"Chuck Wise" wrote in message
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I've noticed more than a whiff of contempt in this thread for those of
us in the "heartland". So I'd also like to point this out: we don't
all live in trailers and drink moonshine, and some of us even have
indoor plumbing; hell, some of us even hate NASCAR and the rodeo.


Well, you're getting none of that comtempt from me, Chuck. I don't mind
trailers or moonshine, I like the Heartland, and personally prefer places
without indoor plumbing. I enjoy a good round track as much as the next guy,
and think cowgirls are hot. I would never write someone off because they
lived in the countryside.

But if you're talking about someone who felt that this election boiled down
to protecting their own personal self from some sort of imminent terrorist
attack, at the expense of all the other issues, and voted accordingly, then
THAT'S what I'm talking about. I cannot believe that anyone supported Bush
for any other reason, because the evidence just isn't there that his fiscal,
environmental, moral or intellectual policies are sound.

I am damn proud to be from the boondocks, because I feel that the rural
folks absolutely have the better sense of values in a lot of ways My heart
lies with the country folk. But they sure got collectively fooled this time.

--riverman