This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
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

Read other letters about this article

  • Friday, September 12, 2008 07:07 AM

    This is how we get them to vote for a Democrat?

    Vote for Obama or you are a racist.

    Vote for Obama or you are an idiot.

    These are the arguments we use to convince Republicans to vote for Democrats? I can not believe that we are about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory because we have not figured out that insulting others is off putting.

    People live up to the expectations you have for them. If you tell them they are stupid racists, they will prove you correct. I guess it is more important to be "correct" than win an election and save the country.

    —alinford Read alinford's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

685

Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation

The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
Glenn Greenwald Read article
592

The commendably missing element from Obama's speech

There was no pretense that human rights is our goal, or the likely outcome, in escalating the war
Glenn Greenwald Read article
543

The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims

Tom Friedman explains the real problem: stupid Muslims think the U.S. is about war and aggression.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
440

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Glenn Greenwald Read article
314

Yes, it's Obama's war now

An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
Joan Walsh Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon