Battleground Report:
Iyo Raccoon Fair muW PA
Matarekita,
Tilt-a-Whirls
uye Obama
NaCarl Davidson
Progressives kuna Obama
Matarakita anodhonzera, kutenderedza-a-chamupupuri uye netsvina mijaho yemudhudhudhu haisiriyo yakajairika tafura yemabhuku inoratidzira mushandirapamwe waObama. Asi zviuru zvinoverengeka zvevagari veko vanopinda gore negore Raccoon Township Fair muno muWestern Pennsylvania Chikumi chega chega vakaita kuti zviite sechisikigo kwatiri, kunyanya mushure memhirizhonga yemuno pamusoro pe "vashandi vachena" muDemocratic Primary ichangopfuura.
Takaisa midziyo yedu pamwe chete nezvimwe zvairatidza mabasa emaoko emuno nemadzimai emutaundishipi. Nzvimbo iyi yaive Volunteer Fire department Hall, padyo nemitambo yebhingo mugaraji uye chikafu mukicheni, kazhinji saiti yenguva dzose "Fish Fry" nharaunda fundraisers.
Kusvika padanho dhorobha rine "skweya yemusha," zvivakwa zveVFD nenzvimbo ndizvo. Michato, kupedza kudzidza uye kusanganazve kwemhuri kunoitika pano, zvakare.
Takaisa chikwangwani chikuru che "4th CD Progressive Democrats of America", pamwe chete nemaposta naObama akawanda, uye zvichemo zve "Healthcare not Warfare" zvechirongwa chehutano che "Single Payer" muRep. John Conyer's (D-MI) HR676 Bhiri. Zvikumbiro izvi zvakanangana nenhengo yedu yeCongress, Jason Altmire, kuti akwire. Chekupedzisira, takatara zvese zvatinoda kuti tinyorese vavhoti vatsva.
Raccoon Township ihafu yekumaruwa chikamu cheBeaver County, padyo neWest Virginia neOhio miganhu. Inogara mumakomo anotenderera nemakomba pamusoro peRwizi rweOhio pakati pemataundi echigayo nenzvimbo dzenhoroondo dzemigodhi. Kana ukafamba musango, uchanyatsowana raccoons nemabeaver. Kana iri mhembwe, hautombopindi mudondo. Ivo vanozviratidza mumigwagwa yekumashure uye kunyangwe muyadhi yako yekuseri.
Dai "vashandi vachena" vaine nyika yekwavo, taundishipi iyi yaizova chikamu chayo. Vanhu vangangosvika mazana matatu nemakumi matanhatu vanogara muRaccoon, uye nhamba huru mune mamwe mataundishipi nemataundi ezvigayo ari pedyo. Vamwe 3600 muzana "vachena" uye vanopfuura makumi mapfumbamwe muzana vanoshanda, nevashandi vekuvaka bhuroka hombe, uye nhamba yakanaka yevashandi vakasiya basa kubva kumagiyo akavharwa. Asi kune vamwe vashandi vechidiki vepamusoro-soro, zvakare, kubva kumakoroji maviri emunharaunda uye Pittsburgh Airport "Tech Corridor." Vekutanga pano vaive maScots-Irish nemaGerman mukupera kwema99s, asi iko zvino kune maItaly akawanda, maSerbs nemaCroats, zvakare. MaDemocrats akanyoresa maRepublicans maviri-kune-mumwe uye evavhota nemuganho mukuru, uye maDems akaenda makumi matatu kubva muzana kuna Obama kusvika pamakumi manomwe muzana aClinton muprimary.
โIyoyo 30 muzana yatinogona kuvakira pairi,โ akadaro mumwe mushandi wechikuru akamira patafura maminiti mashanu pashure pokunge tavhura. "This terrific; ndafara kuti uripano." Aive nemasaini aObama muchivanze chake pamwe nemumwe wake, "Vote Out All Incumbents!" "Zvichava zvakaoma," ndinopindura, "asi ndinofunga tinogona kuitora munaNovember."
Anenge munhu wose aiva noushamwari, kunyange zvazvo vaisabvumirana nesu. Kwakanga kune zvishoma zvishoma; mumwe mukadzi wechikuru akandiudza kuti ndaifanira โkunyaraโ nokukurudzira kuti munhu Mutema avhote. โAiwa, ndinodada,โ ndakapindura kudaro, โmurume ane tsika, uye nguva dziri kuchinja, tose tiri vana vaMwari, handizvo here? Handiti isu?" Haana kugutsikana. "Mumwe wevaRepublicans vedu," mumwe mukadzi anga akanzwa nzeve anondiudza, achimhanyisa maziso ake.
Kunyanya kutengesa kwedu kuri nyore yaive "Single Payer" chikumbiro. Vanhu vaisamboda tsananguro vasati vatora chinyoreso. Vazhinji vaipikisawo hondo.
