Reply #46: Personal animosity towards an acquaintance vs. some man in a state you probably don't live in

[TwilightGardener]

whom you personally don't know--but he sure sounds like a doofus libertarian or a freeloader on the teevee? Not really a good comparison. What's more, I have lived most of my adult life in extreme red, rural areas of the midwest and west. My neighbors were and are mostly Republican. They helped me tremendously when I needed help, several times over--pulled me out of a ditch, drove me home when I needed a ride, watched my kids, fixed a broken water valve so my basement wouldn't flood, called me because they noticed my car lights left on. I can't judge people by politics or appearances in a time of need, and I am glad they didn't judge me by my Obama sticker on my car.