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Pickups and C-Flags
Lewis
Goldberg
11/14/2003
Let's
be clear - I wouldn't vote for Howard Dean if he were running for Dorm
Floor Captain, let alone President of the united States. But he
inadvertently spoke truth last week - truth that the GOP likewise refuses
to articulate, and denies when confronted with it by reporters. What is
that truth? As his opponents veer hard-left, Dean realizes that Democrats
can't win against George Bush unless they appeal to a wider range of voters
within their own party.
From
NewsMax.com:
"I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in
their pickup trucks," the former Vermont governor was quoted as saying
in Saturday's Des Moines Register. "We can't beat George Bush unless
we appeal to a broad cross-section of Democrats."
And
that's true, and it's true for the Republicans, as well, against their
opponents. Reporters frequently shove microphones at Republican candidates,
asking them classic when did you stop beating your wife questions
like "what are you going to do to appeal to minority voters in your
district?" as if they don't, and as if 'minority' voters have to be
governed differently than 'normal' people. The underlying assumption in
those types of questions is that the Republicans aim only at the guys
[sexist] with the Confederate Battle Flags [racist] in the windows of their
old pickups.
Oddly
enough, when a campaign is fought in a more cosmopolitan venue, the
accusation goes that Republicans only look after the interests of rich
CEO's making seven-plus figures. Somehow, they are guilty of both - and
only the caring, compassionate Democrats champion the 'normal.' The average
voter, who interacts with almost none of the information piped into his
head every day, believes both are true, without question.
Speaking
as someone who flies the CSA First National in his family van window,
Howard Dean has a long way to go to woo those fine Americans with whom he
makes verbal sport. The Battle Flag flies in the face of the kind of
tyranny which Dean would impose on his prospective subjects were he to win
the day next November - a tyranny which we seem to get regardless of the
occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
I
am somewhat in the market for a reliable, used diesel pickup - preferably a
Ford. I'll bring the flag.
Your comments and questions are encouraged. [editor@patriotist.com]
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