I am a Tennessee redneck, descended from the folks Parker is talking about.
I don’t know how long it has been since Parker has been in Appalachia, but she is dead wrong in her assessment of folks here.
Very few folks here in east Tennessee support Obama. Most, even the hardcore democrats I know, will not vote for him, as we cling to our guns and religion here too.
All of the democrats I know here are either sitting the election out, or voting for McCain. But if Obama wants to come here and waste his time and money, that’s fine with me.
Grammy, what are you seeing and hearing over in middle Tennessee, which has more liberals than my area?
Unfortunately, here in middle TN the liberals are alive and well. I have a really good friend, a good Christian woman, who is voting for O. Her daughter and I have been issuing a “daily beating” and she just plain doesn’t care! She has chosen to believe the lies he spews, and refuses to believe the bad stuff, and just the opposite with McCain Palin. She *hates* Palin.
Another friend was at the debate, and even though she is also a Christian and pro-life, she is still seriously leaning Obama. I am just so frustrated at the willful stupidity I am seeing!!!! It is like they took a stupid pill! Facts don’t matter a whit! The candidates own words or voting records don’t matter.
With the first friend I said that Obama had introduced a bill that would have taxed her bracket, not the $250 thousand he is now saying. She said that would matter to her, since it would affect her. But the truth is she doesn’t really care. She won’t read anything I send her that talks about it. I said “how about if I send you the bill with his name on it?” She won’t read it. Facts don’t matter any more, it is all emotion.
So, I give up. Maybe all those unsophisticated hicks (my kinfolk) will save our bacon this year.