"I voted for that idiot twice...Obama will be our next president"

[kpete]

"I voted for that idiot twice...Obama will be our next president"
by kdub
Sat Jun 07, 2008 at 07:27:54 AM PDT

Friday evening I came home from a short trip to find that my house had to have an emergency AC repair. I've chatted with one of the several brothers who owns the HVAC company before. The first brother I met a few years ago was a typical southwestern Virginia good old boy with a big NASCAR sticker collection on his metal clipboard and a side business/hobby of restoring classic VW Bugs and other cars. A family owned and well-established business, they are probably the largest in our rural region at the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains, AKA Appalachia.

Last night I met another one of the brothers......... - I just have to share this experience with everyone.

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First he said Obama's plan needed to happen, "we really need it." Then he went on: "The last eight years have accomplished nothing." "I have to admit, I voted for that idiot twice." He thought Bush would have been the one to deal with energy, but he didn't even try. Instead, everything from energy to Iraq is a mess and the Bush administration has wasted every opportunity to do something for the American people. The business has 20 trucks between their employees and owners; it now costs $100 to fill up each truck, and that just lasts about one day of work. He said they are now spending $1500-$2000 per day on fuel and it's killing them. Then he surprisingly said, "Imagine what it will be like when gas is $8 per gallon...maybe it's better if it does get to $8" because then the country will be forced to make changes. He never thought he would vote for a Democrat, but he wants those "in Washington" out and replaced. "McCain isn't going to do anything different."

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He said he talks to customers all day long who feel the same way. He said he had to have "talked to 25 people today;" it's a topic of conversation with EVERYONE - they will not vote for McCain. "Obama will be our next president."

So there you have it, from the mouth of a NASCAR-loving, small business-owning, pick-up truck-driving, 30-something white male in Appalachia. "Obama will be our next president." And he's happy about it.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/7/101418/6084/313/531588

[gateley]

1. K&R -- Cool! nt

[WillyT]

2. Great News !!! - K & R !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:kick:

:hi:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

3. Word to Big Bird everyone is fired up and ready to go!

I can't wait to get out and volunteer for Obama !

[The River]

4. K& R

off to the Greatest with you.
I suspect that these kinds of encounters
will become more and more frequent.

thanks kp

[Window]

5. WooHoo! I love it. Thanks for sharing. K/R.

:woohoo:

[LaurenG]

6. I think he'll win by a landslide against McCain. Nice story - Thanks! nt

[ananda]

7. Riddle me this..

Why would a n y o n e ever think that Bush
would be the one to deal with energy?

The mind boggles.

[Beregond2]

9. Because he was an oil man? Who knows.

The mind of a conservative is like a black hole: it swallows light.

[SergeyDovlatov]

8. Did he not pay attention the first four years? ...

I do not understand how somebody can vote for Bush twice and then get disappointed in him.
Unless the guy was hybernating for the first four years of his administration.

Those who voted for Bush in 2004 were definitely approving of his first term and thus should approve of his performance in the second term that was consistent with his first.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. "Because he went after the terraists " Bush luvs 'Murika.

Why do you hate 'Murika ?

[populistdriven]

11. Who is this 'Murika? Will he be my friend too? nt

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

12. 'Murika what is what I hear when Bush says America.

And thank God that will soon come to an end.

[roguevalley]

14. its everywhere I go. people are seriously unhappy.

[knixphan]

13. NASCAR - The final frontier...

[pansypoo53219]

15. oh, is this how georgee unites?

disgust?

[truedelphi]

16. The unity thing had to happen sometime.

Too bad it didn't happen before he got us involved in war and mortgage chicanery.

[Cha]

17. THAnks kpete!

I tell ya..it's the Perfect Storm for someone like Obama!