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It Is Time To Give Some Folks An Excuse To Vote FOR Obama.
On one side of the ridge they see a bottomless chasm of low paying jobs, high energy costs and endless debt. On the other side they see a black man in the White House forever challenging their identity as the ruling white majority.
They could join the local militia and live out the survivalist fantasy; a subsistence rebellion, a civil war over land, food and water, rebels holed up in their exurban forts, armed to the teeth, guarding their ranchette against the urban hoards.
Or they could hole up after secretly voting for a less dramatic vision of the future where their kids would have a better chance of surviving. They need an excuse to betray their friends who may also be secretly looking for a way beyond the racist bluster and the bleak, bloody slog that waits for them after the movie ends.
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