Posted on 10/23/2009 6:30:29 PM PDT by ibbetsonusa
I am afraid to report that when I compared Thomas Frank's book, which I believe was a cheap hatchet job on the majority of the people of Kansas, and the 2009 Cohen/Winston documentary of the same name, I found that the apple does not fall very far from the tree. A few fundamental themes ran through the film. The first theme is that when Christians and their values are mixed with politics it is the recipe for political doom. The liberal crowd on viewing night seemed quite joyful as the pro-lifer, Phill Kline, is defeated by Paul Morrison for Kansas Attorney General (I wonder how voting for Morrison worked out for those voters). The next theme that is painstakingly drawn out (in the Wild West World story) is that when religion and politics are mixed, it causes great financial hardship and calamity.
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The actions of the Obama administration confirm that the policies of the Democrats are against the economic interests of the people of Kansas.
Not being stupid, they knew that already.
Didn’t read the book or see the film, but from the reviews I’ve read, it seems Mister Frank is truly mystified that most Kansans don’t back socialist schemes for remaking the country. If Frank really doesn’t understand that most Americans are not Noam Chomsky wannabes, then he does’t understand anything about America. Which I guess is obvious.
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