[randog]

I recently read a quote from someone in Manhattan that was along the lines of, "red-staters are too insulated; they don't know how the rest of the world works; they should travel more often". An odd statement coming from someone that doesn't even understand better than 50% of the population of her own country.

Blue-staters are having a difficult time understanding us because it's beneath them to get to know us. On the contrary, us red-staters understand the blue-staters quite well. They love to talk about themselves and will do so willingly on TV, film, books, universities, etc., ad nauseum. That's why we're defeating them left and right--we know our enemy and they don't know theirs.

The blue-staters would do well engage in a little world travel themselves. Perhaps a trip to that mythical land known as "Flyover Country" would be good for their soul.

[KC_Conspirator]

We live in a world where any country bumpkin can log onto a computer and read the Washington Compost and the LA Times at any time. Anyone on a farm can have a dish or cable (and most do) and get hundreds of television stations from across the world. You can pick up the NY Times in bookstores in Wichita and Oklahoma City.

The red states are not inusulated. In fact, they are becoming less insulated. However, the left is out of touch with the rest of the country, so much so, that they don't realize they are out of touch.