Chiverengero chakati chavanhu chakauya, nokumwe kushamisika kwokunetseka mumanzwi avo, vachiti, โAchahwina, handiti? Ndaizodzoka nechimwe chinhu chakadai, "Zvichava zvakanaka. Haana kukwana, asi ndiye sarudzo yedu yakanakisisa. Asi ichava pedyo zvikuru muno muPA. Zvose zvinokosha, uye tinoda vhoti yako nerutsigiro."
Mumwe mushandi wekuvaka akanga akatsamwa zvakajeka netarisiro, uye haana kufara pandakataura izvi. Mudzimai wake, zvisinei, akanga ane dzimwe pfungwa, sezvo akabvuta mabhuku ose. "Best option? No way. He is our ONLY option. We have to turn that current crew out!"
Vashoma vakandiudza kuti vakavhotera Hillary. Vakateerera, asi havana kuzvipira kuna Obama. "Kwete, ndiri kuenda kuMcCain," akadaro mumwe.' McCain naHillary vanotora zvimiro zvakasiyana, ndakatsanangura, kunyanya nezvevakadzi. "Hazvina basa," akapindura. "Ndiri kuyambuka ndoenda kwaMcCain.'
Izvi zvakaita kuti ndiuye nepepa idzva remazuva aitevera. Ndakangotora mashoko ehurukuro yaHillary, chikamu chaakatsigira Obama, ndikachiisa papepa rine mufananidzo wake uye musoro wenyaya: "Hillary anodaidzira Unity Behind Obama" uye akaisa stack patafura. chimwe chezvikamu zvedu zvakakurumbira.
Pakangobuda shoko rekuti takanga tiripo tichinyoresa vavhoti, mumwe mushandi wechidiki weCD yedu Congressman, Altmire, akauya, achipa rubatsiro. "We're doing OK," ndakadaro, asi makasununguka kutandara. Kana muchida chaizvo kubatsira, udza Congressman kuti asaine pa "Single Payer," uye mwero waanopikisa hondo iyi, ndiwo danho raachazowana tsigiro kubva kwatiri.' Parizvino, Altmire iri kurudyi kwaObama pahondo, uye haidzosere mubhadharo mumwe chete. Mushandi wake akafadzwa, zvisinei, nemanyorero atakaita masiginecha e "Single Payer", uye akati achaendesa meseji.
Zvakadini nedanidziro yaObama? Mumwe muzvipiri muduku, akanga arererwa muHawaii, akationawo. Takatanga kumuendesa kumusangano wevagadziri vesimbi vakanga varega basa, tichiita kuti ajairane nenyika yakasiyana. Pachiratidziro, akadzingwa kuti anyorese vavhoti, akatora clipboard ndokuenda panze, kuti ashande mhomho yevechidiki. Akaita zvakanaka. Takataura kwenguva refu pamusoro penhoroondo yekurwisana kwekirasi mumupata weOhio, uye nevashandi veHonolulu.
Vechidiki vanonyanya kufarira. Vakadzi vechidiki vana vakauya, vati pfuurei makore gumi nemasere, sezvo vakanyoresa kuvhota. "TINODA Barack Obama!" vakadaro vachidanidzira. Vaida mabumper stickers. Ndakanga ndisina kuwanda. "You promise to put it pamota yako?" Ndinoti. "Mota? Aiwa, isa kumusana kwangu!" Saka, mushure mekunge ndawana kero dzee-mail, vaviri vakadzungaira mhomho neโObama 18โฒ kumusana uye vaviri vakapfeka โHealthcare Not Warfare!โ Ndinotenda nekunaka nekushinga kushoma kwepwere.
Chinhu chimwe chakaramba chichibuda zuva rega rega - bapiro rekurudyi rakashata uye rinonyengera email campaign- "Obama muMuslim akavanzika, Obama haataure chitsidzo, haaise ruoko rwake pamwoyo wake, haazopfeki pini yemureza, anovenga. varungu, vanoda kuuraya vana vachena vachipa mari yevatema,โ zvichingodaro. Nhema dzangu huru dzandinofarira: "Obama anotora mabhiriyoni pachivande kubva kuSaudis uye anoapa mumadhora makumi mashanu emadhora kumamiriyoni evarombo vemumaguta kuti vaende online uye vamudzosere kwaari zvishoma."
