Reply #49: you don't get it [View All]

[ironrooster]

I live in the south - buckle of the Bible belt. These folks don't think critically & Bush is their boy. By and large, with the exception of the well off who are able to send their kids to college -many of these people are vocationally educated at best. Most have never been out of their state of residence and really don't give a crap about the rest of the world. The democrats need to get a backbone and keep going for the throat. That way, when things turn to absolute shit in the next 4 years, maybe the scales will fall from their eyes and they will see what a disaster Bush is. For example, there is no reasoning with these folks on the reproductive rights issue until their daughter becomes the victim of a back alley abortion. Interestingly, many Repubicans seem to have an empathy deficit until they themselves are on the receiving end. I can't deal with that lack of imagination b/c that's what the root of it is. Nor am I willing to compromise on a woman's right to choose or any of the other issues that Democrats have championed. What I'm saying is that you can't understand these people unless you also come to believe in the tooth fairy.