tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post7493225379461140963..comments2023-11-05T04:38:52.557-06:00Comments on LeftWingCracker: Why can't I get excited about the August elections?Steve Steffenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-15654644297856752502010-07-11T20:19:05.587-05:002010-07-11T20:19:05.587-05:00The county doomed itself long ago by not squarely ...The county doomed itself long ago by not squarely facing the major issue that has plagued it since the antebellum era. Shelby has managed to make something of itself through combinations of political and moral compromise, the luck of geography, sheer hard work and, in more recent decades, the revitalization of downtown. Otherwise, your county might have ended up as a larger version of mine in SW Georgia. Descendants of cotton pickers too poor to leave (in public school), those who owned the cotton mills who would lose their power if they left (many in the -ahem--"Christian" Academy formed just by coincidence when the public schools were integrated) and a smattering of Dollar General, Freds, CVS and local businesses. Our College helps, but like U of M, there is little interaction between us and the town.callmeishmaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487928923226189314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102867.post-55546647594434461442010-07-11T19:54:35.165-05:002010-07-11T19:54:35.165-05:00Joe Ford actually managed to get me fired up. I wa...Joe Ford actually managed to get me fired up. I was amazed at his debate performance.<br /><br />If nothing else, when someone gets up on TV and says "I'm a progressive Democrat" and then backs it up with an honest and laudable self-assessment of their own performance, I can't help but stand up and say, "Amen." It's nice to see someone on our team who's got some starch in their spine.autoegocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726708889208600414noreply@blogger.com