After reading Rob Kalls article titled rednecksville I found myself laughing at the accuracy of his assessment.His opinion that rural white blue collar citizens blindly support George Bush and the Right Wing,and would have supported Hitler in the 1930`s hits the nail right on the head.I should know I have been an auto mechanic for 24 years and have discussed politics with the kind of people Rob observed in the Poconos. I have an understanding of why these people believe this way becouse I too was under the impression that the right wing was correct in its values.Taking the time to read or watch Cspan for political news is something most people dont take the time to do.I certainly did not in my younger days. Most people in small to medium town USA are Rush Limbough Republicans.Rush is usually the only political voice they accidently hear as they are going to hunt or play softball.They need to hear the other point of veiw from someone they can relate to, explaining the truth about the current Republican party.That the Republicans have only one agenda and that is to get down on their knees and worship the very ass of multinational corporations.They need to hear the truth from another good old boy that the right wing cares not about god,family or jobs,these things are just used to create the smokescreen to hide their agenda of corporated servitude. years ago rural folks were mostly democrats,what I feel changed this was Bill Clintons bipartisan support of NAFTA and the non stop preaching of Rush Limbough.These people can be brought back to the democratic party by exposing them to the truth of the republican party.Tell them continually,in Limbough fashion,that the Republican party has only one purpose and that is to serve corporate interests.And they do this regrdless of the cost to America or its citizens. Rural America is not dumb they have in a way been victimized by the retoric and drama of the right wing media.It happens to the best of us.Democrats can win them back by practicing real democratic representation and by being nice and truthful.
Gary Denson
I am a 46 years old,married and have a 16 year old daughter.My hobbies are bicyling, weight training and off road motorcycling.I have lived in a midwestern red state my entire 46 years.Now that I have reached middle age I have become interested in politics and its related fields of study.I dont often think of things being either liberal or conservative,I like to veiw political events in an objective manner and find the agenda or reason that a bill or policy is brought to bear.Simply put seeking the truth.
You certainly know what you are talking about and should write more often because you are also a very good writer as well. The only problem for all of us that the general public doesn't spend time reading anything, much less these very well thought out articles designed to protect their jobs. If you and the rest of us can just get the message to these people, I believe they might fight off their very evident lethargy and act. The Congress has become so corrupt that any breathing person should recognize this.
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Bacchus (13 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 37 comments)
on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 3:32:05 AM
Gary, I think comparing the Republicans to Hitler is not quite accurate. First of all the Republicans are Jews, they support the Jew factor from NYC to Israel, to cabinet appointments, to even George being a Jew. Hitler was anti Jewish.
But the argument you are bringing is the fact that these boys have got a Hitler that supports the Jews, while they will focus their hate on Palestinians, on Iraqis, on Afghanistanis, on Iranians, etc.
Given that; lets be mindful in the media when we call these clowns Hitler Facists. The majority of Americans know Hitler and his attributed holocaust connection. We should be telling the story that the new Hitler has a new enemy, and it is everyone who does not agree with violence, force, militaries, and accepting lies.
Given that Bush whose family supported Hitler before the War, and was swatted down by Roosevelt, is a clear indication that the Bush family was facist, so you are correct in that sense.
Bush has candy coated his family crest by accepting what Hitler exterminated, but embracing his fear to spread the facist empire. Americans were in the front of eugenics experiments, actually giving Hitler the idea for Germany. With this in mind perhaps really Hitler is a by product of American Facisim and not the other way around.
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Dom Jermano (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 40 diaries, 934 comments)
on Friday, February 24, 2006 at 6:40:08 PM
Your posting makes me hopeful that "recovering rednecks" can become a real political force in this country. Thanks for putting your common sense to the task of wading through the BS promoted by the corporate media and their minions.
Judging by the first 'comment' attached to your piece, we have a LONNNNGGG way to go yet before disabusing some folks of their conspiratorial anti-Semitic 'analyses'.
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Bill Tower (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 30 comments)
on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 12:58:35 PM
The OpEdNews.com poll showed that Zero percent of Jews identified themselves as very conservative and 12% identified themselves as conservative and 15% were Republican. 75% were Democrats. Grok that you stupid, ignorant anti-semite.
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Rob Kall (728 articles, 3775 quicklinks, 311 diaries, 1521 comments)
on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 2:15:39 PM
