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A Ten Gallon Hat Problem
It looks to me as though the Republican attempt to link Obama to radical leftists is having great success here in Texas. Political signs are going up all over the place in my neighborhood — and so far, every last one of them says, “McCain-Palin”.
Of course, even when times are flush, the “tax and spend Democrats” line plays very well here, but things look a bit different this year.
It seems that my neighbors are convinced that socialism is coming on little Obama-ridden hooves… and the name of his horse is Taxes.
Personally, I think their Ten Gallon Hats are blocking their vision.
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4 Responses to “A Ten Gallon Hat Problem”
Odd that the largest hats tend to cover the smallest minds…
It's like the guys who buy the big, lifted trucks to compensate for a little….
…Nevermind…….lol…
Polimom it's nice to meet another Texas posting on TheModerateVoice.
The yard-sign phenomenon is very alive and well here in Central Texas. I regularly get re-circulated e-mails from friends and family here that emphasize that Obama is a secret Muslim, the overwhelming concerns about “Reverend” Wright, and how the liberals threaten our very existence.
Silhouette I saw the funniest thing earlier in the summer: a beefed-up, tall and large-tired pickup with multiple hunting stickers, complete with a mounted set of longhorns in the passenger compartment (across the back window), and a McCain sticker prominent mid-stage, two flags flying from the truck-bed tie-downs, and a pair of tennis-ball-sized “truck testicles” hanging off of the trailer hitch. This was outside of a “Crate and Barrel” restaurant that was serving chicken-fried steak as the dinner special (I ate it too) –I wish I had a way to post a photograph of this truck. Even Texans have a sense of humor.
Yeah, Texas is pretty solid republican country…at least in rural Texas. Driving around the past couple of weeks in places like Bandera County, Uvalde County, Blanco, Kendall, Karnes, Goliad, Caldwell, Gonzales, Del Webb…all I saw were solid blue McCain/Palin signs all around. Tacked onto barb wire fences, ranch gates, pickup trucks – rural Texas is McCain Country. (The only place I saw a significant Obama presence was in Burnet County, interestingly enough)
Here in urban San Antonio, I see very little political activity and signs at all, except for various bumper stickers on cars. And here, it's a mix.
Then again, rural Texas is so very lightly populated – the county seats of most of the counties I listed above only have a couple thousand people total (Bandera proudly boasts a population of 957). I would be willing to bet that Bexar County alone has a larger population than all of the southern half of Texas between El Paso, Houston and Austin combined.
SINCE the hateful comments at the rallies, at least five McCain-Palin signs have appeared in my neighborhood. I'm horrified. Anybody want to buy a house?