You know, I am very tired of people who pay more for a pair of shoes than many people make in a month telling me what it is my own best interest. I am completely a product of small town America. Most of my family do not live in anything you can’t pick up and take with you. We more closely resemble the people in a Jeff Foxworthy comedy routine than we do those who sip coffee that costs more than a good greasy burger at places where a John Deere t-shirt would never fit in.
My Granddaddy always said that whenever someone started talking about doing what was best for you, you had better put your hand over your wallet. Let me say this slowly, which is by all accounts the only way you think we hicks can speak. We do not want what you are selling.
We understand what it means to be “progressive.” We understand that you sincerely believe you have sat in those great ivory towers and figured out how to turn this country into a modern shining city on the hill. We get that. We just don’t want it.
We believe that abortion on demand is not only immoral but downright dehumanizing. We believe that we can do better for our families with the money that we earn than any politician or government program. We believe that while we are concerned with our neighbors and fellow countrymen’s wellbeing, we don’t owe them a living — only the equal opportunity to earn one. We believe that the founding father’s enshrined our right to keep and bear arms and while we are on that subject, no one with a 20 gage has ever been scared into voting a particular way.
You see, we are proud to be Americans not ashamed like you. We hold one truth to be self evident and that is how great this country is and what a privelege it is to be an American. Be very clear that we understand what you are talking about. Why some of us graduated not only from high school but from prestigious Universities. Hell, a few of us can actually speak in complete sentences. We just don’t think a big government, nanny state is the best model for the land of the free and the home of the brave.
You can’t possibly understand why some of us vote the way we do because you are so out of touch with what is truly American that you can’t see beyond your carefully constructed noses. You won’t ever get it until you leave Beverly Hills and spend a little time in the hills of Arkansas or Tennessee where life may be a struggle but it is a life lived in liberty.
And finally, we don’t need a savior, we already have one. You won’t find us fainting in any rally over some fancy dressed, smooth talking, big city slicker. We put our faith where it belongs. In God and not the government. We are the backbone of America and we will fight to keep this country strong. Until you can not only comprehend this but respect it, we have very little to discuss.
Inspiring! I’m also from small town America, now in LA, and it’s thoughts like these that make me so very proud of my fellow Americans.
May God bless you and your partner.
Uhm I don’t know what planet you are living on, but it seems more like planet propaganda than original thought. Obama does not live in LA, he lives in the mid west city of Chicago. What plastic surgeon do you know that has worked on Obama nose.
You may not faint at an Obama rally but watch out when John Hagee comes to town.
If Appalachia has the same mentality as you my friend it’s no wonder Obama doesn’t understand you, you are incomprehensible (that word wasn’t too big for you with your prestigious university education, well that is quite an elitist statement).
Get real friend. the backbone you represent is analogous to the backbone of on 80 year old asian woman with osteoporosis, is gonna break. When it does you’ll be left with nothing but your bitter bigotry to wallow in.