Sinclair Lewis invoked in NYTimes LTTE

[baby_bear]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/opinion/l09brooks.html
(last letter)

David Brooks seems to believe that the regional divide between the most urban and the most rural-suburban states on the electoral map has been overstated, and that a larger issue was safety from terrorism. If that is true, then why did the people in the nation's largest cities and Washington, who live daily with the very real threat of terrorism, vote overwhelmingly for John Kerry, while people in the most remote areas, least likely to be attacked, vote overwhelmingly for George W. Bush?

The electoral evidence clearly indicates that there is a major, meaningful urban-rural divide in this country. We must face this fact squarely to understand it and to forge a road to national unity. I, for one, shall begin by reading the novels of Sinclair Lewis.

Larry Deblinger
Nyack, N.Y., Nov. 6, 2004

----------
Sinclair Lewis, my favorite American author....read Babbitt, read It Can't Happen Here, read Elmer Gantry.....
it's all happening here, written nearly 80 years ago.

s_m

[ewagner]

1. ESPECIALLY ELMER GANTRY

Best description of the evangelical movement......

[idiosyncratic]

4. "Elmer Gantry" What a movie! If you haven't seen it, rent it!

n/t

[baby_bear]

7. It is a wonderful movie, but the book is even better .....n/t

[mhr]

2. For Those That Do Not Know - "It Can't Happen Here"

Is about the fascists takeover of the US by fundamentalists Christians.

It was written in the 1930s as the world watched the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy.

[reprehensor]

5. online text

hi mhr, good to see u

It Can't Happen Here

also,

Jack London wrote a story about fascism years before;

The Iron Heel

[mhr]

6. Hi Reprehensor, Thanks for the links!

eom

[idiosyncratic]

8. Did you see that Kerry had that book on a table

when he was being interviewed on TV one time? It was right on top.

Subtle message . . .

[Divernan]

3. Red state morons actually fear their pathetic bingo halls are targets

And you know , there's a good crowd at the Elks club every Friday night!