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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.
By Dan Hoyle

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  • Friday, September 12, 2008 09:34 AM

    Oh, the irony of the rural distrust of black candidates

    I'm losing patience with the many ways people are veiling their racism. However, one thing makes me laugh ironically.

    Rural voters not connecting with a black man?? Come on. If it hadn't been for African-Americans (originally slaves), we wouldn't have had a burgeoning rural economy in the U.S. Ever.

    Sigh. Hoping for the best still. Working for good candidates who have rightly left the 17th-20th centuries behind. Let's do it! Let's elect this promising, smart, and dedicated ticket.

    What's next, people?

    —rguillory Read rguillory's other letters

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