Having just gotten back from a few days in Houston, and having driven the delightful Hwy 45 from Dallas on down through the most boring scenery ever, past Huntsville where you can see a sign advertising the Texas Prison Museum and a billboard with Old Sparky on it, past the enormous white statue of Sam Houston (67 feet tall!), well, it kinda makes you a little less certain about these elections.
Saw a billboard:
"No more porn!
Get reborn"
Jesus
-John3:16
(I swear, I have read the New Testament through several times and NEVER seen that verse, but maybe Jesus had certain poetic, Jesse Jackson capabilities I was unaware of.)
I do think that we elitist, educated, sophisticated people sometimes forget just how truly different certain demographics can be. And how strong they still are.
At a McD's on the way down (not a lot of culinary choices on this route), there were farmers in bib overalls- not the chic California ones, no, these are the real thing- there were cowboy hats and boots, there were stunningly huge butts on the women. This is a different world. These are people who have permanent flags decals on their trucks- not the cool small cotton ones we all had flying from our car windows after 9-11, and then replaced with our favorite sports team flag when they made it to the finals. These people have a different sense of America, I think. They love it passionately, they trust its symbols, they are disgusted by horrifying liberal moral and ethical decadence. Global anything is anathema.
These people love Huckabee. Heck, they still love George Bush. I;m not sure intelligence and education play into it very much. Except as a negative (damn Ivy league wimps). |
