Palin's Small Town Snobbery

Townhall.com ^ | October 2, 2008 | Steve Chapman

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IDIOT ALERT

I lived along Palmer-Fishhook Road, which leads directly into the heart of Wasilla, Alaska. Wasilla is the ‘burbs. It has strip malls, a Wal-Mart, a little section of freeway. There are cute subdivisions with cute street names. One subdivision has streets named after trees; one subdivision has streets named after local animals. There are typical cops in typical cars. There are frontage roads. There are gas stations galore and quikee marts and that Alaska original, the drive-through espresso stand.

Sorry, Steve. I like your columns usually, but to equate Wasilla with Possum Gulch is just plain wrong. Wasilla is the Alaska equivalent of Levittown.

Just more stupid opinion from outsiders who don’t have a clue. I better get used to it if Palin is elected.

[Albion Wilde]

The most urban states, New Jersey and California, do better than the average in out-of-wedlock births.

I'd be willing to bet that abortion is the reason for the difference in the big, anonymous cities.

[mimaw]

Kathleen Parker managed to get herself on MSNBC tonight. I guess her article was really an audition. MSNBC must be considering a position on their network for another fake conservative. They have that freak Joe and of course crazy Pat so Kathleen or Steve may have a real chance.

[rabidralph]

I'm not saying that I'm better than anybody else, but I'll be danged if I ain't just as good!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

We know Obama would...

[Let's Roll]

"... but four out of every five Americans choose not to reside in rural areas."

And the rest of us who used to live, now live or plan to again live in small towns are VERY grateful for that statistic.

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"Small town snobbery" is just a response to big city snobbery.

It's hardly snobbery at all, just sticking up for one's home and the "little people" and "flyover country."

People who don't live in small towns don't usually resent quotes like Pegler's.

Of course there's a tipping point in everything.

One day, urbanites who've taken it all in stride will look at each other and say, "Gee, these small town people think a lot of themselves. I wonder why."

And at some point even proud small town people may think the boosterism's gone too far.

But for most people that hasn't happened yet, and may never happen.