"You're not going to see anti-war demonstrations here," Jennison said. "That's not reflective of Kansas. It's not in their nature. But that doesn't mean they want their friends and relatives in the military sent back to Iraq."The story is about public sentiment in Kansas but it is also true in Oklahoma.
Caroline McKnight, a hospital fundraiser in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, said the war has her fellow Republicans flummoxed.
"Those who are with him are barely speaking up, and everybody else is keeping their lips zipped for fear of making an enemy," said McKnight, who opposes Bush's troop-increase plan for Iraq.
"People are fit to be tied over all of this."
Monday, January 22, 2007
Mid-America Weary of War
McClathchy Newspapers have published a story entitled "Opposition to Iraq War Simmers in America's Heartland." Here's a quote:
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Here in KY we have demonstrations, but they aren't as large as you have in more liberal places. Still, one way that you can tell that KY is getting fed up with the war is that few people yell at or flip off the anti-war demonstrators anymore, at least not in Louisville. I can't say about Lexington or the small towns.
In short, I think people are fed up with this war everywhere.
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