[FeliciaCat]

"I guess if you're a Jew who drives a Subaru and drinks Sam Adams you can't be a conservative. And all this time I thought it had to do with a political philosophy."

I hear you...Nothing against Mr. Stein but why does the media always focus on the truck driving, beer drinking, country living conservatives? (there is NOTHING wrong with these..its how I grew up!) There are lots of us in cities who prefer wine and our only ride is a yellow cab! I think the main-stream press would rather cut off their right arm then admit there might be a conservative living in one "their" liberal meccas (LA, NYC, San Fran, Boston)

[Agnes Heep]

I hear you...Nothing against Mr. Stein but why does the media always focus on the truck driving, beer drinking, country living conservatives?

I'm not sure, but I think the liberal media like using what they perceive as a negative stereotype to depict those of us on the right.

My experience has been that the average "redneck," espouses many core conservative values without really understanding why he espouses them. Many others mingle those values with perspectives that are decidedly liberal.

Conservatives who truly understand what they believe in and why they believe it are, I think, more inclined to display good taste and sophistication in all areas of life.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Sugar Land is not "country living." (Wish it were, though. You can get that, however, within about a 10 minute drive from there). It is a suburb of Houston, and only a 13 mile commute to uptown Houston (Galleria area). Most of it is "upscale" and much of it is new, but you get a lot for your money. When First Colony Mall was built several years ago, the demographics showed that households within a 5 mile radius of the mall had a disposable income that was 3 times higher than the national average. The whole are has been growing like gangbusters for years.