SWC75
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Just listened to it and have to say I was pretty underwhelmed. The whole culture things ignores the millions of fans not located in the south. Upstate NY is full of them. The Midwest is full of them. The southwest as well. NASCAR may have originated from bootleggers in the south but it is a country wide sport at this point. They just had 90k plus in Watkins Glen last week for a road course of all things. That is more than the Bills get on an average Sunday.
His take on the death penalty was an interesting point. I wonder if that boils down to having more catholics vs. protestants? In my limited and biased experience it does seem like evangelicals are more eye for an eye where as catholics and episcopalians are against the DP.
Marty Smith, the guy Cowherd interviewed, said that he "vehemently" didn't believe that Tony Stewart intentionally hit him. Cowherd, (always trying to press his interview to confirm what Cowherd has already said), asked if there were drivers who publically said that they didn't think Stewsrt ran Ward over who privately have said they think he might have. Smith said: "No."
I listened to both the Cowherd podcasts and they confirmed why I stopped listening to his show: it's all about his ill-informed lectures. His chosen theme is that the south has an eye for and eye culture and so this is the NASCAR way and that's what killed Kevin Ward. He's as guilty of jumping to conclusions as those who give Stewart a pass because they are fans of his and don't care about Kevin Ward.