Workin' for Obama
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- megE0
i grew up in one of these towns in Ohio... good 'ole Ostrander
- vcr0
should there not be a election thread ?, surely that if anything is important enough tobe out of the politics thread..
I cant start it because i am too unpopular !. But someone else should..
- SteveJobs0
so did you manage to 'reach' any of these RFD citizens, or was it mostly knock and walk?
i'm just curious, because i know many of them can be a bit reluctant to heed the proclamations of a bunch of young city fella's interested in putting a black man in office.
and yeah, i'd love to see some pics of these gun-totin', religion-havin' country bumpkins as well.
- SigDesign0
I made phone calls in WV for Obama, and heard some pretty racist people... and a bunch of really stubborn older women who weren't voting for Obama, cause he beat Clinton.
I tried to appeal to people simply by saying if you were happy with the last 8 years, then vote for McCain.
- Were they like "oh Obama....he's that black guy right?" Like that has anything to do with the election.designbot
- ItTango0
Don't get me wrong, both of my parents are from small southern towns. I actually enjoy my visits... short lived. The operative word here is "from". They left.
I think mobility has allowed people to not simply live where they can, but to live where they choose. That choice is often based on lifestyle, or the belief that a city or neighborhood is populated with 'like minded folks".
How many of us would willingly leave London or New York, even though living in either place can be a financial blood letting? A friend of mine, former CFO for Travel and Leisure magazine told me: most New Yorkers have no idea why you would ever live anywhere else. He then pointed out that most of them have never been anywhere else. But that didn't matter.
So, no. I don't believe everyone in these small towns fits the earlier descriptions. But I do believe folks choose comfortable or familiar environs.
We visited about 40 homes that day, most of them in horrible shape. Half of them with McCain signs in front even though they were listed as Undecided. Several slammed doors. Many more "get the fuck outta' here" looks. I tried to keep and open mind (obviously), but I was really disturbed by that experience.
Or maybe I just need to get out more.
- SigDesign0
Designbot, I mostly got vague "I could never vote for that guy" stuff... but another person there who was making calls for Obama said people straight up said "I could never vote for a black man."
Also... when I asked people who they were voting for, sometimes I'd get "that's none of your business." Tried to be polite and happy, and for the most part people were receptive, and sometimes I could argue with them... like one guy was like, "I think McCain would be more able to take care of terrorism." And...all I could come up with was, McCain would be more likely to use our military first and ask questions later... but that's kind of weak... it's not easy...
- DrBombay0
Terrorism in WV, these people are fucking brainwashed.
- totally... I'm fixing to get out of here... I think people watch too much Fox News...SigDesign
- lol @ "fixing"sputnik2
- Exactly my point. You're leaving. I think those who stay, probably like it just the way it is.ItTango
- WV exports its talent to other places... and I'm just a transplant...only been here 6 monthsSigDesign
- sputnik20
i've been asked by both camps who i'm voting for, and seriously, it's a very impolite question. it's like asking what religion you are, or how much money you make. i know there are very few lines left to cross in our society but i politely let them know that it's a private thing.
- SigDesign0
Yeah, I noticed when I mentioned first that I was calling all registered Democrats for the Democratic Party headquarters in WV, and we're just trying to get help from people and see where they stand...people were more likely to feel comfortable telling me who they were voting for... It depends on how you ask...
- designbot0
I did come in contact with some Obama supporters outside Whole Foods who were downright militaristic about signing people up to vote. I understand voting is important, but it was pretty annoying to have these guys trying so hard....reminded me of Jehovah's witnesses or something. Having said that I actually ended up registering with this girl who was standing outside of Target. I definitely think it is a great service to make it so easy to register to vote, as long as the people are more passive about it. Also, I don't think anyone registering people to vote should be vocal about who they are voting for.
Props to you guys for doing this :)
- SteveJobs0
"Terrorism in WV, these people are fucking brainwashed."
I don't think that's always true. They are just uneducated or under-educated, like many mid-westerners who know more about minimum wage labor and a tailgate parties than economics and foreign affairs.
In many cases, you can blame their collective understanding of our government and their own decisions on the media and manipulative politicians who 'identify' with them.
- Education IS a problem... also, the culture of wanting to go out into the wilderness and be left aloneSigDesign
- janne760
We have chavs/rednecks (whatever you wish to generalize them for) in Holland as well, but rarely as bad as some of the stories like this one. The best thing is to still stay nice to these people, they are people after all and deserve to be regarded equally..
- DrBombay0
That is BS though, the media is homogenous in this country. Except newspapers.
- SteveJobs0
Really, bs? I can't imagine a more night and day mainstream media comparison than fox and msnbc.
What would you attribute it to then? You did, after all, characterize them as being brainwashed. Who's brainwashing them then?