Want a Republican? Use a Landline. A Democrat? Call a Cell Phone.

I have been saying this for the last 5 years. The voters who elected President Obama by a vast majority have cellphones NOT landlines. Landlines are the phone of choice for seniors who are the Republican party base. Yes yes I know, you seniors have cells too. You're the ones running around with a Bluetooth headset hanging off your head thinking "I'm Sooo important."

Oh, not to worry, that's just us old folks who see no need to spend what little money we have left, after the Obama debacle, on being hooked up to the rest of the world with every device available on the market. Just call us silly, but really, do you want someone to be able to disrupt your day, every minute of the day? Try some downtime, it is refreshing.

This is disturbingly true. Most of the polls during the last election cycle were reported as they were all equal. If you searched hard enough you could find out which methods they used. But that was not reported along with the highlights. And guess who reads the headlines: eyery reader; and who reads the details and follow-up to understand the methods maybe 2%. Think how the headlines from these polls affected everyone's perception and how misleading they were. I know this past election was one-sided so it was easy to predict winners except in the close ones. They were off consistently on the close ones because of the poor methodology. And that includes their definition of a likely voter. I am coming to the conclusion that pollsters and politicians want the public to be unknowledgable about how polls work or they fear we'll see the Wizard behind the durtain. BTW, I have to exclude the Gallup poll from this because they finally came around to making it public that they were calling cell phones also.

Guess that proves that Republicans are more frugal than Democrats.

Makes sense to me. The use of the landline is now based on a flat rate. Most plans don't charge for long distance or calls out of the local area anymore. I'm sure Democrats that use cell phones aren't caring whether or not they go over their minutes each month. Who cares? It's not their money, right?

does this surprise anyone? really? republicans, are by nature mostly conservative. and the dictionary definition of conservative is: •resistant to change •having social or political views favoring conservatism •cautious: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" •a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas •button-down: unimaginatively conventional; •bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; whereas democrats who are often derided as 'liberal' which has this dictionary definiton... •broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; •having political or social views favoring reform and progress •tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition •a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties •a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets I don't have to make this up...just put definition of: into google and this is what you get. ironic tho is the definition for liberal as "•a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets" since they're always being attacked for wanting big government and having too much of a hand in regulating business... and equally ironic is the definition of conservative including "conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;" when they're always perceived as being for the rich.... it makes me think that we fling these words around too blithely with our own personal definitions instead of what's true...and thereby have no frickin clue how to understand each other.