We knuckle-dragging, Bible-thumping, Jesus-weeping, brother-sister-marrying, cow-and-sheep-humping, barefoot-and-pregnant, chickenhawk-military-breeders.

Thanks for reminding us, Mzzzz. Collins.

Now, please pass the butter.

She criticizes butter carving "art", but I'll bet she loved Piss Christ and Elephant Dung Virgin Mary.

What a snob, is the Iowa fair any different then any other states? Pure meanness just for the sake of being mean.

the article in full is behind the subscrition firewall 'Times Select' is this a selection of snobs?

Supreme Court,  National Security,  Borders,  Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.

Meanwhile it would surprise me a bit if the New York Times hosts a company party featuring a bust of Pinch Sulzberger sculpted out of chopped liver. First person to take a bit off for his/her sandwich gets fired.

              Her problem is obviously that we are too white.  I can't imagine her report would have the same tone if she went to a barrio, a black community or a homosexual dominated area.

Building on the above comments, you got to understand the midwest people really. See Gail does look like a Minnesota beauty contest reject.......everyone in the midwest detests Minnesotans. All you hear about is Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, Wild and how they are more caring, more concerned and more American than Americans.

Iowans probably mistook Gail for a milkmaid escaped off the farm or a Paul Wellstone educational associate on vacation and were just politely ignoring her. Gail's yellow teeth are sure sign she is from Minnesota to an Iowan as the state animal is the golden gopher and shows up on their state signs with big yellow teeth.

If she showed up in South Dakota they probably would have given her wrong directions with a smile to get rid of her and North Dakota probably would have "gifan dat purdy yallo tooth gurl a looksee" and Nebraskans would have just spit snoose on her shoes.

So don't talk down about us midwestern types Gail as we is right proud of the them uppity tulip growers as they are our sophisticated folk and weed people like you out quick as Minnesota types.

Just wait till you get to Missouri Gail as they will all be propsin mearage to ya cuz you got all yer tooths.

God, literally God, I love the Redlands People. Amen to them wonderful Americans which produced me and let me call all of them home yet. I wouldn't want them any other way as they are perfect!

*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS

Hey, Gail, while you're at the Iowa State Fair, check out the cow chip throwing contest. I hear they need catchers.

For the life of me, I can't figure out why my home state fights so hard to be first in the nation when we're rewarded every four years with these stuck up Eastern snots. Even the candidates like Jean Francois Kerry had to backtrack after being overheard complaining about having to go to places like Dubuque. Just do one national primary in June and get it over with.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

'Truly, if you are into art forms based on dairy products, you have to go to Iowa.'

The art forms preferred by the 'enlightened elite' of the two left coasts are based on dung and piss.

The only ones making art out of dung in Iowa are the 1 year olds who manage to shed their diapers.

What would you call it when some praises evil, hates something that is attractive, dislikes good, thinks she is superior to hard working people, has reached the lofty level in life of working for the New York times and looks like this woman(?) looks?

It is pure and simple jealousy. 

She will never reach Romney's success level, have a family like Romney, be as attractive as Romney, or contribute as much to society as Romey has or will. 

Hate is a difficult character flaw to overcome.

Dear Gail of the NY Times:

Those of us in Iowa don't really care if you like our butter cow sculpture or not.  We don't do it to please you.  The Iowa State Fair is the best state fair in the country.  We think so and to those of us that live here that's all that matters.  Stay in NY next caucus season.  We can vote for president without you.

“You don’t understand. I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen.”  Representative Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX

Geez, I hope she doesn't come down here to Georgia during our primary. Wonder what the hyper-sophisticated (in her own mind) Gail Collins would think of the Stone Mountain Carving? Or the Big Chicken?

USA4freedom does make some good points. NJ is full of psychos, as is NYC & environs. Some moron from California named Bainbridge is wondering why people from Iowa, NH & SC are having primaries instead of the airhead elites of LA/Tinseltown, Pelosi/Cindy City on the Bay, and the Mendocino dope farms.

Someone tipped the USA and everything loose and unbalanced slid into Californicator-land. Keep your two ding-bat senators & myriad head-case congress-people and let the USA's leadership be decided by people who value hard work, traditional values, and pay their taxes. After those three states weigh in, places with plug-ugly victims of snobbish academicide like Gail Collins, and the make-over capital of the world in Lotus-Eater land can vote in their own primaries; not that most Americans will be impressed.

I like Giuliani because he tamed the animals allowed to run loose by Dhimmi-crat administrations in NYC.

sorry