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In reply to the discussion: I'm seeing a bunch of posts and articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all]nikibatts
(2,198 posts)9. How do you explain how well Jesse Jackson did in Appalachia during his campaigns?
How do you explain that Jesse saw real suffering and real need there? Appalachia was an important part of his campaign.
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I'm seeing a bunch of posts and articles about "Hillbillies" & other rural whites... [View all]
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
OP
But we've just had 8 years of a Democratic administration that proved that all the fears of
Squinch
Mar 2017
#59
You can't prove a negative and I can tell you the Op is correct...they REALLY thought HRC was going
LaydeeBug
Mar 2017
#7
They thought HRC was the devil in human skin and had been running America in secret for 40 years
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#26
But *even* *more* than all that, it's the guns. This isn't because I agree with it either...
LaydeeBug
Mar 2017
#36
The "assault rifle ban" made AR type rifles more popular than they would have been otherwise...
PoliticAverse
Mar 2017
#3
How do you explain how well Jesse Jackson did in Appalachia during his campaigns?
nikibatts
Mar 2017
#9
I'm not trying to excuse them - Just tried to use a calmer tone of voice
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
#20
You don't realize it, I'm sure, but the same fear tactics worked on you re. gun control.
kcr
Mar 2017
#27
Meat is murder - So I've been told. Hunters know what harvesting meat entails
The Polack MSgt
Mar 2017
#30
I have never killed a deer but do understand why the herd has to be culled each year.
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#34
I have lived in a rural setting since 1969. I am anything but a hillbilly. I'm a liberal.
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#29
Many of these references come from the new well-known book "Hillbilly Elegy" by JD Vance
wishstar
Mar 2017
#42
dems need to clearly, unequivocally identify themselves as the party of GOOD jobs for the 99%;
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2017
#47