Hope remains important, and still holds a certain power, as ethereal as it may seem.
Here in New Orleans, I've seen the very best and the very worst of America in action. I think the GOP's old bogeyman sales pitch is quickly running out of gas (and who can afford it at 5 bucks a gallon anyway!). When Mr. Wanted Dead or Alive himself lost all visible interest in Bin Laden, the real bogyeman became much more evident. And he lives in the White House.
From where I sit, in a big fat red state called Louisiana, more and more people are starting to get that. The only people around here who still retain a degree of affection for Bush are the very-out-of-touch old money families -- and although they still have power to pick a lot of the Louisiana politicians, they are becoming helpless in terms of the city ones, and are even less influential in national elections.
Don't get me wrong, I'm highly nervous about this coming presidential election -- racism is still a huge issue here, and it could tip the scales. But I still have a shred of faith reserved for my countrymen.
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Date: 2008-09-29 09:56 pm (UTC)Here in New Orleans, I've seen the very best and the very worst of America in action. I think the GOP's old bogeyman sales pitch is quickly running out of gas (and who can afford it at 5 bucks a gallon anyway!). When Mr. Wanted Dead or Alive himself lost all visible interest in Bin Laden, the real bogyeman became much more evident. And he lives in the White House.
From where I sit, in a big fat red state called Louisiana, more and more people are starting to get that. The only people around here who still retain a degree of affection for Bush are the very-out-of-touch old money families -- and although they still have power to pick a lot of the Louisiana politicians, they are becoming helpless in terms of the city ones, and are even less influential in national elections.
Don't get me wrong, I'm highly nervous about this coming presidential election -- racism is still a huge issue here, and it could tip the scales. But I still have a shred of faith reserved for my countrymen.