{"id":1965,"date":"2013-03-23T08:10:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2013-03-23T08:11:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T13:11:20","slug":"north-carolinas-got-some-highly-informed-rural-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2013\/03\/23\/north-carolinas-got-some-highly-informed-rural-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina&#8217;s got some highly informed rural voters."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">This story below made me chuckle because of the irony. The very reason the GOP holds sway in NC is the rural voters. Look at any 2012 election map you will see the urban areas of NC went overwhelmingly blue.<\/p>\n<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">What rural voters think they did: cast a vote for Jesus, guns, some hollow propaganda about &#8220;personal responsibility&#8221; and found the check box that didn&#8217;t include the name of a black man.<\/p>\n<p>What rural voters really did: cast a vote for a direct funnel of public money to big business better known as corporate welfare. Caught &#8217;em like a fish! Now these rural areas get to reap the rewards of their well informed voting. No monies for you! Gotta pay for the pet projects of the banksters in Charlotte and developers in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wral.com\/some-say-mccrory-budget-shortchanges-rural-areas\/12257858\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wral.com\/some-say-mccrory-budget-shortchanges-rural-areas\/12257858\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story below made me chuckle because of the irony. The very reason the GOP holds sway in NC is the rural voters. Look at any 2012 election map you will see the urban areas of NC went overwhelmingly blue. 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