"rural" Wisconsin in the Red

[rodeodance]

This is major reason why Wi may go Red come Nov. 2!!

"http://www.madison.com/tct/news//index.php?ntid=14868&ntpid=9"

Bush's social positions resonate at state rally ?

By David Callender
October 27, 2004



RICHLAND CENTER - President Bush came to tout his economic policies, but it was his stance against same-sex marriage and abortion and his potential choices for the federal bench that drew some of the biggest applause here on Tuesday.

Bush won a standing ovation when he told about 2,000 supporters at Richland Center High School "we stand for marriage and families, which are the foundation of our society."

He also noted that Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry voted against both the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages, and a ban on the late-term abortion procedure known as partial birth abortion. The ban was later overturned by a federal court as unconstitutional.

"On values issues, his words are murky, but his votes are clear," Bush said of Kerry.

[still_one]

1. what is your point to demoralize people?

if there is a large voter turnout we win big it is as simple as that

These bullshit stories are worthless

[shaolinmonkey]

2. Many of our fellow Wisconsinites are dumb as a bag of hammers.

The "sportsmen for Bush" can't even eat the fish they catch and they want this moron back in office? Jumpin' H Catfish!

[saigon68]

12. Voting for Repuke Millionaires

Living in tar paper shacks

They some how see the chimp as Pro-life.






They will tell you

KILL THE RAG-HEADS

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Then again, some rural Wisconsinites are waking up.

I've been seeing plenty of pro-Kerry letters form my old neck of the woods in the Press-Gazzete.

[sybylla]

4. Rural Wisconsin doesn't matter

And I say that as a rural Wisconsinite. Wisconsin will go the way Madison and Milwaukee go. As long as they are both going for Kerry, Wisconsin will go Kerry.

Jonathan Chance also has a great point. "Rural" voters all get lumped together and that is wrong. As rural as my county is, it still only votes 60/40 Republican and always goes for its Dem congressmen. And like Jonathan, I have seen a great movement out here in the rural areas much like that seen in urban areas. There are people participating in campaigns during this election that have never left their couch to do anything more than vote in the past, if that.

If rural Wisconsin goes red, blame it on the lack of effective media out here, not on right-wing ravings about defense of marriage and the right to keep and bear arms.

[Viking12]

5. Better red than dead; Don't give up on rural WI

We need all the votes and "red" doesn't = 100%. Just because counties are drawn red doesn't mean that there isn't a good number of Kerry supporters outstate. GOTV!!

[mockmonkey]

6. I think the rural areas will split

50/50 and Milwaukee/Madison will be in Kerrys corner. So we win!

No red for us my friend.

[RevCheesehead]

7. only 2,000? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Nikia]

8. There are more Kerry supporters than you would think

There are people who seldomn or never voted who are looking forward to voting against Bush on November 2. They hope Kerry will make things better. Yes, a lot of rural Wisconsinites are socially conservative, but Wisconsin has really been burned economically. Rural people are also more concerned about gas prices because they often have to drive long distances to work and/or for shopping. They are also more likely to have relatives risking their lives in Iraq. I think that there will be more people voting for Kerry in rural Wisconsin than have voted for Democratic candidates in a long time even if the majority still end up voting for Bush.

[magdalena]

10. I agree completely Nikia

In my parents rural Wisco neighborhood, everyone for the most part has been socially conservative, but it seems in this election year things are much different. All these people are steamed at shrub for being fiscally liberal and pissing away our budget surplus, allowing all their jobs to get outsourced (my mom has been laid off twice due to plant closings), gas prices being unimaginably high, using their Rx drug cards only to find out it would cost them more than with their current health plans, relatives being wounded and killed in a war that they know was frivolous.

My father has always been a staunch repug, but absolutely despises shrub and his administration. He has taken the xtra steps to actively support Kerry, even when historically any pro-Dem sign in your yard could turn into a brick through your window. He is not the only one....

I think there are going to be plenty of surprises out of the rural areas of many states come this election day.

[RetroLounge]

9. Load of crap

:wtf:

RL

[Poiuyt]

11. Didn't Bush just come out in favor of same sex civil unions?

Flip flop

[Southsideirish]

13. Will you reveal your "true" self Nov 2?

[eauclaireliberal]

14. Richland Center?

Oh Please. Don't thnk that this will be a problem. Also note that the Chimp had to go to a HIGH SCHOOL to do this, much the same way he sat in a pre-school classroom during the 9-11 attacks.

I would say that 90% (or more) of farms in Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Barron, Rusk counties have Kerry-Edwards signs planted all over...these are the same folks who believed that a hick getting a blow job on easter by a "Jewess" was the biggest threat to national security.

[goddess40]

15. the f-ing idiots in Colby WI are afraid of terrorist attacks

I'm sorry but how f-ing stupid can some people be?

[Dinger]

16. Are You A Democrat?

Just asking.

[Zynx]

17. Oh, Bush is popular at a Bush rally. Uh-huh. Loyalty Oaths do that.

Michels is getting crunched because, among other reasons, his hardcore social issue positions are out of sync with Wisconsin in general.