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The illuminating sunrise in
the far distance gently
brightens the night sky as
the anchor line comes up
out of the dark water.  The
early morning ocean air is
brisk in mid-November
even off the coast of
Charleston, SC.   The
anchor comes up and is tied off.  I go
back to the stern where I help the Captain
and other deckhand prepare to set out the
nets.  We bring the nets down from the
rigging and put them over the side.  The
Captain, working a wench, sets out the
nets far behind the boat.   It’ll be three
hours before we pull the nets up.  We say
a little prayer and keep our fingers crossed
for something good.   It’s just another
working class day on the commercial
fishing vessel Blackbeard, and there is no
more honest and honorable way to make
a living.
This particular morning was the day after one of the bitterest presidential
elections in recent memory.  The three of us were relieved, to say the least, when we
found out the results.  Our candidate had won.  Why would three working class guys
pull for an outsider, a reality TV star, and real-estate mogul with no political
experience?  Easy.  The status quo just wasn’t doing it for us.  It wasn’t doing it for a
lot of America either.
Take a look at the electoral map by
county.  The electoral map of this election
by county tells the tale.  It’s as plain as
day.   This country is divided between
urban and rural voters.  How and why we
are so divided between urban and rural
voters is difficult to ascertain but worth
talking about if we want to heal the divide
between us and move forward as one
nation.
The one thing every candidate
(except for Trump) took for granted about
the working class was how much we
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