One of the strangest phenomena that I am aware of is the matter of Po-folk republicans. You know, the folks who are the working dirt poor, but somehow are abidingly aligned with deep conservatism? These folk are part of the masses who follow the GOP propaganda organs- Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. It is beyond my comprehension as to how people who are at the bottom of Ronald Reagan’s trickle down economics cascade can support policies that clearly give preference to the wealthy and to corporations. WTF???
So, what about the Land of the Peckerwoods? Margaret and Helen put it well-
Margaret dear, I need your help sorting all this out. Rush Limbaugh has a daily audience of 14 million morons- give or take a few rednecks – Howard excluded of course. So are we to believe that they all want Obama to fail? Do I have that right? I am a little confused by this recent turn of events because weren’t these the same peckerwoods who got so upset a few years back when a famous country western singer told about 2,000 people at a concert in London that she was ashamed that George Bush was from her home state?
Actually I believe her exact quote was, “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.” If I am not mistaken, conservatives everywhere were enraged – albums were burned, death threats ensued. It was treason.
Well put, Helen dear. I have a lot to say about this topic as well, but much of it is dripping in bile.
Lamentations on Chemistry 
You only have to respect the President if he’s a Republican or if he agrees with you – otherwise he’s a traitor and unworthy of respect.
See how easy that is? All you need is a lobotomy or no conscience, both of which are well covered by the Republican Party.
The provocative title got me to read on. Ahhh, mindless titillation seems to be the tried and true device to secure attention.
If you haven’t figured out why people follow false Gods, perhaps you should ask yourself why they need to follow them at all.
Hi Millet, I hope you do not feel too deceived. I was chuckling from the Margaret & Helen blog too much to write much content myself.
America is about government confiscating the assets of productive citizens while the Officially Sad are moved into affordable housing. “Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” George Orwell, “1984”
From Babylon5:
Elric: “I see a great hand reaching out of the stars. The hand is your hand. And I hear sounds – the sounds of billions of people calling your name.”
Londo (eagerly): “My followers?”
Elric: “Your victims.”
If all blue collars were voting Democrat and all rich people were voting Republican, we would not have a democracy, the balance would always favor the largest number of blue collars. Thus: people do not vote according to their interest. Democracy only works because we get 50 percent plus or minus 10 percent most of the time.
That is the only comfort that I can suggest.
I agree completely with you!