An important note from the Rude Pundit:

[kpete]

… I know a shit-ton of people down South and in the Midwest, working- and middle-class whites, most of whom never went to college, some not even graduating from high school, who think Donald Trump is a fucking hateful fraud, a showboating pissant, and a giant talking turd. When you try to “figure out” what drives Trump supporters and think that those of us who say, “Yeah, fuck them” are smug coast-clinging liberals, you are insulting the fuck out of the millions of people in Trump country who grew up in similar circumstances and decided that being racist, sexist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, and conspiracy-theory-loving jerk is wrong and work to make their area of the United States a little more tolerant and progressive…

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2016/10/yeah-sorry-but-fuck-donald-trumps.html

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Rec

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ...... nt

[gwheezie]

3. Yup

My horse shoer is a self described redneck good old boy. He wears bib overalls and clod hoppers, plays banjo & goes to a holy roller church. He hated Bush, he voted for Obama twice & hates trump with a passion. He lives on the family farm with 3 generations of family.

[okaawhatever]

33. Excellent. nt

[Skittles]

4. yup

stereotyping is wrong no matter who is doing it

[2naSalit]

6. It's true.

I live in a sort of purple state but the dumpster fire has lit a pile of trash under the fannies of a bunch of well off rancher types in Montana, the rest of us roll our eyes and keep up polite appearances when in the presence of those who got lit up and are also packin' heat. And we do vote, educated or not.

[NightWatcher]

7. Preach. Anyone can be a lefty in California, but it takes courage to be one in Georgia, Alabama....

[Stuart G]

8. k and r..nt

[trof]

9. Yeah, OK. But there sure ain't a shit ton of us in Alabama.

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..."

[lark]

13. Not many liberals in No. FL. either

[trof]

14. Panhandle = AL/GA

[mobeau69]

16. Outside of Indianapolis and Bloomington, IN = MS

[mountain grammy]

22. Plenty of Trump idiots up here in the mountains too.

I've stopped speaking to people. Childish, I know, but if they support Trump, in my opinion, they are supporting Hitler and there's no reasoning, because, emails or some other stupid shit. I can't stand these people.

[TonyPDX]

36. NW FL is a panhandle, too.

[Ligyron]

29. Ahh, but Gainesville.

The once magic city of mushrooms. Still plenty of hippies there.

[GatorDem82]

38. Liberal living in "Middleburg"

I actually think there are a good number of liberals here but they are concentrated in and around the Southside area. A lot of young professionals that are Dems. But I think overall the nasty right is much more vocal here and Dems seem quiet.

[lark]

39. Hi, I live in Jax.

On my floor at work there are 65 people and only 3 of us are white Democrats and the other 2 are fairly moderate. I mainly talk politics at work, quietly, with my more liberal black friends. I live in middle class suburbia and it's a heavily Repug area.

[countryken]

42. North Florida

We moved from Pittsburgh to Jacksonville at the end of '97. During the three months when my wife was selling the house up there and I was buying the house down here, I'd sign all my letters and emails with "The only liberal in Jacksonville". She kept replying, "Have you been to the UU Church yet?" Well, I finally found friends that I could see eye to eye with there. Then I met all the folk music people and I found more. Now the bluegrassers are still right of center, but to quote Anne Feeney, "There are more of us out there than they think."

[lark]

46. Wow, I'd forgotten all about Unitarian Univeralist.

that is what you are referencing, right? I'm surprised they are still open, used to go there in the late 60's70's, to their coffee houses, and listen to folk music and hang out in a friendly environment. I'm going through some not so good changes in my life and have been looking to expand my small social circle, so maybe I will check it out? I'm kind of shy in groups, so going by myself is a little scary, but no pain, no gain?

You don't happen to know the Noll's do you They moved to Jax around that time snd were originally from Pittsburgh. I went to several parties at their house years ago and know they had a number of relatives move here from there. Through changes in our lives, we lost touch, although I remain FB friends with Chuck. You can send me a PM if you want or this could be a swing and a miss, lol.

[HughBeaumont]

47. Except for Columbus, Northeast Ohio, the border counties and Athens . . .

Ohio is a veritable Sea of Tea.

[flygal]

37. it's not just the south

look at the bright red areas all over the country. I think Wyoming and one of the Dakotas has the highest percentage. I know there are counties in Montana that were 90% republican. South gets the blame but racism is all over.

[raging moderate]

43. You're right.

Thank you for reminding us.

[smirkymonkey]

10. K&R

[mdbl]

11. Superbly stated

He's about as eloquent as you can get when talking about the basket of deplorables.

[nolabear]

12. And they desperately need our support.

[GoneOffShore]

15. As much as I would like to share this, and I agree with it, there's a problem

It's alienating.

And no, I'm not doing the 'concern' thing on it. The sentiments are correct, the facts are correct, it's just that some people won't get past the title.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Well written

[ProudProgressiveNow]

18. K&R nt

[yardwork]

19. I love him so much.

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. RP speaks to truth..

[mountain grammy]

23. K & R

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. WTF is "Trump Country"?

Oh yeah,...that's right.

From tee to shining tee.

[WinkyDink]

35. If the courses are in Red states, maybe.

[judesedit]

25. I agree. I am one of them. Please let's show it by voting and supporting Hillary. A Trump hate

filled administration will set this country back a hundred years. Equal means equal. What more needs to be said.

[Warpy]

26. He's correct, as usual

I think it was a couple of days ago that I pointed out that most of Trump's support comes from white suburbs.

[calimary]

27. I Love-Love-Love the Rude one!

EVERY time. He never disappoints!

[lindysalsagal]

28. Upstate NY is fRumpland.

They're everywhere, even in the bluest of blue states.

You can't fix stupid.

The fool decided to run for his first office: The most important job in the world. Duh.

[Ligyron]

30. K to the R! n/t

[Hekate]

31. Preach it, Rude One

[lillypaddle]

32. You go, Rude

[Botany]

34. Say it to me brother

I ain't playing nice with shitheels and ratfuckers, and I won't abide pompous blowhards and
the fools who follow them.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/10/donald_trump_s_supporters_are_standing_by_their_man.html

Very little had changed since the last time I visited a Trump rally, back in the primaries. Outside the venue, a woman dressed as Trump led a woman dressed as Hillary around by a metal chain attached to a neck shackle. Inside, a man wore a T-shirt that read, “She’s a cunt. Vote for Trump.” The crowd began to chant “CNN sucks!” all on its own, before anyone had even prompted it to. A solemn recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance bled into “USA! USA!,” which morphed into that old standby: “Lock her up! Lock her up!”

[Divine Discontent]

40. Like all the IDIOTS saying things like

" between the two of those Trump supporters they might have a complete set of teeth"


I see that on every website at some point, as I did the other day on a site with comments about those two wannabe nazi gun owners in VA harassing the Dem candidate's office. I've seen it here several times over the years. Also, nasty comments about how fat people are.

Most of us have suffered quite a bit in our lives financially, and some of us have horrible teeth because of it. Others have weight issues. I really am disappointed when I see people run down the weight and dental problems of our adversaries. So, kudos to the RP for saying basically. hey, we have people against Donald's filth who are from trailer parks, farms, the country, etc. Let each person reflect their views by their words and actions - not through their appearance.

[47of74]

41. I know such people

They wouldn't let The Orange Anus touch them with a ten foot pole.

[Eleanors38]

45. Thank you for this. I note, too, that not all of his 38-40% favorables are rural...

...if they were, the countryside would really be a mess!