A myth is being spun now of the small town citizen as

a default R and Palin as the only person who knows how to speak to us out here in the boonies. We're so darned unsophisticated and illiterate that we can neither understand what has happened to us over the past 8 years or read about it. That somehow our values can be neatly packaged into one little square package and tied with a bow. That we are caricatures. Cartoon figures. That the small towns which have been neglected for so long are not worthy of an intelligent dialogue on the future of the nation. That we can only hear the message as presented by Simple Sarah who knows our language. Elitist RW and media drivel.

Let me point out that Barack Obama organized an Agriculture Congress when he was here in Iowa. He sat down with us and spoke to us about problems unique to the Farm Belt and rural towns.

Let's step up and squash this insulting crap.

rural people are word of mouth oriented.

What this is an attempt to re-stoke the fires of culture wars.

and im voting Obama.

so are the majority of my friends and family.

heck, even my registered republican friend who supported huckabee is gonna vote Obama.. he cant stand mccain

Thank you! :headbang:

Ya gotta love Marin (Belvedere/Tiburon).

.....and see how that'll be working for her in our small town (and I mean small) in PA.......

Coming from a small town is not the same as staying in one.

This is why I objected so strongly to the "bitter" comments.

I'm not rehashing primary battles, I'm firmly seated in the Obama bus. I simply point out that we have to work extra hard to unfuck ourselves.

and we 'elected' Kerry/Edwards in 2004- and will elect Obama/Biden in Nov.-

And I wasn't offended by the 'bitter' comment, it would only have offended me if it applied to me-
Palin's comment that 'they' don't speak one way to one group and another way to others was GREATly offensive, because she was doing exactly that, and thinking we wouldn't notice.

:hi: Skidmore-

I'm in Chicago and didn't know that Obama sat down with voters in a Agriculture Congress. My point is that Obama and Biden are doing things that may not be spoken of nationwide but are openly know within certain regions and groups. That's absolutely brilliant! I don't know where the RW gets their idea of small town America but the small towns I've been to have been extremely involved in their governments and actually know (and understand!) how policies will affect them.

I've been getting questions from ranchers about Obama.

-Hoot

he told us that it was upcoming.

I found this article.

http://iowapoliticalalert.blogspot.com/2007/10/obama-releases-rural-plan.html

There was a Rural Roundtable which took place in mid-August:

http://pnewsetc.millhollin.com/?p=1486

That he has developed a plan for rural America:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/ruralplan/

Perhaps your farmers/ranchers can tap in with ours and work with the Obama Campaign on tweaking the plan.

They are as hard core koolaid drinkin as they come, but there are a few on the fringe that I think are reachable that have been asking about what an Obama presidency would look like from an ag perspective, and I said I'd see what I cold find out. This is on a cattle stock board.

Thanks for the links! If any convert, I'll let you know and send them towards the planners.

-Hoot

and I have seen 1 McBush yard sign and one sticker.

Now Biden is a pit bull.