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As a 20-year resident of the central PA region, these ill-informed voters are a sad fact of life here.
It never ceases to amaze me how willfully ignorant our neighbors can be. Their greatest fear is that someone might actually make them think about (and take responsibility for) the real problems facing our nation and not the false wedge issues about which they rant obsessively: God, guns, gays, etc.
What is encouraging, however, is that pockets of blue voters are appearing as the economic downturn hits home for formerly red voters. When your bank account is empty, it gets harder to ignore the reality of the failed Republican fiscal policies -- and people are beginning to understand that they've been voting against their own self-interests.
Having a plain-spoken, progressive and popular Governor (Ed Rendell) has helped wake up some voters, too. I'm fairly certain Pennsylvania will go for Obama on Tuesday, despite the McCain camp's huge following in many parts of the state.
