Mass Bashing

[baltodemvet]

Take a look at this by Paul Waldman at Gadflyer.

http://gadflyer.com/articles/?ArticleID=247

I'm glad he raised this. Bush makes no pretense at any attempt to respect the regonal and cultural diversity of America. He's a divider.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. This is great

"To hear him tell it, Massachusetts is not a state now on its fourth Republican governor in a row or one with one of the lowest tax burdens in the country, as the Boston Globe recently reported, but some sort of Sodom on the Bay, with 90% tax rates, mandatory Wicca ceremonies in public schools, and an anarcho-syndicalist majority in the state legislature. How could "real" Americans be expected to accept a candidate from such a place?"

Ummm...can you say Cradle of Liberty? Americans would be singing "God Save the Queen" with British lilts if it weren't for a bunch of PATRIOTS from Massachusetts!

[GainesT1958]

5. True, but keep in mind...

Massachusetts didn't have a monopoly on patriots! We had 'em around these parts, too. The Mecklengurg Declaration of Independence, signed in Charlotte, predated the national one. Charlotte later was known as "A hornets' nest of rebellion" by Lord Cornwallis in his letter to King George. The Battle of Moore's Creek near Wilmington had Scots (Royal Scots Regiment) v. Scots (local militias). And it was a Virginian, Partick Henry, who exclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death!". Not to mention, of course, two other Virginians named Jefferson and Washington.:eyes:

Just as in 1776, Massachusetts residents are going to need some HELP in ridding this nation of a common enemy--and a despot, at that!:D

:kick:

B-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. But your state doesn't get labeled COMMIE

hence my diatribe...

[Bluebear]

8. Remember my photo essay?

I TOLD you we're dangerous up here!

[vademocrat]

2. Um, there were also a few patriots from a place called Virginia...

sorry, regional pride...couldn't resist!

:shrug:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. But Virginia doesn't get slammed as a 'commie' state all the time

which is why I bring up our history here in Mass. The Abolitionist movement was pretty strong here too.

[vademocrat]

13. You've got a point!

Hopefully, we can join the great state of Massachusetts in casting our electoral votes for the next President of the United States, John Kerry!

GOTV=Kerry Landslide

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. DUPE

[sr_pacifica]

6. Good article

I'm glad to hear Kerry turn the tables and deride these backward states which Bush and his followers think are just so normal and American. Intellectually bankrupt and socially retro is more like it. He's speaking for a lot of us who are fed up with insults about our respective cultures which happen to be cutting-edge, progressive, and liberal or left-of-liberal.

[GRLMGC]

7. He hasn't

because he's not like that. It's not right to deride any part of the country. The writer was just laying out a scenario that would draw howls of protest from conservatives.

[sr_pacifica]

9. Thank you for clarification.

I read it over to see if he was reporting something real or in fantasy, but I couldn't tell.

[GRLMGC]

10. You're welcome

I'm sorry if I sounded a little nasty.

[TahitiNut]

11. Smirk & Sneer depend on bigots of all kinds.

The "Massachusetts Liberal" smear is both anti-Catholic and appeals to the Southern regional bigots.