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1 posted on 02/09/2009 11:17:31 AM PST by locke22
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To: locke22

Good friend of mine in the Navy back in the late 1970’s was from Elkhart.

This doesn’t surprise me....(chuckle)


2 posted on 02/09/2009 11:23:11 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: locke22

DId ANYONE in that “town hall” meeting ask Obama about the “new” energy policy that is sure to kill off the RV, Elkhart’s claim to fame?


3 posted on 02/09/2009 11:23:50 AM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government)
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To: locke22
They'll buy anything the Music Man is selling!!


5 posted on 02/09/2009 11:25:10 AM PST by SparkyBass
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Now really....anyone could have seen that coming!!! Sad part is....it is so true!!!


8 posted on 02/09/2009 11:30:33 AM PST by NC Angeleyes
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To: locke22

I am going to be kind and say that some of the people in Elkhart, Indiana are hurting and are looking at Obama as their savior. It is so, so sad.


10 posted on 02/09/2009 11:31:32 AM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: locke22
Well the main problem with Elkhart is that its whole reason for being is the RV industry. Plus, it is also known in the region as little Mexico, for the number of immigrants that flock there during harvest season.

It is a city that gets no attention unless a politician needs to keep their job or to take over someone else's.

If you will all remember, this is the city had the 10 commandments on city property until the ACLU sued them for the removal.

13 posted on 02/09/2009 11:34:35 AM PST by Paul46360
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19 posted on 02/09/2009 11:42:30 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: locke22

it is pretty incredible that the radio announcer here
seems to think that RV’s need to be towed....
ummm, hello ....RV’s a motorized and self contained vehicles.
Trailers are towed . Most folks seem to know the difference .


22 posted on 02/09/2009 11:48:54 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: locke22

I only buy gas once a month for the motorhome. It has gone up $0.25 a gallon since my last fill-up.


24 posted on 02/09/2009 12:01:18 PM PST by Excellence (What Madoff is to finance Gore is to global warming.)
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To: locke22
Wow. Before making any determination as to “the dumbest town in America” I suggest you do at least a little homework.

I listened to all of the town hall meeting. I heard one elderly lady who bought into the Obama hype asking if the support check will be sent directly to Elkhart. I heard another Obama cool-aid drinker asking that HIS check be sent directly to his mailbox. There was a small business owner trying to cash in on the go green fad and an 8-year-old who was coached to ask what Obama will do to save schools. But I also heard a woman call him to task for nominating tax cheats for his cabinet.

So, even in this closely orchestrated and scripted event, there was still someone intelligent enough to work her way past the thought police and put a tough question the big O.

As for your inept assessment of the RV industry, perhaps you should go a little deeper than "I don't see as many RVs in my town, so the entire industry is dead." Higher gas prices actually brought an increase in RV sales, as camping is seen as a more affordable vacation method. Check it out, it's documented. The current economic downturn in the RV industry didn't become more than just a cyclical lull until the credit crisis started in October/November.

I have a feeling Elkhart would nominate Old Glory Radio as the dumbest radio show in American, if anyone had actually ever heard of it.

25 posted on 02/09/2009 12:05:31 PM PST by Osama Obama
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Elkhart is also the hub of the U.S. band instrument manufacturing base. What’s left of it...

Anyone have a firsthand update?


26 posted on 02/09/2009 12:27:14 PM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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send these folks the golden shovel award

for being impressed by the opportunity to become trillion dollar government ditch diggers


27 posted on 02/09/2009 12:27:31 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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ELKHART Indiana The Dumbest Town In America

Funny - I would have picked Washington DC.
29 posted on 02/09/2009 12:43:52 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Dissent Is Patriotic!)
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Our dear leader glories in feeding on the troubles of the downtrodden.


31 posted on 02/09/2009 1:11:46 PM PST by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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Rush said today that Elkhart the center of RV manufacturing was devasated by the Democrats including Obama who have demonized RVs as gas guzzlers owned by evil, greedy families actually trying to take a vacation away from life’s troubles.

Now here comes the Messiah, just like the Mafia mob enforcers, who after getting a businessman hooked on gambling comes to his business to “save” him, by making the mobsters a “partner” in the business where they eventually bust out the business and leave the businessman to hang out to dry.


38 posted on 02/09/2009 2:30:26 PM PST by KeyLargo
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No one in our wonderful US media mentioned that the whole Michiana area (Elkhart, Bristol and Goshen) have been overrun by illegal aliens from south of the border.

20 years ago Goshen was a lily white town, you would see plenty of Amish buggies and good old fashion food. Now you see taco joints, graffitti and low rider trucks.

If anyone wants to know why the unemployment rate in Elkhart is so high all they have to do is look at the influx of illegals.

43 posted on 02/10/2009 8:54:34 PM PST by Dengar01
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Live in Elkhart all my life. Just some history so you know more than what the media showed. And I was there praying to ask a GOOD question. Elkhart is more than RV’s, it's the number one manufacturing county in the country. Musical instruments, pharma, you name it, very entrepreneurial. And almost no unions! We make it happen with hard work. Also, very conservative...always has been. Republicans usually don't have to campaign, just make it to the election. There is so much more than RV’s in this area. Now, that fiasco of a town hall. Yes, there were a lot of worshippers there. And there were many there like me who wanted someone, anyone, to ask a tough question. Ask what putting in a road is going to do to put a factory worker back to work. Ask why Pelosi thinks buying rubbers are going to put someone back to work here. Come visit and you will see that there are many more than the couple thousand kool-aid drinking government will save me types here. Very conservative, and fed up with Washington, that's what you will find. I think you can go to that map that shows red/blue by county across the US and start calling people stupid. No one uses common sense in Washington. It's frustrating.
44 posted on 02/11/2009 11:23:09 AM PST by LivinTheLife (You don't know Elkhart)
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