Pfungwa idzi dzakauya patafura yedu nenzira mbiri. Vanhu vashoma vakabva vangozvisimbisa nezwi reruvengo ndokubva vabuda zvavo. Chiverengero chikuru chakauya chichikatyamadzwa, ndokubvunza, nekunetsekana chaiko, kana tichiziva kana runyerekupe rwuri rwechokwadi kana kuti kwete. Ndakabvisa nhema dzacho zvinyoronyoro, ndichitsanangura chikonzero nei kodzero iri kushandisa rusaruraganda uye kusarurana kwechitendero kuparadzanisa. Ndakaudzawo vanhu kuti vangazviongorora sei. Vazhinji vanoita sevakarerukirwa, uye vanotenda neruzivo. Ramba uchifunga, vanhu vazhinji pano vanoziva Fox, Limbaugh naHannity, uye vashoma vakapfuura chikoro chesekondari, kana kuziva nezve The Nation, DailyKOS kana Huffington Post.
Asi pane zvimwe zvaishamisa. Vamwe varoorani vaduku vane makore makumi maviri, vane kasikana, vakauya. Akanyoresa kuvhota, murume achindibvunza nezve email litany. "Ndizvo zvandaifunga," akadaro sezvandaitsanangura imwe kana maviri. "Ndakatora bhuku rake, ndokuriverenga.' Ndeipi, ndakabvunza? "Zviroto zvaBaba vangu," akapindura. "Pandakangomuziva ikoko, ndaigona kumunzwisisa semukomana akanaka kwazvo, akatendeseka kwazvo. Ndichamuvhotera." Vese vaishanda mabasa ebasa, uye vaive nekoreji diki, asi nguva yakaoma kuwana zvakawanda.
Mumwe mushandi wechidiki wepasi anouya, uye akamhanyisa email litany, uye akaita seakagutsikana nemhinduro yangu. Ipapo, akabvunza, "Ndeipi yakaenda AWOL?" Akanga asiri Obama, ndakati, sezvo anga asiri muchiuto, uye Bill Clinton akangoita katsika kadiki-diki nekunyora. "Anouya padhuze ndiye watinaye iyezvino, George Bush," ndakapedzisa. Anoti: โSaka, hazvishamisi kuti tiri mumhirizhonga yakadaro.
Ndakangopinda mune imwe nharo yakadhirowewa-kunze, nemushandi wekuvaka, chaiye-ne-yako-yega-bhutsustraps asi akaodzwa mwoyo libertarian aizoenda kuna Paul kana Barr, kana chete vaizotsigira hondo. Akatanga nekutaura kuti hutano hweveruzhinji hwemhando ipi "hakuenderane nemutemo" uye takabva ipapo kuhurumende nemusika kweinenge hafu yeawa, pamwero mukuru. Ndakazomuwisira paBrodhead Road, nzira yekutanga yakakosha pamusoro penyika kuburikidza nechikamu chedu chedunhu, uye ichiri yakakosha kumisika yepano, yakavakwa nemauto eGeneral Brodhead naGeneral George Washington muma1700s. Ndinoti: "Izvozvo sei zvekupindira kwehurumende apo misika haigone kuita basa; chaizvoizvo, inogadzira misika? Sei tichishandisa mitero yedu kuti titange pombi yekugadzira zvigayo izvi uye kushanda nemabasa egirini kuita ma turbines emhepo chero ipi zvayo. zvakasiyana pamusimboti?" Iroro aifanira kumbofungisisa.
Asi gakava racho rakava netapuro yakati. Mangwana acho madzimai epamatafura emabasa emaoko havana kukwanisa kuzvikurira, uye vakanditsigira. "Tese tiri mune izvi pamwe chete, hapana anoita zvese ari ega," akadaro mumwe.
Saka nguva yakanaka yakaitwa navose-kana vanenge vese, zvakadaro. Raccoon Fair yakaramba iripo, uye yakatonakidzwa, neboka redu diki revanhu vakazvimirira vakanyoresa maDemocrats vachitsigira munhu ari muAfrica-America akamirira mutungamiri. Vavhoti vatsva vakanyoreswa, kutsvagirwa kutsva kwakaitwa, mushandirapamwe waVaObama wakadzidza zvinhu zvishoma zvavangadai vasina, Congressman yakapisa zvishoma, takadzidzisa, kunyanya kupokana nekurudyi, uye kupfuura zvese, takadzidziswa, zvakare. , kuwana nzira yokuputsika mune zvematongerwe enyika netsika dzevavakidzani vedu izvo zvingava zvakaoma kuwana zviri nani neimwe nzira ipi neipi.
[Carl Davidson inguva refu yerunyararo uye kururamisira murongi uye munyori. Anoshanda neBeaver County Peace Links, 4th CD Progressive Democrats yeAmerica uye webhusaiti yayo itsva, BeaverCountyBlue.org, uye anoshanda sewe webmaster wepurojekiti yenyika, 'Progressives for Obama' pa http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com. Yake bhurogi, "Ramba Uchiri Kuchengeta" iri http://carldavidson.blogspot.com ]
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