"Rednecks for Obama" Supporters Go to Denver

KCUR | By Frank Morris

Published August 24, 2008 at 11:29 PM CDT

By Frank Morris

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Denver, CO – Missouri native Leslie Spencer is in Denver this week as an enthusiastic "redneck" supporter of Barack Obama. The Kansas City-born Spencer stood near lines of anti-McCain and anti-Obama protestors wearing "Rednecks for Obama" gear and holding a sign with the same message.

"I've raised hogs, cattle, chickens, I coon hunt, deer hunted, I hunt rabbits squirrels I'm a true red neck! I've got guns, and I'm not afraid of Obama. And I'm trying to persuade people not to be afraid of the man," Spencer said.

Spencer said he's never gotten involved in anything other than local politics before. He is not part of the Missouri delegation. He and some friends paid for their own travel to Denver.

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Frank Morris

I’ve been at KCUR almost 30 years, working partly for NPR and splitting my time between local and national reporting. I work to bring extra attention to people in the Midwest, my home state of Kansas and of course Kansas City. What I love about this job is having a license to talk to interesting people and then crafting radio stories around their voices. It’s a big responsibility to uphold the truth of those stories while condensing them for lots of other people listening to the radio, and I take it seriously. Email me at frank@kcur.org or find me on Twitter @FrankNewsman.

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