Thursday, November 04, 2004
OHIO
Please Explain
Sorry about not posting yesterday. Blogger's servers apparently were totally overwhelmed.
Yesterday I sent an e-mail to three relatives from Ohio asking, simply, "Ohio. Please explain."
L.M. responds:
You have to replace Maine with Ohio in the old adage, "As Maine Goes,
So Goes the Nation."
I believe it is because Ohio has become a microcosm of America.
It has major industry, agriculture, and retail. It has a bit of
high-tech and a lot of education. It has urban blacks in Cleveland and white
transplants in Columbus. Cincinnati believes it is part of the south,
while Toledo and Akron have had to change as part of the old auto
industry and reflect the hard times that fall on cities where the average
paycheck has gone from union scale to minimum wage. It has extreme
wealth and extreme poverty, but unlike NYC the two don't run into each other
on a daily basis. It has small towns that are actually small towns and
not exurbs, where people can live comfortably without worrying about
urban problems and expenses.
It has become less Catholic and more Christian, listens to more country
music than rock, and suburban white men dress like they're gangstas.
They may not own a gun but they want to know they CAN. They want the
right to an abortion, but expect to go to church and repent about it
afterwards.
Ohio invented the ATM and now makes the paper-less electronic voting
machines. It is full of smart, optimistic people who can exist without
ever having to deal with those on the downward spiral.
Ohio still believes that there is pride in serving your country, and
when the draft is reinstated it is Ohio that will provide a lot of
idealistic young men for Iraq, just as they did for Vietnamn. And for the
few who actually come home safely, they will not harbor any protest.
Ohio wanted leadership after Sept 11th, they wanted action. They care
as much as any person can care who knows that they won't actually BE a
victim of the next terrorist attack. They are safe in Ohio, and don't
have to be pragmatic as a result. They are comforted by a president
who says that he prays for guidance, because that is what they would do.
Every major post-war movement in this country can be distilled by
looking at the Ohio of 1950, 1960, 1970, etc. through today.
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