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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (SF Chronicle)
'Rednecks for Obama' defy conventional wisdom
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
(10-21) 04:00 PDT Rolla, Mo. -- Les Spencer is an atypical Barack Obama
supporter. He's a redneck. His buddy Tony Viessman calls himself one, too.
Without accessing their inner Jeff Foxworthy, they define redneck as
hardworking guys who like to hunt, fish, and maybe pop a beer or two.
"I hunt squirrels, too," Spencer said, in between drags of bummed Pall
Malls on Viessman's back porch. "And I like eating turtles."
Spencer and Viessman comprise the sum total of the Rolla,
Mo.-born-and-bred "Rednecks for Obama." Unaffiliated with the Obama
campaign, it's a home-grown shtick the two retirees invented to address
what may be Obama's most serious challenge in becoming commander in chief:
winning - or at least not totally losing - the "redneck" vote...
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