re: #91 reine.de.tout

People do love FoxNews. But also CNN. MSNBC - No. Way.

I’m not sure where you are. Sure you will encounter a lot of Tea Party folks in certain areas. In areas like NOLA, or Baton Rouge, not as much. It helps living in the capital city of a state - our newspaper covers state and national politics much more in-depth than any other newspaper in the state. I’m often amazed, when I visit other towns, how out of touch some of my friends are with what’s going on. The ones who are in touch are ones who travel some with their jobs, to BR or NOLA. Their local news and newspapers simply don’t cover it. It’s one reason I like my FB account; I can put informative things there, and get conversations going sometimes.

I know a lot of people I know here have never ventured very far, either west or north, they don’t understand what its like in more liberal areas. I got into a nasty fight with a friend of mine who said America would be done for if it ever got the kind of terrible socialized health care that Canada has. I just could not convince him things are different than he thinks and that single payer is not the devil.

This same guy thinks Michelle Bachmann and Chris Christie are phenomenal politicians and great examples of they all should be.