Our Experiences Talking to Ordinary Americans

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Saturday May 08, 2004 · 7:47 PM PDT

2004/05/08 · 19:47

I was at a wedding in West Orange, NJ last night and in Manhattan this past week. I like talking to people about their opinions about Bush and the current state of affairs in our country. I am not blunt in asking them, but eventually in conversation over drinks the topic will come up.

Most of the bride's family was from Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma. The groom's family is from New York and New Jersey. When I spoke to an uncle from Oklahoma, who is a working man and former military vet, I discovered that he is angry with Bush because of Iraq and will not vote for him. When I spoke to a young mother of three from North Jersey, I discovered that she is angry with Bush over the censorship of Howard Stern and will not vote for him and will vote for Kerry.

Indeed, she and I debated one of my neocon friends who I have mentioned before over the FCC's censorship of Stern. The Neocon Friend insists that the Stern situation should not be blamed on Bush. He claims that the FCC is just acting on the wishes of Middle America, to which I responded by asking why Bush is down in the polls to Kerry in the so-called Middle America.

I also spoke to an older couple from Texas who did vote for Bush in 2000 because he was a Texan but who are now undecided about who to vote for this time. (I think their Texas Pride hid their true feelings).

I am curious, as the many Kossians on this site travel around this country and meet new people from different places, what are your experiences? Do you talk politics with them? And if so, what is the conversation like? Have you encountered many "ordinary" Americans who are likewise dissatisfied with Bush?

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