Wow...you're right - it looks like a great article. Now you got me hooked by starting it. I'll have to find the whole thing. Thanks for posting.
I live in Blue America and most of my friends and coworkers are like the people this article says live here. I hope the rest of the article is a lot less condescending about Red America. The part you've posted makes the people who live there sound like parochial, naive (if innocent and harmless) white trash. If you say it's a good article I'll believe you, but I'm eager to see what the rest of the piece says.
The Atlantic Monthly has a summary of the piece that might be useful to those who are curious, followed by some debate that will make you laugh between normal people who might fit in here at FreeRepublic and loonytunes who clearly come from blue regions and who have never visited a red one. Check out http://forum.theatlantic.com/WebX?.ee71cdc for amusement if you have a minute.