Boo Hoo, White Trash: You Lost! Time to hide in your Bible-Bunkers and tornado-bait trailer-parks!

Asia Times Online :: Asian news and current affairs

.... During the presidential campaign, most of the country seemed to have accepted the possibility of an African-American president, with the possible exception of a narrow band of the nation that stretched in an arc from southwestern Pennsylvania across the deep south to Oklahoma.

This area, (along with parts of Republican Senator John McCain's Arizona and most of governor Sarah Palin's Alaska) were the only parts of the country that voted more Republican than in 2004; these places will suffer the culture shock of having to accept a president who looks nothing like their favorite NASCAR racing hero.

Although this is not really the change I'm talking about, it will also be a welcome difference that government policy in all matters of science policy, from stem-cell research to the search for intelligent life in the universe, will no longer have to be vetted by focus groups comprised of high school graduates bused in by Karl Rove from the Bible-belt megachurches....