View From a "Red" State
Nov. 5th, 2008 08:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frustratedpilotIf you were unaware, Tennessee went for McCain over Obama by fifteen percentage points. The only areas in the state that Obama did better than McCain were Nashville, Memphis and a few suburbs of Memphis. People here are shocked and dismayed that McCain lost. What's worse, they resent the national coverage of showing the celebrations in the cities and the national Republicans being so quick to give up.
Quite a few people here see Obama as an alien, a traitor and a threat. Perhaps the silent majority will give Obama a chance, but I'm afraid of how many will not and take matters into their own hands. "PUMA" may soon be replaced with "NUMA" (National Unity...).
America may not be racist as a whole, but Tennessee is still more racist than outsiders may realize.
BTW, I considered it a foregone conclusion long ago that Obama would carry the National popular vote and probably the Electoral vote, but totally fail to carry Tennessee. That's why I voted for Brian Moore, in addition to the fact that nobody talked me out of it.
FP
Quite a few people here see Obama as an alien, a traitor and a threat. Perhaps the silent majority will give Obama a chance, but I'm afraid of how many will not and take matters into their own hands. "PUMA" may soon be replaced with "NUMA" (National Unity...).
America may not be racist as a whole, but Tennessee is still more racist than outsiders may realize.
BTW, I considered it a foregone conclusion long ago that Obama would carry the National popular vote and probably the Electoral vote, but totally fail to carry Tennessee. That's why I voted for Brian Moore, in addition to the fact that nobody talked me out of it.
FP
