I FINALLY GOT TO MEET A WORKING CLASS REPUBLICAN AT A LOCAL BREW PUB IN THE COLLEGE TOWN I LIVE IN...
REPUBLICANS ARE A RARE BREED IN THESE PARTS...
IT'S INTERESTING HOW THEY WILL HOLD THEIR OPINIONS IN THE FACE OF ALL KINDS OF UNDENIABLE FACTS...
IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY HAVE THEIR MINDS MAKE UP...AND NOTHING AT ALL CAN CHANGE THEM...
THEY WILL EVEN AGREE WITH YOU ON 98% OF ISSUES...BUT SOMEHOW THE BREAKER TRIPS WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRATIC CAUSE AND CANDIDATE...
I FEAR THAT THE MESSAGE OF OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS JUST CAN NOT PENETRATE THESE WORKING CLASS REPUBLICAN VOTERS...
IN A LOT OF CASES ITS' ALMOST A "SOCIAL THING" FOR THEM...A SMALL TOWN BIAS FOR REPUBLICANS...EVEN IF REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF WALL STREET...THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS...!
IT'S LIKE THERE ARE TWO REPUBLICAN PARTIES...AND THE TWO BRANCHES NEVER MEET...!!
AND GET THIS... THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO MEET... THEY LIVE TO TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS...BUT "SHARE" THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY!! AMAZING!!
WHAT DOES A SMALL TOWN BUBBA REPUBLICAN HAVE IN COMMON WITH A WALL STREET BONUS BABY...? NOTHING!
THEY WILL SAY: I COULD NEVER VOTE DEMOCRAT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE I HANG OUT WITH...IN THIS TOWN...
GUN RIGHTS? TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE.... ALL THE SO CALLED SOCIAL ISSUES ARE FRONT AND CENTER WITH THESE SMALL TOWN "SOCIAL" REPUBLICANS...
AND THEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO EVEN "SEE" THE BROADER ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF WALL STREET REPUBLICANISM... THEY COMPLETELY DIVORCE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS... THE ARGUMENT GOES...WELL THE RICH WILL DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ANYWAY SO WHY SHOULD WE TRY TO STOP THEM... AND BESIDES...THEY PAY MY SALARY... AN AMAZING LACK OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE US...!!
IT'S THAT SORT OF THING... VERY CURIOUS...AND VERY BAD FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL...
I DON'T THINK FOREIGNERS REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS "BUBBA REPUBLICAN" THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE US...
AND WORSE...I DON'T THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNDERSTANDS IT EITHER...OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE TARGETING THESE SMALL TOWN WORKING CLASS REPUBLICANS AS "JOB ONE!"
