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[Blakjak]

Anybody read Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas? I'm about halfway through it now and I find it very interesting. Druid you're from Kansas right lol. No, but it really is a thought-provoking read, something I think everyone should try and muscle their way through.

*I know this isn't about the War on Terror but it deals with politics so I thought it would be relevant.

This post has been edited by Blakjak: 06/27/05 4:55pm

[Druid]

Found an ebook copy of it,
My opinion is the guy is full of himself.
The theme of his book is conservatives vote conservative only because they don't know better. Sorry but the guy is an idiot, this is the same self righteous self serving attitude sweeping through the Democratic party right now.
With that said I would have to agree with some of his points, many conservatives are conservatives without understanding why or if it's in their best interest but the same goes for Liberals.
I can say this because I'm a libertarian, to me both parties are full of shit in their own very distinct ways.

libertarian = One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.

I found his remarks about Kansas ans specifically Wichita pretty laughable.
The idea he went to what was suppose to be a busy street and no one was around?? LMAO
Per capita, wichita is the air capital of the world. Withn this small city we have Boeing ( which is now Mid-western Aircraft ) Airbus, Bombardier, Cessna and Beech/Raytheon. Plus all the small companies that support the industry.
A few years ago we suffered the largest downturn in aircraft history but despite that Wichita is still growing above the national average.
Yet he refers to it as a ghost town??? Don't think so.

I especially got a laugh out of his spin job on why the poorest county in the US, which isn't even in Kansas would back Bush by an 80% majority, when according to him it obviously wasn't in their best interest. Very nice side step on the the whole issue the Dem's brought nothing to the table or the huge mistake making their front man Kerry, who didn't couldn't even decide what side of the issues he was on much less what changes he would make to improve things. Kerry's platform amounted to little more than "I'm not Bush"

There are several mistakes in his book. The 1st one that comes to mind is his suggestion that the poor MISTAKINGLY voted for bush agaisnt their true best interest. Actually the truth is the increased precentage of people voting for bush was in line with steps up the income ladder,. Exit pools showed the poorest group was almost a perfect 50-50 split, but then then increasing in Bush's favor as personal income went up.