Dear Barack Obama: Your wrong about small towns.

thestironline ^ | April 14th, 2008 | WILL MANLY

[RolandTignor]

Dear Barack Obama:

I grew to like you over the last year.

I’ve always thought of you as dangerously naive at best. Eloquent, gifted, genuine, yes. But dangerously naive at best.

I couldn’t vote for you — but not because of your funny name or your lunatic pastor. I couldn’t vote for you because you say we should raise taxes (even on the rich, who I’m convinced already pay too much), and because you say we should abandon Iraq (which I’m convinced would be surrendering a war we must win), and because you don’t respect the Second Amendment (which I’m convinced should disqualify any politician from any office).

[upchuck]

Last few paragraphs of this excellent rant:

And here’s my favorite thought of all: Maybe small-town folks are — really — capable of thinking. All on our own.

You’re wrong about why small-town Americans don’t vote for Democrats.

We don’t vote for Democrats because we’re self-reliant so we don’t like the government trying to “solve” everything for us. And because you tell your rich friends in San Francisco that we’re dumb. And because, each election, whichever one of you is running for president traipses all over the country telling us you have all the answers, that you’re the one on our side, that you respect our way of life. But each time, a little bit here and there slips out — and by the end of the campaign, we can tell what you think about us. And we manage to learn who you really are.

And we see you’re just a horse’s ass.

Amen.

[allmost]

Say “Dear Barack Obama” out loud three times and tell me that doesn't sound weird.

[roaddog727]

Got that right!

[goldstategop]

I live in a small town. I guess its just too far off the beaten path for Obama to visit since its in the mountains two hours from the big cities in my state.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[george76]

[Secret Agent Man]

Okay “You are, or You’re.” They do teach spelling in small towns. :)

[durasell]

Does that “telling and killing” thing in your tag apply to grammar errors, too?

[Secret Agent Man]

Can’t tell you.

[llandres]

“But each time, a little bit here and there slips out — and by the end of the campaign, we can tell what you think about us.”

YES WE CAN (where have I heard that before??) and NO HE CAN’T. :-))

Well spoken, your post.

[The Worthless Miracle]

And as far as “clinging to guns” ummm- I think the big cities are the highest crime areas. small towns aren’t clinging to drugs theft rape and rioting either. Disgusting man.

[Windcatcher]

"And as far as “clinging to guns” ummm- I think the big cities are the highest crime areas. small towns aren’t clinging to drugs theft rape and rioting either. Disgusting man."

Imagine the outcry if someone made a crack about clinging to gangsta rap, low-riding shorts, broken english (Ebonics, anyone?), failing out of school ("acting white" -- their words), a culture exploitative of women, dogfighting, etc.? Clinging to them because they're "angry and bitter"?

[durasell]

Actually crime is down to pre-1960s levels in many big cities, but that’s a function of the economy.

[bigjackattack]

if I am going to be accused of have to cling to something I would rather it be religion and guns than a victim mentality and government hand outs