Small Towns

We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation.

It is important to have a ticket that supports our core values -- hunting and fishing.

As a proud resident of Oakton, Va., I can tell you that the Democrats have just come in from the District of Columbia and moved into northern Virginia. And that's really what you see there. But the rest of the state, real Virginia, if you will, I think will be very responsive to Sen. McCain's message.

The first quote above was made by Sarah Palin at a recent campaign stop in North Carolina, the second by Todd Palin yesterday, and the third on MSNBC by McCain senior economic adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer, a frequent guest on Jim Lehrer’s News Hour.

According to the US Census Bureau, the population of the United States based on the 2000 Census, was 282 million. Of that total, 222 million people live in urban areas and 59 million in rural. Or if you prefer to use the definition for metropolitan area there are 226 million people living in metropolitan areas and 55 million in non-metropolitan areas.

Apparently, according to the McCain campaign, this country is on its way to perdition with 80% of the population unpatriotic and anti-America. Some of these people even think paying taxes to fund the military, home land security, Medicare, and the financial rescue is something citizens ought to do.