Can Democrats Learn to Speak Redneck?

In a HuffingtonPost.com column today, "Can Democrats Learn to Speak Redneck?", Beth Arnold writes that the McCain/Palin ticket appeals to far more Americans than the Democrats have been willing to recognize. Using Joe Bageant's book and his recent columns as a starting point, Arnold writes that the Democrats need a campaign with more than the charge that John McCain is too old and trigger-happy and that Sarah Palin is nothing more than an inexperienced "hockey mom".

Arnold, a staunch Democrat and ardent supporter of Barack Obama, says that the Democrats must do more than simply make fun of their opponents. "We cannot let this happen," Arnold writes. "We dim Democrats have got to stay on task here. As idiotic as it seems to have named Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain has accomplished what he set out to do in some sense."

It's a column worth reading. Click here.

-- Ken Smith