Culture is core

On Wisconsin Public Radio this morning, viagra canada cialis I heard a political scientist say that Barack Obama should just admit that he doesn’t share the same cultural values as rural America, viagra canada malady but then say…”but I have some great policies that I think will benefit you economically.”

But that political scientist is making the same mistake that the guy who wrote What’s the Matter with Kansas made.

For many Americans, viagra the cultural stuff is not just garnish, it’s the meal.

They don’t give a crap if you want to raise tax rates 1% or lower them 1%.

They do give a damn if you want to take away their right to self defense.

Or encourage people to use abortion as birth control.

Or think a person’s color is more important than their competence when it comes to getting into a school or getting a job.

Those are root values.

They go to the heart of what being an American means.

And to act like people who think that the cultural issues are the most important issues are somehow missing the point…is to miss the point.

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