The Democratic party is such a crazy place to to be aligned with in the Carolinas. There's Al Green down south of us, who is surely the biggest joke in politics right now, even though the shenanigans of Sharon Angle, Rand Paul, etc., are pretty far out. Now there's this guy--who is trying to get to the right of McHenry?! The litmus test of Republicans is, you have to be for the Free Market, support big banks and big oil, oppose abortion and gay marriage, say you favor strict construction (though of course you really mean that only selectively) and generally hate anything Obama wants. But to be a Democrat you just have to say you are one. It's kinda like taking Jesus as your Savior, that's all it takes.
J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
The views expressed on WataugaWatch are solely those of J.W. Williamson or individual contributors and are not necessarily shared nor endorsed by the Watauga County Democratic Party nor by any other adults of sound mind in this or any other universe.
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The Democratic party is such a crazy place to to be aligned with in the Carolinas. There's Al Green down south of us, who is surely the biggest joke in politics right now, even though the shenanigans of Sharon Angle, Rand Paul, etc., are pretty far out. Now there's this guy--who is trying to get to the right of McHenry?! The litmus test of Republicans is, you have to be for the Free Market, support big banks and big oil, oppose abortion and gay marriage, say you favor strict construction (though of course you really mean that only selectively) and generally hate anything Obama wants. But to be a Democrat you just have to say you are one. It's kinda like taking Jesus as your Savior, that's all it takes.
"The litmus test of Republicans is, you have to... support big banks and big oil" - Brotherdoc
Komrade, I believe you are late for your weekly brain bleaching.
Yes, indeed, Brotherdoc! "Blondie" here, will fill you in.
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