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novamradio.com Sheldon Drobny was the co-founder of Nova M radio and Air America Radio. He has supported many philanthropic causes and is currently involved in purchasing radio stations for liberal talk radio with his new company, Nova M Radio, Inc. Mr. Drobny specializes in business and tax matters and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court as a non-attorney. Less than 200 non-attorneys have been admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court since its inception in 1942. Mr. Drobny received a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting from Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary fraternity recognizing acadamic achievement in colleges of business administration.
Lifelong reader, sometime writer with eclectic tastes and libertarian leanings. Don't hold my semi-notorious Berkeley history against me, I settled down so completely after 40 that I can barely recall my loosy-goosy self. But it sure beats going to the same party every night.
Generalizations are useless. As are 'identity' politics. I'm a white woman over 50 and I don't support neo-liberals, period. by
Laudyms (0 articles, 759 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 378 comments)
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 2:29:24 PM
Retire high school English teacher. Grandmother of eight grandchildren, six of them Muslim. Love to travel. Have been to Russia, Spain, Morocco, Crete and Santorini, Cosumel and Chichen Itza. Alas, not enough places. However, the ocean anywhere satisfies the soul.
I am a white woman age 70 and a strong supporter of Obama. Remember, if 56 % of a particular demographic group of voters support one candidate, 44% of the same demographic group of voters support the other candidate. by
Christie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 149 comments)
on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 4:11:14 PM
It isn't just women People support Hillary, or have voted for her up until now (this is beginning to change), because she's a known quantity. Obama has looked like a more chancy candidate: while his program is posted, and is quite specific, his campaign has been (until recently) much more about emotion, much less the kind of laundry list that Hillary enumerates at almost every stop. I'm for Obama, but a lot of people with less education have been more reassured by Hillary precisely because of that laundry list. It looks like Obama is beginning to go after this demographic, and is providing more specifics in his stump speeches. Yes, some white women, like my wife, were originally going to vote for Hillary because "she looks and sounds like me, and thinks like me," but my wife ultimately voted for Obama. A lot of other women are, too. My wife realized that he really stood for something, but more important, that he could really sway people, while Hillary really can't. She's almost as soporific as McCain, but she also doesn't demonstrate that she has a clue about a future beyond "day one." And, as my wife pointed out, she's a lot less effective paired against McCain, because of her political history: she's another picture of the past, she will mobilize Republican conservatives (against her) the way McCain would not be able to campaigning against Obama, and she's not pure on the war, or on Iran, or on the kind of Beltway sleaze that McCain represents. Still, I think people who are stuck on specifics, on slice and dice factional politics, on doing things the way they've always been done, on their perceived group's interests, are going to vote for Hillary. It's not just white women who have been in "her demographic," but white working class men and Hispanics of both genders, and Asians in California. But demographic bases are changing. Obama claims to have won the Asian voters in Washington State, and Hispanics in New Mexico, and, as the commenter above pointed out, over 40% of white women. I hope they'll see the light, too. For any who are wavering, you should forward them a youtube of one of Obama's latest speeches; he's fantastic. Now my wife--after seeing his Jefferson-Jackson speech in VA--isn't just for him, she's strongly for him. by
Douglas Smyth (17 articles, 4 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 55 comments)
on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:16:56 AM
People want change People want change. Change to what we dare not say. We want the government to take care of us because we are a lazy people. That is why "change" is the code word for government to give us a hand out. You might want to take a close look at what you and your government are changing too. by
Gallaher (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 537 comments)
on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 1:09:18 PM
Wife, mother, sister. Registered Republican but votes for the most qualified candidate.
Help Me Understand Please help me understand how a white woman, in her 50's, who has watched, encouraged, identified with and supported Hillary Clinton through the years is considered biased because she doesn't jump on the bandwagon of a Johnny Come Lately who is a great orator spouting 'change' platitudes but who has yet to come forth with any concrete and definitive ideas for achieving this 'change'? And, let me see, 80% plus blacks are voting for Obama, but this is evidently not being considered racist? Your argument is seriously flawed. And while we are at it, are you supporting a man because you are a man? by
Florida Lady (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 7 comments)
on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 10:36:42 AM
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