tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post6992188264790701635..comments2023-05-16T02:08:42.858-07:00Comments on Degringolade: YepDegringoladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893964959960977677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-60429602114362785582016-10-20T11:49:51.365-07:002016-10-20T11:49:51.365-07:0010/18/16 I took a 5-6 hour tour through 3 SE Minne...10/18/16 I took a 5-6 hour tour through 3 SE Minnesota counties to see the leaves n things - I grew up in that area... stopped couple of times for coffee n once for lunch... lotta Trump signs, no Hillary sign, as in zero, zilch... <br /><br />Unusual - that country used to be about half DFLers (Democratic Farmer Labor Party) and half fairly thoughtful Eisenhower types... the rural areas are getting depopulated - used to have 6,000 to 8,000 good farms per county up to the late 70s, now it's less than 1,000. <br /><br />Talked to maybe 15 or so on my stops, maybe another dozen or so I listened to. Lots of smoldering anger out there - feeling they've been had by both sides; when they get ripped off by Big Ag chemo n seed cos., nobody helps 'em. Nowadays you can't run a farm unless you're hedging in options n futures and they're getting ripped off there too and no one helps 'em, though there were kind words for Liz Warren n Bernie.<br /><br />Everyone knows Trump's a jackass, but the signs are a way to give the finger. Two guys had kids in the military and they were well aware of Hillary's views of mucking it up where we've got no business mucking.<br /><br />So yeah... a long-winded way of saying everything's primed up, just waiting for the right person to light the fuse.hjmlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195175451739952550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580247703206240142.post-61348963824462566702016-10-18T10:24:03.286-07:002016-10-18T10:24:03.286-07:00It is obvious that the Clintonians are worried abo...It is obvious that the Clintonians are worried about voter turnout. My wife is a yellow-dog Democrat and even she has serious misgivings about the Ms. <br /><br />Its odd that it is the scumbag part of his personality that blew him up. Didn't everyone already know he was a scumbag? I was in New York when the whole Marla Maples thing was going on. Even a passing familiarty with those events should have kept the true-to-the-bible folks away. But I guess not.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.com