I was amazed and heartened by the number of closet conservatives that have identified themselves to me in the past few months. I also found out that among my cashiers (19-23 year olds with facial piercings and what I thought was a neutral attitude toward politics), 100% of them were Bush supporters. In fact, in a state where Kerry won by 10 points, 5/7 of my employees are Bush supporters. One of the Kerry supporters admitted to holding his nose while he voted, and the other is a whacked out leftist conspiracy nut whose mother is a Yale professor (that one explains itself).
Overall it dawned on me yesterday that I underestimated my Fellow Americans, and that I am VERY proud of Republicans and especially Freepers.
Just thought of another difference between us while sipping my morning coffee on the front porch. .....This truck driving mama owns her park....all ten acres of it....the out-of-touch in NYC must rely on public property poor dear......Someone else does the mowing, the weeding, the planting, the growing for her.....She's a kept woman....I can sure live without her type, but can she live without the heartland?
I've been making this point repeatedly over the past few months - do *not* assume someone is a Kerry supporter, or liberal, or pro-abortion, or whatever because he or she has piercings and wears clothes out of Hot Topic (or whatever the cool new equivalent is.)
Over the next 4 years Republicans are going to have to really get busy attracting young people to the party, and whether older people like it or not, many of these young people are "unconventional" in their dress and appearance. Sorry, no more "Young Republicans" in their white shirts and black ties; that's very last-century.