[SugarLandTexas]

As much as I agree with the "they still don't get it" rant... I'm a little tired myself of everybody - including people who are supposedly defending the red states - lumping us all together as good ol' unsophisticated folk. Yes, many of us are. But I wear a white collar. I have an MBA. I'm not a big fan of NASCAR. I do go to church, but could care less if anyone else does or not. Just as the "NASCAR Nation" stereotype misses 95% of "Red Staters", I believe the "Elitist Liberal" stereotype misses most "Blue Staters." We just get to see much, much more of their more vocal, obnoxious idiots. Much of this is getting a bit tiresome already.

[sittnick]

That comment, as much as anything else, explains why George Bush was re-elected with the largest percentage of the popular vote since 1968.

An outright majority is always nice, but the writer must mean 1988, when Bush the Elder pounded Mike "Snoopy" Dukakis by 54-46 with a huge electoral win. Reagan over Mondale was something like 59-41 in 1984.

[Lizavetta]

"What we don't realize is that there's a huge segment of the country that doesn't think like us," states one well-coifed anchor, his voice dripping with derision and condescension

But that's DIVERSITY!! Isn't it great? Aren't you glad there's DIFFERENCES OF OPINION and aren't you TOLERANT of those DIFFERENCES?

I guess not, you freakin' liberal hypocrite.

[Frank_2001]

They can't get the NASCAR, guns and pickups? Well, I can't understand people who enjoy $30 hamburgers, $200 haircuts, maniacal cabdrivers and living stacked on top of each other in 700-foot piles;)

[gidget7]

LOL cute. No they don't get it, but hey lets not let them in on all of it! We don't want them to get it, the more they don't the longer we have control. And let's face it, they aren't fit to be in control!

Some of make a decent wage, and aren't the rubes they think we are, heck some of us even live in blue states (though we have nothing in common with elites) Wherever we live, whatever kind of money we have, manners, character, morals, yes, even values, basic knowing right from wrong separates us.

[Ditter]

This guy really gets it.

[phoenix0468]

They see the elites as merely paying lip service to that which is convenient and faddish, proving to the neighbors they sup heartily on the ideological flavor of the week, feeling nothing but a need to impress.

Isn't this the definition of John Kerry?

[Bonaparte]

"...even though they've been humiliated twice in four years."

If you count the 2002 midterm congressional election (I do), they've been humiliated thrice. That was the year we took back the Senate and consigned Jim Jeffords, the opportunist weasel, to the back bench where he belongs.

[Gingersnap]

Although the writer is, himself, indulging stereotyping, the sentiment ring true.

The important fact is not that we are all NASCAR fans or particularly religious (a lot of us aren't) but that we reject the elitist agenda of the liberals.

We are the people who don't expect the government to subsidize our vices. We are the people who don't need a warning label on a kitchen knife. We are the people who are very tired of being told we are "ignorant" or that we don't "understand" the issues.

We get it - and we told you. Quit trying to frame our beliefs in YOUR paradigm. Either get fluent or get used to hauling around your Liberal/Fly-Over Country Dictionary.

(I never thought I'd ever use "paradigm" in a sentence without laughing!)

[Malacoda]

Hell, they want to resign from the U.N., boot out the tenants and convert the real estate into a Bass Pro Shop.

Can I get a, "Hell, yeah!"

(From a university prof/stay-at-home during the day mommy!)

[Stiletto]

As a Libertarian, I frequently find myself voting for a mix of "blue" and "red", and am often invited to circles of friends on both sides.. I've found during this election that the author's description of my liberal "comerades" is pretty spot on. There is a feeling of "how could this have happened?? I've never even SEEN a conservative before, how could there be so many of them??"

When pressed for how they plan on winning next time, they invariably decide it's best to go even more extremely liberal, in an attempt to reach out to that 0 to 1% who still went for Nader. It's beyond them to try to re-capture the center by dropping a few extreme views (which I argue to them would be a better plan).

I think it's good to have a balance, and while I don't agree 100% (or even 50%) with either side, I'm afraid of what is going to happen during the next four years with basically no cohesive organized voice on the blue side.

Just my opinion. Cheers!

[Libertina]

"What we don't realize is that there's a huge segment of the country that doesn't think like us." ;)

[pke]

[wizardoz]

Hell, they want to resign from the U.N., boot out the tenants and convert the real estate into a Bass Pro Shop.

Oh, I'd rather see a Home Depot, but... okay.

[Muleteam1]

I am not one who believes these blue folks do not get it. They are too educated and worldly to be so stupid as their comments sugggests. They are simply mad at a culture they have been attacking for years and which finally struck back. It is sort of like a schoolyard bully who has just been knocked to the ground by a playmate who is backed by his friends. About all the bully can do is blubber nonsense in his shocked surprise. No, I don't think these folks are beyond understanding what has happened. They are just surprised they are not truly invincible.

Muleteam1

[Muleteam1]

I am not one who believes these blue folks do not get it. They are too educated and worldly to be so stupid as their comments sugggests. They are simply mad at a culture they have been attacking for years and which finally struck back. It is sort of like a schoolyard bully who has just been knocked to the ground by a playmate who is backed by his friends. About all the bully can do is blubber nonsense in his shocked surprise. No, I don't think these folks are beyond understanding what has happened. They are just surprised they are not truly invincible.

Muleteam1

[QuiMundus]

Kerry Miracle - Too Little, Too Late

Al Beril - Liberal Times, Greenwich Village

Lines were around the corner at the Mac Dougal Diner in Greenwich Village yesterday to witness what has been labeled a “Democrat Miracle”. To the amazement of Mick Thwaite, who ordered a grilled cheese sandwich, he got much more than he bargained for. “At first I thought it was like a mirage or something. You know, like when you’ve been going without something for so long, and then you think you finally see it – which is how I felt since Kerry lost. That’s why when I saw the face of Kerry there looking back up at me from the plate – I just couldn’t believe my eyes! I had to ask the guy next to me if I was really seeing what I was seeing.”

The waitress on duty at the time was less impressed: “Listen, Elvis eats here every third Wednesday at 3 O’clock. This doesn’t surprise me in the least.”

Others who have seen the miraculous apparition have also expressed disbelief citing that the republican chef may have just etched Kerry’s image into the sandwich with a butter knife.

“I don’t care what people say,” remarked Thwaite, “I bought this sandwich and am a believer. This is a clear message from a higher power that Kerry should have won the election. I voted for Kerry – and I think this is just his way or reassuring me that there’s still hope.”

Initially, Thwaite had planned on selling the item on E-bay, sure that he would get at least five figures. However, after dropping the sandwich on the floor, the image more resembled Al Gore, at which the sandwich was promptly discarded.

Qui Mundis