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Tennessee - Kerry can't win it. But can Bush lose it? By David Plotz
by Rattle at 4:52 am EDT, Jul 6, 2004 |
] DuPree points me toward Brentwood, a town - or rather
] endless series of developments - north of Franklin. In
] Brentwood, the houses under construction are so big that
] workers look like ants on them, like a Salgado
] photograph. Princeton Hills, a Brentwood McMansion
] development, seems the perfect encapsulation of the new
] suburban Tennessee. At the gate of the development stands
] a brick frieze of a Confederate general in battle. Behind
] the gate, enormous mansions. Down the street, a Baptist
] church the size of an arena. Across the road, another
] field of McMansions going up, McMansions as far as the
] eye can see - each one another Republican vote, another
] $2,000 in the Bush campaign war chest. "McMansion" |
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RE: Tennessee - Kerry can't win it. But can Bush lose it? By David Plotz
by noteworthy at 8:18 am EDT, Jul 6, 2004 |
Rattle wrote:
] "McMansion" "exurbia" |
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RE: Tennessee - Kerry can't win it. But can Bush lose it? By David Plotz
by Decius at 9:58 am EDT, Jul 6, 2004 |
Rattle wrote:
] ] Across the road, another
] ] field of McMansions going up, McMansions as far as the
] ] eye can see - each one another Republican vote, another
] ] $2,000 in the Bush campaign war chest.
]
] "McMansion" Not an unreasonable description of Brentwood. They are building these ridiculous houses on tiny plots of land, in opposition to the basic laws of TN, where people will own 30 acres and only have enough cash left over to put a trailer on it. However, this author again makes the mistake of confusing "rich" with "Republican." Its the country music, the baptist churches, and pickup trucks that make Brentwood Republican. The Republican party is the rural party. Personal incomes are irrelevant, and typically, Republicans are poor. Democrats are the wealthy urban elite. That fact that Brentwood is anti-tax is incidental. Typically, people vote Republican because they support the war and they don't like gay people. |
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