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How Did Ennis Vote?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on December 05, 2008, 04:15:10 pm ---Well, that would indicate he actually did go into that voting booth ever four f**ing years! ;)
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Kerry:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on December 05, 2008, 02:48:38 pm ---I also went with "did not vote." I don't think of Ennis as paying much attention to politics.
If he had voted, I'm sure he'd vote Republican, because he's a conformist and most people around him would be Republicans. Also, I don't like to think about the famous deleted "hippie scene," but his behavior in that scene was pretty conservative.
Good idea for a poll, Kerry. How about a parallel one about Jack? From what I've seen, there may be more controversy regarding his political views.
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My first draft of the introductory blurb commenced, "Ennis was 19 when he and Jack met in 1963. That would make him 64 now (Jack having died back in the early 1980s). How do you think Ennis voted in the recent U.S. election?"
It initially cross my mind to hypothetically include Jack, but I decided against it because I wanted to keep the poll simple and straightforward.
Perhaps another poll could be started, titled, "If Jack had lived, how would he have voted?"
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Lynne on December 05, 2008, 02:47:52 am ---I also chose the option that Ennis did not vote.
During his years with Jack, '[they] could hunt in November' which leaves me with the sense that he would be focused on his personal issues and not worried overmuch about national politics. (Truman gets credit for this idea.)
As Ennis aged, if he were even still alive in 2008, I cannot envision him as a man with interests extending much beyond his day-to-day existence. I would guess he'd feel so estranged from his fellow man (those on the 'pavement') that he would not even consider that his point of view would be valid.
:-\
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:o Yikes, Lynne, I'm only 5 years behind Ennis in age, and I plan on living at least another 40 years!!! :D Granted, I've never smoked! ;) :laugh:
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Kerry on December 05, 2008, 10:01:20 pm ---Perhaps another poll could be started, titled, "If Jack had lived, how would he have voted?"
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Well, that's what I meant. A whole 'nother poll.
--- Quote from: Kerry on December 05, 2008, 10:07:40 pm --- :o Yikes, Lynne, I'm only 5 years behind Ennis in age, and I plan on living at least another 40 years!!! :D Granted, I've never smoked! ;) :laugh:
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Something about Ennis at the end of the movie/story does not suggest longevity.
ifyoucantfixit:
I think he may have voted. I think he would have voted Republican though. Most of the people in Wyoming
are Republicans and voted that way in the election.
He wasnt interested in some of the things that the right wing nuts are. However I see hm as still a very
conservative person. He believed in the conservative values, as a whole. JMO
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