I just feel exhausted. NC here-

[essme]

We live in an extremely blue town-- kind of a "blue corridor" if you will, that extends down to Chapel Hill.

That said- we have a very tiny place up in the mountains. We go up every couple of weeks, and are always astounded by the Trump signs on the poorest looking places: houses that are in desperate need of rehab, very old mobile homes that look like they are falling apart, with bed sheets for curtains. We always pass lots of little old battered pickups, and cars with the paint half off that have Trump stickers on the bumpers.

This is no joke- these people are barely getting by on government assistance, and the use of food pantries. Yet, somehow a con man convinced them that God wanted them to vote "Republican." It's about abortion, guns, gays, and racism for these people.

Do they not understand that if we lose, they will damn near starve? They can go out and shoot all the squirrels, raccoons, deer and possum they can-- but, that "country boy will survive" shit isn't going to cut it anymore. Scurvy and Covid will start taking their tolls soon enough.

[Native]

1. And as long as they got that racism going for them, they can still feel superior to others

despite their shit hole existence.

[JHB]

2. "Somehow"? They can get it straight from the radio for hours on end, all day every day

Is there anybody on the airwaves outside the blue corridor who could offer them a different point of view?

[essme]

5. I don't know. I do know there was a rise

in "independent" radio talk show during the Bush years- remember Guy James?

[JHB]

6. And how much support did they get? Who put funding into them, and how much?

RWers have been putting money into their own media for over 4 decades. They get their people onto mainstream media "to provide balance."

Our side is supposed to cobble together whatever they can, largely on their own. And their invites to the mainstream are pretty rare.

[secondwind]

3. My biggest concern. Covid. I'm almost 74 and was counting

on Biden to get us back on track and get control of the virus.

Still hoping he will pull through!!!!

[TigressDem]

4. If Joe get NC it will be all over for the Dumpster.

Toss him in the bin, he's done, gone, lost and unmissed by most.

Don't let the door hit your backside on your way out.

Don't try to stay in the people's house one minute past Jan 20 or the people will remind you of how unruly we can be out at your front door with megaphones fit for Joshua and the battle of Jericho.


Edit for spelling
At this hour my spelling is horse pucky