Tom Feeney: “I would tell the gentlewoman from Florida that there is a November 10 article in National Review magazine that on the…”

“I would tell the gentlewoman from Florida that there is a November 10 article in National Review magazine that on the front cover refers to America now as "NASCAR Nation," and I include a copy of that article for the Record. NASCAR Nation one journalist's journey of discovery (By John Derbyshie) Forget about the Soccer Mom, object of obsessive interest to political strategists in the last two presidential elections. Two election cycles is as much concentrated attention as a voter bloc can expect to get in these fast-changing times. The candidates of 2004 have fixed their sights on a new quarry: the NASCAR Dad. So, at any rate, we are told by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, who coined the term. A NASCAR Dad is a rural or small-town voter, most likely white and living in the South. Once upon a time he was a reliable Democrat, but he has been voting steadily Republican in recent elections for "cultural" reasons-- reasons having to do with guns, religion, patriotism, and lifestyle.”