Friday, August 27, 2004

This Morning in Missouri

This morning from Jim:

M, I heard a pretty good story on your home state this morning on Morning Edition on NPR..... the conclusion was that your state is for sure in the undecided stage of political direction regarding the coming election.... maybe you ought consider yelling louder, eh?

Well, Jim, Missouri is kind of an interesting place. Traditionally, the State has been Democrat territory, but the people are extremely conservative. We just voted overwhelmingly to ban gay marriage. We spawned the likes of John Ashcroft and Rush Limbaugh.

Still, I think it might be a close call this time. And the reason I say that is because Missourians don't like change and they don't like unemployment. Bush has changed the world drastically and too many people are losing their jobs. On the other hand - and this is very important - Missourians are willing to believe anybody who talks about being born again and praying, and are willing to overlook the hyprocisy, because they practice it themselves. And they are dead set against abortion, women's rights and gay rights. The one thing that may have tipped the scale toward Kerry is Cheney's recent pronouncement regarding gay freedom. But that was Cheney, and not Bush.

That's a terribly gross generalization about Missourians, and there are lots of us it doesn't describe, but I think it catches the majority.

If the GOP is successful in suppressing black votes, that could bode ill for the Democrats, as Kansas City and St. Louis have large black populations.

One thing is certain, yelling louder won't help. If you know anything about mules....

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