"We believe that the best of America is in the small towns that we get to visit, and in wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation. This is where we find the kindness and the goodness and the courage of everyday Americans."
Can someone please tell me what the "real America" is? Last I checked, we are all Americans. I find it insulting that she would demean or imply that those of us that do not live in small towns do not work as hard and lack the "kindness, goodness and courage" that the denizens of smaller communities appear to have in abundance. EVERYONE I know and work with, with the exception of someone we will call Pandrew Prago (Just kidding Pandrew, so don't take me seriously, if you exist that is), work very hard and does everything within their power to live the American dream. This includes educators, engineers, scientists, municipal workers and even project managers (who we all know delegate the hard work to the littles).
Anyways, I am increasingly disappointed with the rhetoric that the McCain/Palin campaign has chosen to use and the levels that they have stooped in this very combative election year. Their attempts to spark fear and division in the country during their speeches has been despicable and irresponsible. While I do give credit to Senator McCain for admonishing the fools that have yelled "Kill him!" and "Terrorist" in regard to Senator Obama during GOP campaign stops, I think he needs to look in the mirror and ask him what has inspired people to yell such hateful things. This is not to say that Senator McCain is a hateful person, but some of his smear tactics and the choice of words during the campaign speeches have emboldened a few morons into believing that type of language is acceptable when electing our next President.
Sorry if this sounds a little like grandstanding, but I was honestly offended by Palin's comments. Now I will proceed to finish working on my supposed Saturday morning off before heading to my other job to work the lunch shift. Then I will go support a friend and her newborn baby, and make my final stop at home for the end of my six-day workweek. Tomorrow I will watch the Bears game, do chores around the house, grocery shop and hopefully have a quiet evening dinner with Marilyn before the start of my 65-hour workweek on Monday. Oh, but us folks in metropolitan areas apparently don't know what "hard work, kindness, goodness and courage" are.
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If history recalls, and mind you I am not the history teacher around this blog, didn't Adolph Hitler try to persuade the rural "pockets" of Germany, over the metropolitan people, to solidify his base, because they were the ones who would fall for his tomfoolery.
In the end, the Palin/McCain campaign (and yes I meant to put her name first) is two weeks away from a momentous loss. Not only will the Republican Party lose the presidency, and some key seats in the Senate. They will lose the presidency to a black man from the south side of Chicago. These two "Mavericks" are reaching, in every aspect of their rhetoric. This world has to change, and the small-minded people in the small towns are completely blind to this tidbit. If you want to break down walls, Palin/Mccain, break down the walls the surround the people in these rural pockets that cannot see ANYTHING past their front yard. Ask my mother about the economy, or the environment and all she cares about is that an email told her Barack Obama is a terrorist working with the Weather Underground. I am sorry for the vulgarity, but Fucking Ridiculous!
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