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Runningdawg

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104. I am willing to listen to rural folk

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 03:22 PM

Dec 2016

and work with them. But not if their first demand is a trip back to 1950. Lots of rural folks live that way for a reason, they have no place (or want one) in a modern society. Fine by me, I will support you living in the last century as long as you don't prevent me from living happily in the this one. I was born and raised a country girl but prefer the city. I know a lot of rural folk, liberals and conservatives. Most from either party are reasonable, some are neanderthals.

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Rural America Is Desperate. It Is Also Part of the Democratic Base. Don't Abandon Them. [View all] McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 OP

And many of these so-called Trump counties also voted for guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

And those same people have also repeatedly helped entrench Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #123

A good question. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #124

Too late. elehhhhna Dec 2016 #2

getting those people back is easy - put gays in camps and blacks at the back of the bus legally. nt msongs Dec 2016 #3

He he he. You beat me to it. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #20

Too late atreides1 Dec 2016 #4

I live in rural America. tecelote Dec 2016 #17

+ 1,000,000 frankieallen Dec 2016 #75

You heard a lie and believe it and hate cities because of it? bettyellen Dec 2016 #84

I don't hate cities. Sarcasm. tecelote Dec 2016 #89

Agree with much. But we ARE the inclusive party, and many dislike that for cultural reasons. bettyellen Dec 2016 #90

It's true that there are plenty of urban Republicans. OnionPatch Dec 2016 #115

Is this going to be a "not all rural" - when the context is Trump voters? For ducks sake why is it bettyellen Dec 2016 #119

Trump won rural areas 62-34; suburbs 50-45, and lost urban 59-35 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #130

Your 1st paragraph. Snackshack Dec 2016 #91

I agree with you. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #5

They were also left out of the Clinton prosperity loyalsister Dec 2016 #26

Excellent post. Too bad it's likely to get removed. Glitterati Dec 2016 #28

Now is the time for Democratic self criticism loyalsister Dec 2016 #31

I wish that were true. Glitterati Dec 2016 #33

Unconditional loyalty doesn't help us loyalsister Dec 2016 #38

Clinton won 3M more votes than trump. The repugs cheat, supress votes, use Crosscheck to . . . brush Dec 2016 #73

Who won the White House? KPN Dec 2016 #87

I just told you how the repugs cheated to "win" the White House. You are right about the rest brush Dec 2016 #121

We lost by 80,000 votes in 3 States. KPN Jan 2017 #133

Because, IMO, we haven't focus on exposing and stopping the cheating brush Jan 2017 #134

A while back I posted this image and made a snarky remark about takers vs makers. aidbo Dec 2016 #39

Thanks for posting loyalsister Dec 2016 #41

"feeling left behind" is more accurate than "hurting" bhikkhu Dec 2016 #50

Excellent post ma'am DashOneBravo Dec 2016 #42

I saw it in '94, '96, and '98. X_Digger Dec 2016 #44

Yup. I've seen the same thing in my County ... KPN Dec 2016 #92

You're probably right. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #49

Yes..let's bash Hillary again nini Dec 2016 #82

It's really quite sad that you view it that way. KPN Dec 2016 #93

No it isn't nini Dec 2016 #94

Passive aggressive dig? KPN Dec 2016 #96

No I'm not nini Dec 2016 #100

So your "Yes. Lets bash Hillary again" comment wasn't sarcastic criticism? KPN Dec 2016 #117

Sorry I'm not clear here but here you go nini Dec 2016 #120

Got it. So I stand corrected ... KPN Jan 2017 #132

Exactly! KPN Dec 2016 #86

Spot on. realmirage Dec 2016 #103

How far does the forgiveness go? Generator Dec 2016 #46

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #54

Well said nini Dec 2016 #83

A legitimate question. But please try to understand that it WAS bad enough for some people ... KPN Dec 2016 #95

On average the Trump voter made 70k plus- so sick of this pity party for greedy fucks who just hope bettyellen Dec 2016 #6

Yep, this. nt PunkinPi Dec 2016 #9

Many of them live in rural America as well and while ... KPN Dec 2016 #99

Lower to mid income people live in urban areas and are not "somewhat comfortable" bettyellen Dec 2016 #101

I agree with you, but it's hard not to be very frustrated here. LisaM Dec 2016 #7

If they voted for Trump, they're not the Democratic base, and yes I'm abandoning them. Iggo Dec 2016 #8

Agree,they voted for a racist who was openly bigoted. libtodeath Dec 2016 #13

If they voted for Trump Zorro Dec 2016 #85

Don't abandon them mercuryblues Dec 2016 #10

I wish I could rec this post over and over. libtodeath Dec 2016 #14

Well well well! What you said x 1000. Missn-Hitch Dec 2016 #22

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #61

Yup. old guy Dec 2016 #66

+1000 Maven Dec 2016 #70

Spot on kimbutgar Dec 2016 #97

there is a forum mopinko Dec 2016 #11

We tried that, it failed miserably. AirAmerica.....remember? frankieallen Dec 2016 #77

i dont think that is a fair assessment. mopinko Dec 2016 #78

Yeah, so let's not try it again! CrispyQ Dec 2016 #118

I agree with you in principle, but I'm curious renate Dec 2016 #12

In the end, where each of us stands on "coddle them/don't coddle them" doesn't matter: Squinch Dec 2016 #27

