for one apple; or $1.19 for one onion--that is not normal. Or even explain it like an (apple) pie graph. If you cut the pie such and such a way six people get a slice, but another way and only four get a slice, you only get half a pie for last years cost of a whole pie. Good grief, how in the world did women get to be so^&&%*#&$# ? How simplistic must one be in explaining the economy. Big problem is that people today, myself included have never seen a depression. Many think they are just fine economically, but it could all change in a few months. How does one convince people of the dangers in a rational way?
Many women growing up had no interest in math. They still don't, but they should be able to grasp simple analogies for the cost of all those things they buy, and how they continue to cost more and more, but their income is not growing fast enough to keep up. Women do most of the shopping. They should see this on a daily basis. So I do not get why they do not take it seriously. Maybe they do not look at prices, but just charge it without thinking about it. How do you explain to women that we are borrowing billions of dollars from other countries just to buy gasoline for our automobiles?
Then the war thing, yes, he needs to say as was suggested, have the troops home within six months. Iraq and Afghanistan (which no one even bothers to mention except Dr. Paul) seem like a world away. Somehow it needs to be brought closer to America in their minds and how being busybodies around the world causes people to hate us and that is why the radical thugs attack us. How much simpler can you make it???
Yes, he needs to make certain his message is out there the old fashioned way, on printed material, because I think women do not have time to surf the net, or do not spend time on the net over politics and news, and economy. They have less interest in these subjects except for limited things which they are worried about and they seem to buy right into the fear and warmongering messages they get from tv MSM news. They look at McCain with his one foot already in the grave; he looks familiar and talks softly, and says "My friends", and I guess they buy it. Or Romney, tells them what they wish to hear and they buy it. They do not want the truth.
No one seems to want to hear the truth, so they buy into some imaginary dream.
Sorry, I am just so disgusted with people who do not think for themselves. I have not been much help here, but it is just so frustrating. Even my best friend does not buy a single word I try to say to her about all this and about Dr. Paul. She heard him make the remark about fascism coming to America wearing its religion and wrapped in a flag and she totally rejected anything else I could say to her. For a reasonalbly intelligent woman, she simply does not get it and even asked me not to bother her with any more information about Dr. Paul. She has a son in Iraq, just as I have had two sons there, and in Saudi Arabia, and Kosovo.
So I am burned out trying to come up with good arguments for a little while. Maybe in a few days I will be able to think of something.
Hey, we did pretty well in Michigan overall with no MSM coverage and knowing it was Romney's home state to win. Thompson and Giuliani are the ones who look bad.
