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Friday, September 12, 2008 12:00 AM

What small-town America is saying about Obama

In diners and mobile homes from New Mexico to North Carolina, I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 09:29 AM

    Hate to be condescending...

    But just about every person interviewed in this article gave an absolutely moronic answer for refusing to vote for Obama. Can't relate to him (so? You can relate to a former POW with an heiress wife? Really?), seems too elitist, he's Muslim (which is flat-out bigotry--if Obama was Muslim, not voting for him because of that fact makes you racist, something the media kind of gloss over).

    No one said I disagree with his tax policy; I'm not crazy about his healthcare ideas; his statements about performing military operations in sovereign nations without their approval makes me uneasy.

    Did anyone even criticize his lack of experience as an executive at the state level?

    Your article is just saying small-town America is hideously misinformed, very prejudiced, and ultimately dumb.

    Meet the Republican base.

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