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Dave Bowman

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2. He sure is a Shady character.

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Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:55 PM

Jul 26

ETA: Bowman? Sounds familiar.

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About this so called hillbilly. His real name is [View all] doc03 Jul 26 OP

I'd feel sorry for him if he wasn't such a dick.n/t Dennis Donovan Jul 26 #1

He sure is a Shady character. Dave Bowman Jul 26 #2

Shady Vance is a good substitute for JD peggysue2 Jul 26 #22

he is trash no matter where he is from Skittles Jul 26 #3

+1 Dave Bowman Jul 26 #6

Post removed Post removed Jul 26 #37

... William769 Jul 26 #39

LOL Skittles Jul 26 #41

Effing troll Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 26 #43

He's as much of a con as his "mentor" tRump...... a kennedy Jul 26 #4

His grandmother tried to set his grandpa on fire crazylikafox Jul 26 #5

The surname on his High School diploma is rogerashton Jul 26 #7

I wonder if he got his idea for his book from doc03 Jul 26 #8

Here's a Bluegrass version rogerashton Jul 26 #33

I did a search the other day, Appalachia does not run through Ohio. He may have lived in a very poor area, but it is debm55 Jul 26 #9

I have always heard southeast Ohio and considered doc03 Jul 26 #11

I live in Southwestern PA and it is poor. area. But the Mountains do not go through the area. I wish he would stop debm55 Jul 26 #14

Geographically eastern Ohio and western PA are not in the Appalachian Mountains doc03 Jul 26 #32

me too et tu Jul 26 #45

He doesn't claim Middletown is Appalachia. maxsolomon Jul 26 #13

Agree. I went to college at PennState in central PA Those people in the surrounding areas could be called Appalachian debm55 Jul 26 #16

He got his degree through a DEI program I bet nt doc03 Jul 26 #34

I paid for mine myself. Parents said college was a waste of time for girls. and refused to help me. debm55 Jul 26 #38

Southeastern Ohio is in the Appalachian foothills and it is considered a part of Appalachia. doc03 Jul 26 #28

It does run into Ohio. Celerity Jul 26 #15

Literally posting the ARC map at the same time; *raises a glass* Alice B. Jul 26 #18

Yes. Those are subregions , But the Mountains themselves do no run through Ohio. debm55 Jul 26 #19

I was not speaking to the level of mountainous terrain, I was showing that Appalachia as a region does extend Celerity Jul 26 #23

Thank you. debm55 Jul 26 #26

Thank you it is a better map than I posted. nt doc03 Jul 26 #36

Apparently he's claiming Appalachia because he visited family back in Eastern Kentucky some summers. summer_in_TX Jul 26 #47

Sounds like he's as much a "hillbilly" as Robert James Ritchie is a "redneck". nt Carlitos Brigante Jul 26 #10

He isn't claiming that Middletown is Appalachia. maxsolomon Jul 26 #12

I read his book and watched the movie. Both stunk. I am hard pressed to say I am a Hillbilly. I was taken aback at debm55 Jul 26 #20

Yes, Cincinnati is full of Appalachian descent folk. Celerity Jul 26 #21

One more time, with feeling: Appalachia stretches from the Deep South into NY (and yes, a little bit of Ohio, too) Alice B. Jul 26 #17

I thank you for the links. I looked at the second link and I am very familiar with a alot of the areas. TY But we debm55 Jul 26 #24

Cheers! Alice B. Jul 26 #25

He says his grandparents saved him and he reveres them. viva la Jul 26 #27

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 26 #29

JD vishnura Jul 26 #30

JD Vance or whats his name today. vishnura Jul 26 #31

JD Vance was born James Donald Bowman? And he changed his name? THREE TIMES? LetMyPeopleVote Jul 26 #35

Hus mother was a nurse and stole her patients' pain meds obamanut2012 Jul 26 #40

I am a hillbilly. kentuck Jul 26 #42

TY for clarification. The one thing I learned a bit about from Vance's book was out-migration... Hekate Jul 26 #48

The Post had a long article about Vance. He spent a lot of time at his grandparents place in Kentucky because his Martin68 Jul 26 #44

A friend loaned the book to me to read as soon as it came out. kentuck Jul 26 #46