Farmers who Backed Bush upset with Budget

[centristo]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&ncid=509&e=33&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene

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TOLEDO, Ohio - Some farmers from battleground election states who campaigned and voted for President Bush (news - web sites) say they are not happy about proposed cuts in federal farm subsidies and other agriculture programs.

"We wouldn't call it a double-cross or anything like that, but I don't think this is going to sit real well," said Harold Bateson, whose family's grain farm covers 2,300 acres in northwest Ohio near Bowling Green.

The president has proposed an across-the-board cut of 5 percent for all farm payments and a reduction in the cap on individual subsidies to $250,000. The cuts would total $2.5 billion — more than reductions in health, housing and law enforcement.

[damntexdem]

1. Guess what, suckers, it's too damn late.

He's elected. Bwahahahahaha.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. Ask me if I care?

You voted for his ass, shut the fuck up!

[Bronco69]

3. Of all the people who should realize it...

You reap what you sow! :-)

[Webster Green]

4. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

When the bank comes to take your farm, try to think about what a bunch of commies we lefties are. That should cheer you up, you dumb motherfuckers!

[jrthin]

5. Tough sh#t.

They voted for him, now they should just suck it up.

[indepat]

6. My hearts breaks for them as my mind laughs hysterically

[ashling]

7. Wrong attitude (reply to first 6 posts)

OK, I admit, I am as succeptible to the "I told you so" concept as anybody, but this is not the way to move ahead in this fight.

I see this altogether to much here at DU. Red State Bashing, Farmer Bashing ... ad nauseum. We should be about gathering in the folks who were duped by Bush - not reviling them for their stupidity.

[RiDuvessa]

8. Yes, this is exactly how to get new voters..

Let's mock them and tell them to go screw themselves. I'm sure that your attitudes will bring them right into the Democratic fold.

I would suggest, instead of playing "I told you so" and hanging them out to dry, that we try to reach out to them. Let them know how the Democrats would have benefited them, and try to get them to change their affiliations.

I don't think we should be reveling in their suffering, we should be trying to bring them into the party while they are disgruntled. Show them how the Democrats will change their situation for the better.

This self-righteous mocking serves no purpose other then to make us feel justified. It only serves to broaden the gap.