Jon's been playing roving reporter via blog, text messages, gchat and the occasional cellphone call all day, god bless 'im! Seeing as I'm feeling particularly far from home on this night when all the politics worth talking about are going on in the city of my youth, rather than the city of my present, I am terribly grateful for his surrogate presence in the crowd.
And the best news? He tells me the crowds are dominated (dominated!) by Obama supporters. The crowds are dominated by Obama supporters in the city that is home to Belle Meade, the part of town with the most, per capita, Republican party contributors in the country. In one of the wealthiest cities in the south. In the south!
Honestly, it's about damn time the rest of the country takes note Nashville's outgrown its redneck reputation, isn't it? The city's always been more than country music and mayors named "Boner" but tonight's debate in particular, with all those happy, excited, blue-sign-toting Obama supporters, seems like a bright, sparkly moment in its history.
Dare I venture forth such with such unadulterated optimism? I'd say so.
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Let's hear it for Nashville pride! We have a new pedestrian bridge (new, as in 2007) across the Cumberland, below Wave Country. It's fast becoming my favorite place to go when I get out for fresh air, sunshine and exercise. Shelby Bottoms, despite the vaguely seductive name, is more like the Mississippi flood plain than anything else I could come up with for a comparison. I've recently been treated to the sound of literally thousands of frogs croaking in the flooded fields that skirt the jogging paths. Two weeks ago it was almost deafening, then only just noticeable yesterday.
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