"Rural Democrats: Party Ignored Us, Suffered the Consequences" - Rollcall

[murielm99]

4. I am a rural Democrat.

I am tired of being vivisected by writers, pundits and other know-nothings. I am tired of being blamed, too. My husband and I worked damned hard to elect Democrats, as we always do. We have enough divisions in our country right now. We don't need a bunch of asshole pundits creating false or exaggerated ones within our ranks.

While there may be some differences between us and our urban counterparts, I know the people all want the same things. They want security, jobs, health care, education, housing, dignity. This cuts across race, gender, creed and whatever else you can mention.

I know my neighbors. I know who will vote, who will sign my petitions, who can possibly be turned for certain elections and votes. I work on those people and with those people at every opportunity. Can all my urban counterparts make the same claim?

Fuck the stereotypes. And that goes for DU members who are dumping on us, too.