MY REAL AMERICA... PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN EXAMPLE, So Joe, John and Sarah can recognize it
Sorry if This happens to be a duplicate.
It has become apparent to me that Joe the Plumber, Sarah Palin and John McCain are doing their best to divide this country into their own little "realdom" and "unrealdom" and are practicing TRUE "unAmerican" tactics in a desperate attempt yo "Divide an Conquer".
Here is what I see as the REAL AMERICA
Real America is that now 13 year old kid that has shown up every spring for the last 3 years to see if I wanted him to mow my grass and after the first snow to see if I wanted my porch cleared and walk shoveled.
Real America is the people I saw last night going door to door NOT asking for votes but trick or treating.
Real America is those that work for nothing in food pantries "spreading the wealth" so that those less fortunate can eat.
Real America is Friday night high school football where we all gather to cheer on our home team and truly appreciate the efforts of both teams even when our team loses.
Real America is the annual Apple Festival in my hometown, where the entire town agrees to close downtown and set up rides and concessions and booths and hold parades and contests and talk to friends and laugh together as a community.
Real America is helping out your neighbor when they need it and checking to see if that elderly neighbor is OK when the electric goes out and it's cold.
Real America is raking leaves into a BIG pile so the neighborhood kids can make running dives into them and just have fun.
Real America stopping to talk to a friend you haven't seen when you see them in the grocery store or on the sidewalk.
Real America is 5th and 6th graders on the "Safety Patrol" raising the American Flag every morning at their school and bringing it down and folding it at the end of each school day.
Real America is sharing your umbrella with a stranger when it starts to pour the rain.
Real America is taking a ride to look at Christmas Lights just to hear the kids squeal with delight.
Real America is staying up late on Christmas Eve trying to figure out how to put a toy together that your kid has been wishing for since the day after last Christmas.
Real America is just helping out when you see help is needed.
AND
REAL AMERICA IS EVERYWHERE NOT JUST HERE AND THERE AS DEFINED BY THE MCCAIN PALIN CAMPAIGN
REAL AMERICA IS VOTING......for OBAMA
These are just the things off the top of my head that make me proud and make me happy to be an American.
PLEASE ADD YOUR OWN EXAMPLE OF REAL AMERICA.





Real America is the Camaldolese hermit monks of Holy Family Hermitage in the hills of southern Ohio, rising everyday to praise and pray for the welfare of all Americans.
November 1, 2008 6:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is the hundreds of people who serve on New York's community boards, going to countless committee meetings and public forums and public hearings and board meetings each and every month just to ensure that their community's issues and voices are heard.
And we're not paid a damn dime.
November 2, 2008 3:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is volunteering as Santa in a town where 90% of the kids receive free lunch.
November 2, 2008 5:13 AM | Reply | Permalink