Hello everyone [View All]

Just wanted to say hi. I am of the opinion that one of the reasons we lost was the divide between rural and urban America. I think that the repubs have managed to exploit this in a way. But there is disinformation on both sides in a way. I hear people saying that all southerners are racist. Or most. Or anyone who voted for Bush. or prejudiced against gays. thats simply not the truth.


A little background about me. Born and raised in Tn. Urban. Spent a lot of time in Ark in a little town on my uncles farm. A real old style farm. Worked by 2-3 people tops with a tractor being the height of technology. Worked there about 3 summers. Hard ass stuff. My hats off to the rural guys. My uncle was about 40 years older than me. When I was 16 he could still toss me and my friend around when we used to play fight. My friend was an all-state wrestler and I had a red belt in martial arts at the time. He was a wise man in many ways. He certainly wasn't educated (I think he graduated from the 7th grade), he was religious (but didn't attend church. He said the Good Book told him everything he needed). He wasn't racist at all. Heck he only knew 2 black people at all. Said one was a good man. the other was kinda lazy. Those were kind words actually from my Uncle. Should have heard his opinions on my relatives. I met plenty of people like that. Good people.

No reason to heckle or condemn them. Frankly I feel like the more outspoken people of the Democratic party are responsible for a large part of this mess. Not necessarily the politicians but the people who chime in on our side. P Diddy? Paris Hilton? Michael Moore? These spokespeople are the ones that caused a significant backlash against us.