Gallo on Those Ill-Educated, Left-Leaning Appalachians

The following is from "Gallo's Notes" on Y'all Politics, posted Wednesday morning. The title, "Other Things We've Learned", seems a clear reference to Alan Lange's "So What Did We Learn?" piece from the following Tuesday evening, which slams the statue ad tactics purportedly used by the DCCC during Childers' winning campaign in the Mississippi 1st:

We’ve learned that the individual voter’s political awareness about the issues at hand is about at the same percentage as our graduation rate. We’ve learned that “economic angst” trumps political party lines or personal endorsements. We’ve learned that a democrat candidate can never campaign too far right. We’ve learned that a large media buy for a republican candidate can be totally neutralized by one fill-up at a gas station.

We’ve learned that the Appalachian voters still embrace the Democrat Party of their fathers and grandfathers, even though it no longer exists in the same form. We’ve learned that democrats do a far better job in negative advertising while at the same time denouncing negative advertising. We’ve learned that the power of political parties comes in cycles and for the GOP, the downside has a ways to go.

I mean, you just called northeast Mississippians a bunch of dumb-ass hicks, right? At least, that's how the DCCC will spin it. You just saved them a couple of thousand on consultant copy!

For the record, Paul Gallo has been sick for the past two mornings -- stress is my guess.

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