Comments on: Why Small-Town Folks Heart Sarah Palin

By: The Guano Bath | PoliticsMuch.com

The Guano Bath | PoliticsMuch.com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:44:23 +0000

[...] It’s time to begin referring to the Republican Party by more accurate terminology. For example, as the White Nativist bloc of a former British colony. People who claim against all sense and reason that they’re the only “real” representatives of their migrant-saturated current homeland, while glossing over both their cruelty and fear with a dreamy sentimentality. [...]

By: Brenna Call

Brenna Call — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:53:45 +0000

Quite frankly I believe this is a moot point…yeah Sarah Palin is like people I have met in a small town…I have lived in the Meigs County Ohio, that Joseph Marshall mentioned, all my life but I think that it’s really sterotypical to imply that we are all moose eating, football watching, conservatives. (Not that there is anything inately wrong with those things but I’ve met people like Barack Obama in my little town too. Just because I live in a small town doesn’t mean that I relate to Sarah Palin any more than I do or do not relate to Barack Obama. Sarah Palin doesn’t get my vote simply because she and I are both women nor does she get my vote because we both come from small towns….frankly, she needs to do more than that.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:35:35 +0000

sarah Epp: This small town “girl” from Colorado does not heart Palin. In fact, most people around here find her terrifying.

Well Sarah you’ve been listening to the insane DailyKooks, err, Kos ranting way too much. Sarah Palin is not going to ban abortion. Sarah Palin is not going to turn the US into some Theocratic state.

I love Sarah Palin and I hope and pray she wins this election. I actually donated money to McCain/Palin (a 1st for me!) and I live in a battleground state. I will be getting out the vote for McCain/Palin!

By: Joseph Marshall

Joseph Marshall — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:10:52 +0000

Okay, Kate, here is the tale of the tape:

Leavenworth County, KS

68,691 people,
23,071 households,
148 people per square mile

84.18% White, 10.42% Black or African American, 3.81% Hispanic or Latino of any race

Married couple households 61.40%
Female householder with no husband present 9.50%

Median family income $48,836.
Males $36,953
Females $24,235
Per capita income $18,785.

Individuals below poverty level 9.1%

Meigs County, OH–

23,072 people,
9,234 households
54 people per square mile

97.73% White, -1% all other

Married couple households 56.90%
Female householder with no husband present, 10.00%

Median Family Income $27,287
Median for Males $30,821
Median for Females $19,621
Per Capita Income $13,848.

Individuals below poverty level 19.80%

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico–

41,190 people
15,044 households,
7 people per square mile

56.62% White, 13.88% Native American, 25.62% from other races,
72.89% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Married couple households 48.80%,
Female householder with no husband present 15.90%
Median Family Income $32,901
Males $26,897
Females $22,223
Per capita income $14,263.

Individuals below poverty level 20.30%

No matter how bad you think it is there, in Meigs and in Rio Arriba it’s a lot worse, and has been for time out of mind. Enough said.

By: sarah Epp

sarah Epp — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:55:52 +0000

This small town “girl” from Colorado does not heart Palin. In fact, most people around here find her terrifying.

By: Ohio NON-OBAMA Voter

Ohio NON-OBAMA Voter — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:57:20 +0000

Dear Ohio Obama Voter:
I also live in a very small town in Ohio and I won’t be arrogant enough to speak for my whole town on the matter but I will speak for myself! Racism does still play a part in today’s America, which is unfortunate, but you make a grave mistake in alluding that it is only applied BY white people TO black people. It can and does apply both ways and to other cultures and skin colors, of which I think we are all aware. I was raised in a very conservative home and church and I find it very biased,uneducated, and downright hateful of you to press the assumption that “Republican values and the families and churches that they influence” condone disowning a woman on the basis of an unwed pregnancy. Anyone that attends ANY church knows that unwed pregnancy is a part of life, it happens, we all know it and we all have dealt with in some form or another I’m sure. People that have read the Bible in whatever version know that Christ himself said that, “Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.” Whatever kind of people that you have had experience with that would be hypocritical enough to “disown” a woman on the basis of an unwed pregnancy is not someone that is following Christ’s example of unselfish love, they are what Christ would have called a Pharisee and that definitely wasn’t a compliment.

By: Rachel Peepers

Rachel Peepers — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:03:40 +0000

When Barack Obama said that small town people cling to their guns and religion and believe in American ideals like an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay, Barack pretty much expressed how he feels about Sarah Palin.

Barack and his buddies think that being an elitist is the litmus test to judge whether a woman is qualified to be President or VP.

That’s where all this anti-small town bias comes from. It’s more in line with the old super race nonsense of the 1930’s, but having nothing to do in 2008 with skin color.

By: Timmer

Timmer — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:27:27 +0000

The left went after Palin too hard too fast with too much BS. At this point most folks’ eyes just sort of glaze over when they hear anything MORE negative about her.

Seriously, she could be indicted for just about anything and most Americans would just roll their eyes and go, “Oh just shut the **** up already. Let it go!!!!”

By: Al

Al — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:21:00 +0000

Small town?

Since when is a simple, small town, world view enough? I don’t want “small town”. I want a VP who has displayed intellectual rigor (five colleges over six years ain’t gonna get it) and with a proven ability to communicate (Palin didn’t leave the US until her recent trip to Iraq, where is the summer abroad?).

I don’t want “small town”. I want ambition, a drive to excel and curiosity. Others may be happy voting for the MILF down the block, but I’d like to see some substance.

By: Ohio Obama Voter

Ohio Obama Voter — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:44:55 +0000

I live in a very conservative and also racist small town. Racism exist and I’m speaking about those who are around me. Don’t try to act as if racism doesn’t exist I hear it I see it I live it everyday. No I’m not african american i’m white and i’ve heard some very ignorant views about why my community won’t vote for Obama and its mainly because HE IS BLACK! They support Sarah Palin because SHE IS WHITE. In MY community and in MY small Norman Rockwell very conservative town they are afraid of and disgusted by black people. That wasn’t the point I was trying to make I was using it as an example. My point was, the republican party are hypocrites because they have had generation after generation of young women displaced, homeless and abandoned by families and churches because they have been taught by the party that unwed teenage pregnancy is wrong and an embarrassment. Sarah Palin doesn’t agree with the teachings of SEXUAL EDUCATION in 2008! She supports the republican party’s so called values who has had a large influence on families and churches who disown their young women because of their unwed pregnancies. No. Republicans will never admit to that happening, they will just find other ways to distort that statement to accommodate their view. Go ahead support Sarah Palin, support John McCain that is your choice, but if those two get into office, believe me a lot of you McCain/Palin supporters will be sorry, just like you were with George Bush.