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Monday, December 10, 2012

USDA Chief: Rural America Becoming Less Relevant

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It's "becoming less and less relevant," he says.

A month after an election that Democrats won even as rural parts of the country voted overwhelmingly Republican, the former Democratic governor of Iowa told farm belt leaders this past week that he's frustrated with their internecine squabbles and says they need to be more strategic in picking their political fights.

"It's time for us to have an adult conversation with folks in rural America," Vilsack said in a speech at a forum sponsored by the Farm Journal. "It's time for a different thought process here, in my view."

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2 comments:

  1. I've got a headline. "GOP clowns becoming less relevant because of bs hack jobs like this post".

    If your position was so strong, you wouldn't have to resort to this kind of crud to score points.

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