I should clarify that I heard about it here after the speech, hence my cynical reaction. That was what I thought when I heard it, as I’m sure many others did who didn’t know about the mining incident.
Apologies to all of you named Cletus and living in lean to’s :)
I’m a lifelong conservative, long time reader, first time poster, but at the moment just proud to be a Hokie. I created an account because of the comments to this article. I normally enjoy the rantings on here as a conservative, and I normally would enjoy rantings against Nikki’s politics, but I don’t understand why some my fellow conservatives on this site can’t see the world other than through political lenses.
At the moment, I think most of us would just appreciate your support. Nikki had the right things to say at the right time for our community even if she did have shades of her own world view in there, and she is one of us who was also very personally involved in this tragedy. Try listening to the speech through human ears instead of political ones, and I think, or at least hope, you’ll have a different view.