> At the risk of seeming simplistic, I tend to agree w/Woj. I see this
> everyday -- a pocket of liberalism in Ann Arbor surrounded by deer huntin',
> truck drivin', rifle totin', white nativists who plaster their yards & rigs
> with the biggest "patriotic" displays they can afford, and who cling to the
> likes of Bush 'cause he speaks right to them, their fears and their
> fantasies of who they imagine themselves to be. ('Course, there's the
> GOP-hating ultra-right with their US Out Of The UN bumperstickers, etc, but
> that's another crowd entirely.) I still think that Bush will win, perhaps
> narrowly, simply because he and Cheney play directly to the basest fears of
> average Americans, lie shamelessly, and strike heroic poses with 847 Old
> Glories whipping in the breeze behind them. Kerry can't compete on this
> front.
Out here in Johnson County, Kansas, hotbed of the Republican Party, I see lots of Kerry bumperstickers. Somebody down the street even has a Kerry/Edwards yard sign.
I don't buy into this nonsense that Americans are all reactionary Republicans.
Chuck0