As for the people in Appalachia, they have been ignored for decades. LBJ's War on Poverty focussed some attention on them, but that was gone when Nixon came in, and now whenever people, especially repubs, want to rant about welfare queens and other supposed recipients of government help, they always seem to picture some inner city black person. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are more rural whites living in poverty than urban blacks, and they are totally ignored. These people are proud, hard-working, and have been abused by big business for over a century. Coal mining was once their way of life, and farming, and both have used them up and thrown them away. If you had a president and congress that finally did something, and not just ignore them or give them lip service, you would have a loyal following.
Enough of my soapbox. I'm not running for anything, and I doubt if anyone in power is ever going to listen to my concerns. I just see millions of our own people tossed away like useless junk, while we spend hundreds of billions in Iraq for no good reason.
OK, pointless prediction
Clinton wins KY by 22
Obama wins OR by 12
As for the people in Appalachia, they have been ignored for decades. LBJ's War on Poverty focussed some attention on them, but that was gone when Nixon came in, and now whenever people, especially repubs, want to rant about welfare queens and other supposed recipients of government help, they always seem to picture some inner city black person. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are more rural whites living in poverty than urban blacks, and they are totally ignored. These people are proud, hard-working, and have been abused by big business for over a century. Coal mining was once their way of life, and farming, and both have used them up and thrown them away. If you had a president and congress that finally did something, and not just ignore them or give them lip service, you would have a loyal following.
Enough of my soapbox. I'm not running for anything, and I doubt if anyone in power is ever going to listen to my concerns. I just see millions of our own people tossed away like useless junk, while we spend hundreds of billions in Iraq for no good reason.
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By UffdaguyMay 20, 2008 - 1:20pm