Real America... MY Ass. JTP GET A REAL LIFE. Here is what Real America Looks Like. PLEASE ad your own example.
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.
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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.
This is beautiful. What if someone pushed back with a "Let's Get Real" music video, that celebrated Real America in all of its diversity?
Let's get someone on that, K? How 'bout Bono? Is he looking for a project?
November 1, 2008 8:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is a neighborhood of Big City (San Francisco) folks join in a backyard barbeque and beer fest to welcome the new family who just moved in up the street.
Oh My DOG! It just occurred to me that some of my neighbors might be gay and might have been at the party!
November 1, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is a neighborhood of Big City (San Francisco) folks join in a backyard barbeque and beer fest to welcome the new family who just moved in up the street.
Oh My DOG! It just occurred to me that some of my neighbors might be gay and might have been at the party!
November 1, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is the old guy at the bus stop complaining about his prostate problems and worried how he's going to pay for surgery.
Real America is the teacher who spends her own money to buy supplies for students who can't afford them.
Real America is the mom who packs extra sandwiches for her kid so he can share them with the kids who don't have enough to eat.
Real America is the Christian woman in North Carolina who isn't afraid to talk to socialize with atheists even though she's running for Senate.
Real America is all the people who sent contributions to El Tinklenburg to rid Congress of a would-be McCarthyite.
Real America is all the cranky little old ladies who'll be working at the polls all day Tuesday and defending the rights of everyone who wants to vote, even the ones they don't agree with.
November 1, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is having a great conversation with your neighbor about the fall changes (leaves, etc.) and also talking politics though you know he has the polar opposite views.
Real America is putting up your yard sign in the reddest of red part of NC and knowing nobody is going to mess with it.
Real America is expecting better out of people, despite having been disappointed before.
Real America is voting for the person you believe in.
Real America is talking to your spouse for a couple of hours about WHY we're voting the way we are voting.
November 1, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is the old women who want to get up and give their seat on the subway to the young semi-crippled man who is standing.
Real America is the young black man who kindly stops and helps an elderly white man who's dropped his books on the sidewalk.
Real America is the streets of NYC's East Village on Halloween, where young college kids in wild costumes calmly intermingle with young moms and dads who are walking with very small children dressed as superheroes and dalmations.
November 1, 2008 6:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is the old women who want to get up and give their seat on the subway to the young semi-crippled man who is standing.
Real America is the young black man who kindly stops and helps an elderly white man who's dropped his books on the sidewalk.
Real America is the streets of NYC's East Village on Halloween, where young college kids in wild costumes calmly intermingle with young moms and dads who are walking with very small children dressed as superheroes and dalmations.
November 1, 2008 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is getting up early on Saturday morning and going to some yard sales.... and even if you don't find any bargains, you still had fun ! :)
November 1, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Real America was standing in line to enlist and nobody asked what party you belonged to, or state you were from but if you would defend the United States Constitution, from all enemies foreign and domestic.
November 2, 2008 1:28 AM | Reply | Permalink
Amen
November 2, 2008 1:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Amen
I am spamming, just in case you are wondering
November 2, 2008 1:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is having a guy on the bike trail offer use of his bike pump, when yours starts acting up.
Real America is people willing to stand in line for hours, in order to cast their vote... even people who have so many other important things they could also be doing.
Real America is mingling with townspeople at the local dog park, not caring about anyone's political party, just getting to know them as "Kermit's Mom" or "Scruffy's Dad."
Real America is people using their creativity to put together music videos in support of their candidates--and of the vision they have for our wonderfully diverse, future America.
November 2, 2008 2:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is the hundreds of people who serve on New York's community boards, going to countless hours of 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 4:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
Real America is an endless supply of politicians whose loyalty is to corporate America.
Real America is the tens of millions of Americans who have to go without medical care because their insurance has prohibitive co pays and deductibles.
Real America is the silent majority who see no problem forcing their morality on others, but would take to the streets in protest if someone tried it on them.
Real America is everyone who goes out and votes, not because they think it will make a difference, but because they want to be able to say "I voted for the other guy" when everything goes to hell.
Real America is over a billion dollars spent on presidential campaigns, while thousands lose their homes and jobs.
Or were we only supposed to list the good things?
November 2, 2008 6:25 AM | Reply | Permalink