Rednecks for Obama

[malaise]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081009/pl_afp/usvoteobamarednecks

n backing the first African-American nominee of a major party for the US presidency, the pair are on a grassroots mission to bridge a cultural gap in the United States and help usher their preferred candidate into the White House.

Tony Viessman, 74, and Les Spencer, 60, got politically active last year when it occurred to them there must be other lower income, rural, beer-drinking, gun-loving, NASCAR race enthusiasts fed up with business as usual in Washington.

Viessman had a red, white and blue "Rednecks for Obama" banner made, and began causing a stir in Missouri, which has emerged as a key battleground in the run-up to the November 4 presidential election.

"I didn't expect it would get as much steam and attention as it's gotten," Spencer told AFP on the campus of Washington University in Saint Louis, the state's biggest city and site of last week's vice-presidential debate.

"We believe in him. He's the best person for the job," Viessman, a former state trooper from Rolla, said of Obama, who met the pair briefly on that July day in Union, Missouri.

The candidate bounded off his bus and jogged back towards a roadside crowd to shake hands with the men holding the banner.
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[Odin2005]

1. This redneck is for Obama!

I grew up in a little rural town of 500 people in NW Minnesota. When I watched his 2004 convention speech I just knew he would be president some day. My 86yo grandmother, who is a pround Obama supporter, says Obama reminds her of a cross between FDR and Harry Truman.

[malaise]

3. You're breaking the inciters' hearts

Maybe she really doesn't know Joe Sixpack. :hi:

[guitar man]

11. sixpacks are for candy asses

I don't go in for less than a case myself!! :D

[Odin2005]

15. The wing-nuts have hearts? n't

[guitar man]

2. where do I sign up?

Redneck for Obama here! :hi:

[malaise]

4. You did

:hi:

Love those two guys.

[guitar man]

9. well then

YEEEEEE-HAAAAAW!!!

I could just shoot my guns and take a ride on my Harley, I'm so happy to be a Redneck for Obama!!

:bounce::bounce:

[malaise]

14. Sometimes we forget

America is a country with some great people. My Maine brother in law told me the election was over last weekend. He has his first every Yard sign - Obama-Biden 08

[NightHawk63]

5. I'm starting to let myself believe...

...that this thing is all but over. :)

[BeFree]

6. It is over

Except for how the votes are counted. Do you know how your vote will be counted?

[codjh9]

7. Those guys ROCK... I sure hope they get some followers...

[ailsagirl]

8. Here's a nice little picture... just look at those smiles!!

and their website:

http://rednecksforobama.net/

[ailsagirl]

10. KICK FOR PIC

[malaise]

12. That's beautiful

Thanks. :hi:

[ailsagirl]

13. Look how perfectly he's dressed-- I have NEVER seen a bad photo of Barack