June 30, 2008
Ignorant Redneck Bigot Bastards for McCain
Pardon me if I am being redundant. This article in today's Washington Post describes -- in excruciating detail -- the McCain voter.
But with their pride came a nasty undercurrent, one that Obama's candidacy has exacerbated: On College Street, nobody wanted anything to change. As the years passed, Peterman and his neighbors approached one another to share in their skepticism about the unknown. What was the story behind the handful of African Americans who had moved into a town that is 93 percent white? Why were Japanese businessmen coming in to run the local manufacturing plants? Who in the world was this Obama character, running for president with that funny-sounding last name?"People in Findlay are kind of funny about change," said Republican Mayor Pete Sehnert, a retired police officer who ran for the office on a whim last year. "They always want things the way they were, and any kind of development is always viewed as making things worse, a bad thing."
This article should be clarifying for today's Paulene Kaels: who are these mysterious "others" who plan to vote for Senator McCain?
- Flag Wavers! Retired Air Force (you did see American Beauty didn't you?) and friends who outdo each other in displays of patriotism.
- Bigots! A handful of African Americans! In our city?
- Homophobes! Here are the rumors going around Flag City, USA: "Barack Obama, born in Africa, is a possibly gay Muslim racist who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance" Gay Muslim presidents! Jeeezus H!
- Anti-Change! One guy says "He's a good speaker, but you've got to dig deeper than that for the truth. Politicians tell you anything. You have look beyond the surface, and then there are some real lies." Burkean Bastard! He dares to deny the veracity of a politician?
You get the idea (good thing I was around to translate the subtlety for you -- I doubt most ThreeSourcers would have picked up on it).
Really, you can't really blame them, the Cooper Tire plant closed and they're a little bitter...