Reply #220: IMHO - we lost the south because we ignored it. [View All]

[merh]

Southerners are funny about their politics. They want to be asked for their votes. If a candidate respects them enough to stop and ask them for their votes, if he/she bothers to campaign, then southerners tend to reciprocate.

In Mississippi, the candidates that go door to door and asks for votes and attends the fish fries and bbq's and county fairs and actually campaigns will generally get the most votes.

The dems ignored the red states, especially the south, and that was rude. Dems I know that voted for the weed are not dixiecrats, they just didn't see much difference between Kerry and Bush and they were familiar with Bush.

Hell, even the MS Dem party did little to campaign for Kerry in the state. Dems in MS generally don't like being taken for granted.

I back Dean 100% and so do alot of the dems I know because he has promised that he will not ignore the south.

As far as those that relive the Civil War and resent the lose, they are the loudest, not the majority. Southerners are not stupid and not all southerners are racist, bigoted, closed minded fools.

You just need to come and ask them for their support.