This! peggysue2 Dec 2016 #37

Exactly mercuryblues Dec 2016 #80

Desperate for Whites Only signs on business doors. libtodeath Dec 2016 #15

It's not that simple loyalsister Dec 2016 #35

Redirect anger at immigrants to automation???Would these people retrain for jobs of the future in lunasun Dec 2016 #52

I'm think of automatic checkouts loyalsister Dec 2016 #106

Methinks those rural voters abandoned us... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #16

+1 Freethinker65 Dec 2016 #55

So what do we do? gratuitous Dec 2016 #18

+1000 mercuryblues Dec 2016 #29

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #67

Bookmarking this post to read again and again. old guy Dec 2016 #72

I'm not sure about grouping a swath of people under the heading of "rural", but tandem5 Dec 2016 #19

But, but, it's so much more fun to ridicule them and call them names. Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #21

Asking others to fix it isn't going to work. What are you going to do? Why not go to Squinch Dec 2016 #23

I think I have one of the solutions....... Jim Beard Dec 2016 #24

Good post. cwydro Dec 2016 #25

Sigh Afromania Dec 2016 #43

I live in a rural area and was just trying to think of a solution. Jim Beard Dec 2016 #76

We never abandoned them. geomon666 Dec 2016 #30

Just let Dump and Dense fuck up Medicaid and Medicare. roamer65 Dec 2016 #32

The price for "letting" them do that is good people DIE Glitterati Dec 2016 #34

Yes. Good people will die because of the actions of those we are being told to Squinch Dec 2016 #59

Perhaps it would be beneficial to remember how badly BILL Clinton hurt these same voters Glitterati Dec 2016 #63

These people voted FOR Donald Trump, dooming themselves. Squinch Dec 2016 #65

Those who refuse to remember history are doomed to failure Glitterati Dec 2016 #98

I am not angry, and I am not acting foolish. I am simply pointing out an undisputable fact. Squinch Dec 2016 #105

Perhaps 2028, or 2032. The GOP is digging in and they'll be in charge until then. TonyPDX Dec 2016 #60

Sadly, rural America would rather hold onto their beliefs and don't want to change. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #36

Just pointing out, extremely few rural Americans are desperate. Hortensis Dec 2016 #40

No, rural voters aren't resentful at not having a starbucks on every (other) corner. X_Digger Dec 2016 #45

But if thought corrupts language, language can also Hortensis Dec 2016 #47

they don't want solidarity with non white people JI7 Dec 2016 #48

Many voted for Obama. It think that fact damages your assertion. RBInMaine Dec 2016 #57

no "many" did not vote for him JI7 Dec 2016 #109

Hillary had solid, well-designed policies. The Ds had the most-progressive platform stopbush Dec 2016 #51

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #53

If by "abandoning them" you mean presenting and voting for a platform that paid special Squinch Dec 2016 #56

If there is some approach that avoids hurting their ego I'm bettyellen Dec 2016 #102

I agree. I also think that none of this matters in how we go forward. There are Squinch Dec 2016 #107

Totally agree! What I dislike is this whitewash in the media about the bigotry we've seen all bettyellen Dec 2016 #110

I hadn't thought of it that way in this context: Squinch Dec 2016 #114

It's the more affluent white voters who fucked us over. hunter Dec 2016 #58

Russ Feingold and every Democrat running for Senate in a swing state lost against the establishment, still_one Dec 2016 #62

I would like to see a forum to group these issues at DU instead of general discussion also lunasun Dec 2016 #64

Something changed? yallerdawg Dec 2016 #68

Isn't it funny how over the years since this song was written OnionPatch Jan 2017 #127

I don't live in rural America bigtree Dec 2016 #69

oh poor rural ameriKKKa heaven05 Dec 2016 #71

They abandoned reason and logic by voting for Pennywise. Different Drummer Dec 2016 #74

If you voted for racists trump you are a deplorable POS just like him... stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #79

NO ONE IS ABANDONING THEM nini Dec 2016 #81

For this to Work Joe Turner Dec 2016 #88

I am willing to listen to rural folk Runningdawg Dec 2016 #104

Nope they can go to hell, we don't need their deplorable asses. ileus Dec 2016 #108

Nice post! USALiberal Dec 2016 #111

"Rural America" as a whole is NOT part of the Democratic base etherealtruth Dec 2016 #112

Can they stop hating brown and gay people long enough..... Adrahil Dec 2016 #113

Who abandoned who? When they started voting for Republicans they abandoned America. baldguy Dec 2016 #116

Endangered species hollowdweller Dec 2016 #122

We must know two different rural Americas Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #125

Sorry I'm done with them. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #126

States that mostly are takers instead of givers..... Historic NY Jan 2017 #128

EDUCATE THEM. INFORM THEM. logically. don't liberalsplain. pansypoo53219 Jan 2017 #129

It isn't a failure of Democratic policy, but of media and messaging. farmbo Jan 2017 #131