Hi,
When I lived in Elkhart when I was twenty years old there was literally an
attempted KKK cross burning at a Rec. Vehicle factory right down the road
from where I was living as a hippie.
They didn't actually get the thing lit and I and some pals confiscated it.
I took it to the "Elkhart Truth" along with a news account, being a budding
journalist.
They didn't think it newsworthy.
And Indiana has a long KKK history even when its local and state government
were in total KKK control in the 1920's.
Indianapolis has become much more liberal over the years as has the suburbs
of Chicago.
But the reast of the hinterlans is still reactionary in my experience.
I'm saddened by this.
I'm sad that things really haven't changed all that much.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin LaRose" <kl1964@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 2:02 PM
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Sanders Delegates and Protesters Make Their
Frustrated Presence Known on Democratic Convention's Opening Day
Miriam:
Not too long ago II would have said that Indiana was going red no matter what. But between Pence getting tapped for VP, and Evan Bayh running for the open Senate seat as a Democrat, it might have become a toss-up. Outisde of Indianapolis and the outlying suburbs, though, the state is still pretty safely Republican, so who knows?
KL
