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February 19, 2005
We Are the Red States
Originally published in chattanoogan.com Nov. 7th, 2004. I was honored to have Sean Hannity read it on his radio show(Nov. 11th, 2004) and display it on his web-site. Ditto Rick and Bubba and several bloggers.
This is not a critique of Blue- Staters, but simply a description of what kind of people the Red-Staters are. Remember that right after the election there were a lot of questions about who these people were.
One evening I was looking for a Bible to read a before dinner devotional. As I picked one up off the den end table, I said to my husband, "We are the Red States, a Bible in every room. That would make a good poem!"
We Are The Red States
by Cindy Tucker
posted November 7, 2004
We are the red states.
We listen to talk shows and Fox News.
We tear up when we hear the national anthem.
We drive SUVS and fly business class.
We go through drive-thrus, have mortgages, and shop at Wal-Mart.
We attend BBQs, football games, fire hall meetings, and places of faith.
We believe life is precious and marriage is sacred.
We believe there are some things worth dying for.
We have the utmost respect for those who lay their life on the line defending our freedom and protecting our streets.
We believe religion is not a philosophy but a way of life.
We raise our children as best we can.
We’ll help anyone who really needs it, and not blame others for our own bad choices.
We read our Holy Books.
We pray because we know wisdom comes from God, not man.
We go about our lives quietly as we care for our families.
We might not have time to demonstrate, but we make time to vote.
We expect the values we teach our children to be respected in our schools.
We expect people to say what they mean and mean what they say.
We expect to work hard and earn the just rewards of that labor.
We expect to be able to watch a football game with our kids and not have to worry about the content of the half-time show.
We expect terrorists and those who harm the innocent to be punished.
We are farms, ranches, small businesses, and town squares.
We are BBQs, baseball games, fishing holes, and civic clubs.
We are little league games, piano recitals, Bible studies, and car pools.
We are grandfathers in Iwo Jima, fathers in Vietnam, and sons and daughters in Iraq.
We are fly-over country.
We are the red states.
Posted by fraubleuler at February 19, 2005 04:34 PM
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This is brilliant! Just testing to see if comments post.
Posted by: Cindy Tucker at February 26, 2005 03:15 PM
I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY VULGAR LSNGUSGE ON MY BLOG. IT SADDENS ME DEEPLY AND I WOULF REMOVE IT IF I KNEW HOW.
C. TUCKER
Posted by: Cindy Tucker at April 28, 2006 10:01 PM