A very brave redneck for Obama...

[Mari333]

Tattooed Redneck Jason Hill is known as Cupcake to his friends and would appear to be an unlikely Barack Obama supporter.

He spoke to the BBC's Matthew Price about his support for the Democrat, and why some of his friends will not vote for a black man.




http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7704636.stm

[BlooInBloo]

1. I have no problem with hicks who have a proper appreciation of their own best interest....

I'll still poke fun at them, naturally. :P


EDIT: I heart that guy. I really, really heart him.

[Joe the Liberal]

4. Ditto. nt

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Wow. What a great person. Not only is he going against what some people believe is the

"Redneck" stereotype, but he is standing up and putting his money where his mouth is..out on the highway giving out Obama Bumper stickers...
He is not just brave...He is very smart cause he knows where his own best interests are.

[Cleita]

3. This says something really bad about our nation than anyone has to be

brave to express their preference for a candidate running for any office in an election but especially the Presidency. Shit, in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, the candidates won because people were afraid to vote for the opposition candidates. Is this what we have become?

[Elwood P Dowd]

10. I have friends here in Alabama that want to vote for Obama but will not

because they will be stigmatized by their church or neighborhood as "liberal" or "Anti-American". It's a pack mentality here and in many other parts of the country. The good news is that my 90-year-old mother will vote for Obama, and she has totally pissed off my two republican sisters. Now they think we're both crazy and won't speak to us.

[Cleita]

11. I'm sorry about that Elwood and that you feel you have to

kow tow to those people. Sometimes you have to stand up to them and be alone and ostracized for awhile. I spent a lot of my life doing just that, but found out that I did find acceptance in a community eventually that I had more in common with in the long run. Even here on DU there are other DUers who do not like me at all because of what I stand for.

[Elwood P Dowd]

15. I went to anti-war demonstrations when I was a draftee in the Army (Vietnam era).

The grief I catch from relatives today is child's play compared to that. Thinking back, they could have shipped me out of my safe job in Washington, DC to some nasty places I didn't want to visit.

[BlooInBloo]

12. "Tribal" is the word that's commonly used to describe that....

I think this is where I first heard of the concept:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2004/11/very-old-story-i-think-support-for-bush.html

[SmileyRose]

5. "you don't look like the kind of guy who would vote for Obama"

er -- you can tell that from how someone looks? Obviously the BBC dude hasn't been to many Obama rallies. Me either but right there on the TeeVee screen is about every kind of "look" you can dream up at Obama rallies.

[The Shadow]

6. Fellow Union Brother! Informed Rednecks Are Democrats

Notice his shirt. the logo is the IAMAW (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers). My former union (member for 20 years). That's why he is voting for Obama, because as a union member he is an informed voter and knows what he is talking about. By the way, the only reason I say former, is that a promotion seven years ago brought me to a position that is represented by the AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees). That's one thing I appreciate about a good union, they make sure their members are informed. Contrary to popular belief we do not vote a particular party line. However union members never vote against their better interests and we all know that republicans hate us. I'll give you one guess to figure out what party we usually support.

P.S. I just realized that his sign is union too: IAM for Obama (IAM is how one commonly refers to the IAMAW)

[Historic NY]

7. I know people who I would not have bet on them voting for OBAMA...

but they are.

[APL Productions]

8. Obama's going to be a great President...

And with a super-majority in the House and 60+ Democratic seats in the Senate (if not this election, then 2010), we'll get to work fixing this country, restoring it to the glory it once had. Good to see support from somewhere I'd never have expected it!

[panAmerican]

9. I give him credit for reading Obama's plan instead of relying on scare-tactic emails

[99th_Monkey]

13. This guy illustrates, as well as Colin Powell, why Obama is going to win.

The GOP jig is up. Plain and simple.

[Libertyfirst]

14. Jason Hills are the real heroes in this campaign.

You can bet he has taken a lot of crap from friends and strangers. But he believes in electing the best person, regardless of race, knows why that person is best and is out hitting the streets for him. People like Jason Hill make me ashamed I was unable to do more.