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Whata week…Mudcat’s final post

This week has been quite an experience, to say the least. Monday night, I was saying to myself, “You ignorant hillbilly, how in the world did you manage to get yourself in such a mess?” Today, I can honestly say I’m glad I accepted Time’s offer.

When I told Time I would do it, my intention was to help create some honest dialogue …

The Rural Motherlode… Economic Fairness

The right Democratic Presidential candidate can cut into the huge Republican margins in rural America, but that candidate must understand that the mother lode is just one shovel away. That one shovel to the mother lode is economic populism.

A recent Pew Research poll had 73% of the respondents saying. “Today, it’s really true that …

God and the GOP?

When you embark on any dialogue concerning God and politics, you can be certain of raising the ire of the most religious. I came to the decision to write a disclaimer at the beginning of this post not because I’m worried about “raising the ire of the most religious”, but instead for more selfish reasons. I am fully aware when I …

Why I’m a Democrat

Since so many people have posted wanting to know my personal beliefs, I thought it would only be fair to accommodate those of you who took time to post the questions. These are my views and may or may not reflect John’s views.
I am a Democrat because I believe in the two principles Andy Jackson introduced to the party. Those …

Rural Votes Are the Key to the Kingdom

Rural Votes Are The Key To The Kingdom

I think Dee Davis, President of the non-partisan Center for Rural Strategies, perfectly summed up the importance of rural vote yesterday in his findings in their new poll (which is linked in a couple places on this site).

“The rural vote determines presidential elections,” said Dee Davis, …

Now That I Have Your Attention…

Many of you have asked about how Democrats can get through the culture of the South and the Heartland…God, guns, gays, and race. Since I have been stereotyped (by some) as a racist over the last 12 hours or so, let’s start with the racial wedges that the Republicans have used against us. For those of you who have questioned me on …

Bubba Ain’t Happy With the Republicans Poll

I’m moving on. You guys are tough. I sincerely hope we can all agree on this post. It has to do with all Democrats’ common goal… winning a Presidential election. The non-partisan “Center for Rural Strategies” released their new national rural poll today, and it’s definitely good news for us. As we are all painfully aware, the …

Anti-Blogger? Anti-Urban? Racist?

To those of you out there who have called me these names and more, here is my response:

1.-Nowhere in my first post did I say I was “anti-blogging”. Quite to the contrary, I said to bloggers who want to take the Democratic Party back into the big tent, “God bless you and thank you.” I was quoted saying after the Webb election that the …

That lukasiak feller just told us why we lose presidentials

Mr. Lukasiak…thanks for providing the perfect example of why Democrats lose national elections. Concerning your description of the south, that is “intolerance” personified, and since your Mama obviously forgot to tell you, I will. It is immoral to stereotype any group of people. I thought as Democrats we didn’t characterize people by …

Go Ahead And Shoot At Me

I woke up this morning and was going to start my stint as a guest correspondent by trying to kick up a dialogue on how my people in rural America are getting screwed into the stone ages. As an inexperienced blogger (I think this is the third time I’ve posted anything), I thought it prudent to get some tips from the Time staff on what I …