Sarah Palin thinks only small towns are Pro-America:
In order to clarify comments GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made last night at a Greensboro, N.C., fundraiser about it being in a “pro-America” area, the campaign issued a slightly more detailed version of the pool report that came out yesterday.
The upshot? Washington, D.C., is neither “real America” nor “pro-America.” Other parts of the nation? It’s unclear, but if you live in a small town, you’re probably patriotic from Palin’s point of view.
“We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. We believe” — here the audience interrupted Palin with applause and cheers — “We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation.”
Besides having a husband who was a member of a pro-secessionist Alaska political party, Sarah Palin needs to get a grip. If Palin really believes that only those who live is small towns are Pro-American, then she needs to grow up. Because if what she says is true, there aren’t may Pro-Americans in America according to the chart below, illustrating Urban v Small Town America:
We are all Anti-Pro-Americans now.
This type of rhetoric is corrosive to our democracy and is inherently evil. Please, stop.
You should also read my thoughts about New York City as 51st State, when we aren’t being a Pro-America area.