Once and for all: the affection and connections that Republicans have for the GOP is not the same feelings most Democrats have for the DNC. It just isn’t. Other than teachers and union members, people who voted for Democrats in the South (outside of urban areas) are not diehard party faithfuls. The GOP subculture is deeper because it is based on implementing the principles of their faith into governmental action for social and moral improvement.
Of course, I am not “going down that road” or “touching that with a ten foot pole” but I will say that if Americans lived the way good people should, our nation would be better. The delicate matter is that government in our system can’t force people to live “right.” Maybe we need a constitutional amendment on “acting like you have the good sense the good Lord gave a cat.”
For many southerners, the GOP is more than a political party. Like the Bulldog Nation and Gator Nation, the GOP is a subculture of like-minded people who do business together, attend church together, and often date and marry. It’s a comprehensive way of life. Did you see the eyes of the people at the RNC Convention—that is not just enthusiasm. We are taking about a good vs. evil battle fervor. Of course, we Democrats must be the anti-Christ or something. (Actually, the DNC convention was a little like that also; but that was about one outstanding dude rather than a party. A smooth GOP moderate move could be “Obama is exceptional but the jury is still out on the rest of them.)
Why are my GOP friends telling me they are surprised President-elect Obama doesn’t hate them. Newsflash: Barrack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are not “hating all the time” kind of people and if your moral compass did not pickup on that fact something is wrong with you.
If I had to call it, I would say that someone is catching negative vibes from talk radio and talk T.V.—on the far right and far left. Bottom line: if you take the time to interact with a variety of people, you might learn that your subculture and my subculture both want a better America—keep you filters on because negative cats (haters) will always pit groups against each others because that is what haters do.
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