[Rhodes22-list] Political - McCain, Me First

[Lowe, Rob]

Ben,
Thanks.  Good read.  I tend to agree.  I've never been able to put what
I felt into these words, but this article does.  The GOP seems to have
railed against the educated, coastal pointy-heads (love that phrase),
elitist, or whatever you want to call them.  And they've driven out
anyone (for the most part), except Joe Six Pack.  If you're not a ditto
head, we don't want you.   I've been saying for some time that the
Democrats are the party for thinkers and debaters while the Republicans
just believe.  The Republican strategy worked for some time.  But the
Dems have caught on.  They now court the NASCAR crowd and the hunters.
Down my way, ten years ago it was all "sportsmen for (pick your GOP
candidate)".  Not anymore.  Obama has spent a lot of time in Southwest
Virginia, one of the homes of Joe Six Pack, and it's working.  There is
even a chance that Virginia could go Democratic for the first time in a
long time.  We shall see. - rob


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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10brooks.html 

 Rob;

Rather than start a new thread I thought I would give you a link to my
favorite NYTimes Columnist which explains the shift of Republicans like
me
to Sen. Obama. It's more than personalities, it's the entire GOP shift
out
of the center.  I also thought Frank Rich's column this past Sunday was
just
exactly right. Check it out.

best,

Ben C.


   

Rob Lowe wrote:
> 
> Oh, sure.  Most organizations do.  But it does give another side to
the
> story. - rob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Hank
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:26 PM
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> 
> OK, it's from rolling stone.  Not the most unbiased news source out
> there.
> They are putting their spin and views on it.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
> 
>> A rather long read if you are interested.  What I found most
> interesting
>> is the Me First attitude this article attributes to McCain. - rob
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