Some good news, I live in redneck southern Ohio

[doc03]

and a couple of the guys I know that said they would never vote for a n----- said today they were voting for Obama they didn't care if he was green.

[Kolesar]

1. yeah, I got that "he's not my n----- " comment back during the primary

..an anti-war coworker, of all people. It really surprised me. I have not asked him his opinion since. Should I?

[doc03]

2. It is finally sinking in to a few of them. n/t

[Jennicut]

3. well that n - - - - - - - is going to help them on the economy

so they better get with the program or have nothing to blame but themselves. Obama is really coming up against some racism but that is to be expected when one challenges the system. I hear lots of stuff about how voters in Ohio and PA think Obama does not connect with them enough but it seems like racism underneath.

[thereismore]

4. For some people, n------- is just a word, it is so commonly spoken. Sad. nt

[peace13]

5. In Ohio it would only be spoken by an ignorant fool. n/t

[flpoljunkie]

6. Ah, the light dawns. Great to hear it!

[Orsino]

7. "Here you are all equally worthless."

Your post made me think of the Gunny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L87KmDy046w

[doc03]

9. There's something I don't miss the

Drill Sargent, I remember ours he had a Mexican accent and his favorite saying was you f----- dickheads your ass is grass an I am the lawn mower. We were dickheads, maggots and f---- Yankees to the southerners. Don't worry about your wives or your little girlfriends back home Jody is f----- the hell out of her now. Boy those were the good old days. :sarcasm:

[Orsino]

11. I remember a History Channel show on Marine boot camp...

...and an interview with a DI who described his job as half stand-up comic.

[doc03]

12. There was this guy working as boss for a contractor

in my plant and the way he walked and acted he reminded me of a Drill Sargent. So one day I asked him if he was ever a Drill Sargent and he said he was for 7 years. According to him they would asign the southerners to train the Yankees and the northerners to train the rednecks just to screw with your mind.

[NatBurner]

14. I was a Drill Sgt in my Army daze

and I swear, it was hard to keep a straight face.

[Orsino]

16. I went into Army Basic Training ten years older than many of my platoon-mates.

It was hard for me to keep a straight face sometimes, too. BCT is designed for the young and impressionable, I think.

As long as a recruit acts scared and stressed often enough, he's golden. One learns to simulate. :D

[Arugula Latte]

8. Funny, when their green paper is jeopardized, THEN they don't mind voting green.

:eyes:

[Max_powers94]

13. The the color of the day is green

[nc4bo]

15. Was just think the same thing. Keep telling these people to vote on the dang issues.

I'd say that money is a very large issue.

We'll take 'em.

[DangerousRhythm]

10. Hey, whatever it takes. I mean that's technically progress...

Some people need to be dragged out of the Stone Age kicking and screaming and the failing economy is unfortunately a fabulous way to get that particular job done. These guys probably see our economy going down in flames and that is enough for them. I only wish it were under better circumstances, but hey... a vote is a vote. :)