That said, there are a LOT of people on various forms of assistance and they all vote blue. There are lots of clinics and whatnot.
Posted on 09/02/2018 9:38:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
COSHOCTON, Ohio — These days, three souls bring Sam Bennett hope — his wife, Debbie; God, and President Trump.
Like most of his neighbors in Coshocton — population 11,000 — Mr. Bennett hasn’t once looked back since voting for Mr. Trump in 2016.
Mr. Bennett is a soft-spoken man of 60 with close-set eyes and an easy smile, devoted to Christ and the collection of mining artifacts in his kitchen. The support he showed Mr. Trump at the voting booth remained unshaken through the Stormy Daniels fiasco and the recent outcry over family separations — two moments when, Mr. Bennett allows, Mr. Trump may have forgotten his Christian values.
Hopefully, Mr. Bennett said, Vice President Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian, will rub off on the president. Either way, Mr. Bennett will vote for Mr. Trump again in 2020, no question — a certainty echoed by nearly two dozen other Coshocton residents interviewed by The Blade.
Many here perceive in the president a desire to “give back.” Some wished he wouldn’t tweet so much. Others described a kind of statute of limitations for public officials — the idea that what a person does or says before they enter office shouldn’t matter afterward.
But the majority could agree on one point: that Mr. Trump is a good president.
“A lot of people don't like him,” Mr. Bennett said. “But you know, America is sinking pretty fast, and you got to grab back and hold. Make yourself great again.”
A sinking feeling
That sinking feeling is common in Coshocton, an Appalachian town in east-central Ohio ravaged by drugs — meth and opioids, mostly — nostalgic for coal, stripped of industry....
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Many media types have no idea what really is a small town.
The condensation in the article is so thick you can cut it.
They are still not fooled by the Media.
Yeah, The Blade is always like that. Their editorials are worse. It is only good for sales flyers and burning trash.
The Toledo Blah... Lived in T-town back in the late ‘70s.
I was not fully convinced during the 2016 election either. I wondered if former democrat and soon to be President Trump would stay as conservative after the election as he claimed during the campaign. It turns out that my concerns had no basis - President Trump is delivering on his promises as well as possible given treason from holdovers within what is supposed to be our government. Thank God he won! The alternative would have been the worst nightmare in America's history, and the reality is the last, best hope for freedom. .
Cosby ton is a very pretty little town. It’s not so much about coal but industry, leaving that caused their downturn. Right about the drug problem though.
Coshocton! Grrr
Coshocton has a flippin' WalMart, so it ain't exactly like living in Kelley (or Napier, Lanyon, Flugstad, etc).
Journalists aren't up on their Podunks.
That said, there are a LOT of people on various forms of assistance and they all vote blue. There are lots of clinics and whatnot.
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