With all the wrong-headed things happening in NC, I don't get that there is no attention from the national media and little from the local, which I'm sure supports every bad thing these bozos do, about what is happening here. Without some attention, people will just go along like there's nothing that can be done and keep electing all the worst people, who will make sure, through gerrymandering, that they never face a serious challenge. They'll vote to keep us safe from gay marriage and Communists and ignore the real issues. That polls show Virginia Foxx as the Republican with the best shot against Senator Hagan says it all. Most people just don't pay attention and vote against their economic interests, but never figure out where the blame should be - on themselves.
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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A GOPer in drag! Oh the horror!
With all the wrong-headed things happening in NC, I don't get that there is no attention from the national media and little from the local, which I'm sure supports every bad thing these bozos do, about what is happening here. Without some attention, people will just go along like there's nothing that can be done and keep electing all the worst people, who will make sure, through gerrymandering, that they never face a serious challenge. They'll vote to keep us safe from gay marriage and Communists and ignore the real issues. That polls show Virginia Foxx as the Republican with the best shot against Senator Hagan says it all. Most people just don't pay attention and vote against their economic interests, but never figure out where the blame should be - on themselves.
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