'Rednecks for Obama' want to bridge yawning culture gap (vote, campaign, Republicans)
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OUIS, Missouri (AFP) – When Barack Obama's campaign bus made a swing through Missouri in July, the unlikeliest of supporters were waiting for him -- or rather two of them, holding the banner: "Rednecks for Obama."
Yahoo News article (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081009/pl_afp/usvoteobamarednecks - broken link)
Hell has just frozen over-----------or, attitudes have changed that much S of the Mason Dixon Line.
In the last 10-12 years, Republicans have engaged in culture wars to get this segment. Now, with the economy impacting everyone negatively, people of all neck colors are realising that they need to vote on things more important than god/guns/gays.
"[T]he pair are on a grassroots mission to bridge a cultural gap in the United States and help usher their preferred candidate into the White House.
Tony Viessman, 74, and Les Spencer, 60, got politically active last year when it occurred to them there must be other lower income, rural, beer-drinking, gun-loving, NASCAR race enthusiasts fed up with business as usual in Washington."
Where does the term 'red neck' come from, seriously? I'm sincerely curious.
I believe it originally described someone who worked outside and got a sunburned neck.
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