Flyover nation : your can't run a country you've never been to

Dana Loesch believes in Christianity, patriotism, traditional marriage, and the right to bear arms, among other "quaint" ideas. For the elites in DC, Los Angeles, New York, and Silicon Valley, that makes her as bizarre as a three-headed dog. Loesch is alarmed that America is fracturing into two countries--not North and South, but Coastal and Flyover. Worse, the people in charge don't understand the first thing about how most of the country thinks and lives. Consider a few examples . . . -- In Flyover America, people believe criminals should be punished. Coastal America focuses on "rehabilitation." -- Flyovers think the Declaration of Independence was crystal clear: "All men are created equal." For Coastals, Black Lives Matter--but anyone who adds that all lives matter must be a racist. -- Coastals think they understand firearms because they watched a TV movie about Columbine. Fly- overs get a deer rifle for their thirteenth birthday. -- Coastals talk about blue-collar workers in the abstract. Flyovers have a relative who works the night shift in a granola bar factory, where the big perk is taking home a bag full of granola bars every Friday. -- Coastals think every problem--from hurt feelings to the cost of birth control--requires government intervention and huge federal spending. Flyovers know that money isn't magic fairy dust, and many problems can be solved only by individual character and hard work. It would all be funny--if Coastals weren't winning on most of today's big issues. As Loesch writes, "Most of these pinkies-out, cocktail- drinking-appletini fans selfishly entertain grandiose plans of economic equality without realizing the negative impact their plans would have on the very people they pride themselves on helping. That's the true class warfare." Loesch shines the light of truth on everything from feminism to gun violence to abortion. She reveals the damage done by elitists who flat-out don't get the lives and values of people in the heart of the country. And she asks commonsense questions such as: How can you be angry at Walmart if you've never shopped in one? How can you hate the police if you've never needed help from a cop? How can you attack Christians if you don't have a single friend who goes to church? In other words, how can you run a country you've never been to? And how much could our politics improve if Coastals would actually listen to their fellow Americans? This book is a rallying cry for anyone who wants our leaders to understand and respect the culture that made America exceptional in the first place. From the Hardcover edition Blaze Tv And Top Radio Host Dana Loesch Explains That The Biggest Political Problem Today Is That The People Who Run This Country Have No Idea What Life Is Really Like For Ordinary Americans. In Fact, They Have Contempt For The Very People They Claim To Represent. When The Owners Of A Small Pizza Parlor In Indiana Were Asked By The Local Press Whether They Would Ever Cater A Gay Wedding, They Said No, Citing Their Personal Religious Beliefs. The Internet Responded With Immediate Outrage, Posting Death Threats And Vicious Online Reviews, And Forcing Them To Shut Down. All For Expressing A Personal Opinion Rooted In Faith, In Response To A Completely Hypothetical Question. A New Front In The Culture War Had Been Opened. When The Owners Of The Pizza Parlor Told Dana Loesch On A Blaze Tv Interview That They Might Never Reopen, Loesch Started A Fundraising Campaign. Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Quickly Poured In To Support Them.^ The People Donating Weren't Taking A Stand Against Gay Rights; They Just Believed That A Random Mom-and-pop Shop Shouldn't Be Run Out Of Business Because Media And Political Elites On Both Coasts Caricature And Vilify Rural Americans. Most Of The Problems With Our Country Today Can Be Traced To A Very Simple Cause - The Growing Disconnect Between The Government And Media Elites And The Rest Of Us, The Old-fashioned, Hard-working, God-fearing Americans Who Are Proud To Live In Middle America. As Loesch Explains, Too Many People Getting On Their High Horse About Wal-mart Have Never Shopped In One. Protesters Outraged At Small Town Cops Have Never Been Helped By One. Environmentalists Who Claim To Want To Protect The Spotted Owl Have Never Been In The Woods With One. Atheists Who Attack Committed Christians Have Never Sat In A Pew With One.^ Loesch Doesn't Take Aims Solely At The Democrats; Some Republicans In Congress And On The Presidential Campaign Trail Have Also Forgotten What Life Is Like For The People Back Home. While These So-called Leaders May Have Forgotten The People In Coal Towns And Farming Communities, The Voters In Those Communities Haven't Forgotten Washington's Betrayals. And It Will Show In 2016. As One Of The Most Powerful And Recognizable Voices On Talk Radio Today, Dana Loesch Is Leading A Revolution Of America's New Silent Majority-- Loesch Believes That The People Who Run This Country Have No Idea What Life Is Really Like For Ordinary Americans. Here She Traces The Growing Disconnect Between The Government And Media Elites (the Coastals) And The Rest Of Us, The Old-fashioned, Hard-working, God-fearing Americans Who Are Proud To Live In Middle America (the Flyovers). Taking Aim Not Only At Democrats And The Media, She Focuses Also On Republicans In Congress And On The Presidential Campaign Trail Who Have Forgotten What Life Is Like For The People Back Home. You Can't Unfriend Family -- Against The Powers Of This Dark World -- Profiles In Pandering -- Defending American Exceptionalism -- A Heart Problem And A Criminal-justice Problem -- Professional Agitators -- Degrading Yourself And Calling It Equality -- Forgetting Who We Are -- Conserving What We Have -- Our Leaders Hate Us -- Epilogue. Dana Loesch. Includes Bibliogarphical References (pages 227-246) None None None You Can't Unfriend Family Against the Powers of This Dark World Profiles in Pandering Defending American Exceptionalism A Heart Problem and a Criminal-Justice Problem Professional Agitators Degrading Yourself and Calling It Equality Forgetting Who We Are Conserving What We Have Our Leaders Hate Us None None