bumpkins

We are fortunate that we have thoughtful leaders in the White House, rather than the "hate the government (i.e., country)" bumpkins from the red states.

Pawlenty slams Dems on 'reckless' spending 2009

Can any sane person, we may ask, have expected to get Henry James's juices flowing with a plot abounding in bumpkins, spleen, assault, and battery?

The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr. 2001

Equally, country folk have been called bumpkins, even pumpkins and sheep-shaggers, amongst other names.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4 1986

"And the implication is, you know, we're kind of bumpkins," Mr. Pawlenty said.

NYT > Home Page By ADAM NAGOURNEY 2010

Adversely affected by the new sin tax were some Pennsylvania farmers who were thought to be a few over consuming (whiskey) "bumpkins" by the government "elites."

American Thinker 2008

Adversely affected by the new sin tax were some Pennsylvania farmers who were thought to be a few over consuming (whiskey) "bumpkins" by the government "elites."

American Thinker 2008

The British then used it in derisive reference to the “undisciplined” and “licentious” bumpkins of New England.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

The middle of the state is dominated by rural folks, not a few of whom can be fairly called rednecks or bumpkins.

A Field Guide to Republican Habitats 2009

And if the mainstream media see tea partiers as bumpkins and racists, isn't this just more bad faith — characterizing people as ignorant or evil so as to dismiss them?

A Referendum on the Redeemer Shelby Steele 2010

I hear ya kayaks are like arugala to these bumpkins … Weird and different which means scary and threatening …

Think Progress » Bishops Dismiss Other Catholic Groups: We’re The Only Ones Able To Understand Health Care Policy 2010