Call me racist, or bigoted, or prejudiced, if you want

[question everything]

but as I was watching the ceremony unveiling the Clinton library, and as I noticed that three out of four presidents spoke with a southern and Texan accents, it was clear to me that no northern - of any party - will be elected president. That the political power has shifted to the southern and southwestern regions (but not the economic and cultural ones). Not unless something major happens, like some kind of a natural disaster that sends people northward.

[Fenris]

1. And?

What's your point?

[question everything]

14. That, perhaps, we are doomed if we continue to select our candidates

from the sane regions. That if we are going to win Ohio, or Virginia, or New Mexico - which I still don't get how it ended up red - or Colorado, that perhaps we will need a candidate who sounds at least like Willie Nelson.

[cubsfan forever]

24. Interesting map from AP/USA Today

You know, the ones who gave WetDiaper a 13% "lead" in order to keep Iraq off the front pages? Do I think it's even remotely accurate? Uh, no. I do agree, though, that MA is a "sane" region.

[Thtwudbeme]

2. No, you aren't those things, many millions of others are.

Wish us all luck.

[ArtieBoy]

3. As a native Southerner...

...I'm glad we get at least one aspect of society to run. There has to be some consolation for being in a Red State.

[AspenRose]

4. Bush's is fake

Not really from Texas...but from Connecticut.

If you heard him speak early on as governor of Texas and before then, the twang was non-existent.

[TexasProgresive]

11. It's not only fake

but nobody speaks like that in Texas or anywhere.

[question everything]

30. You mean, they don't sound like they want to spit out the T in Texas? nt

[Hawkeye Pierce]

13. not to defend the shrub

but, I am originally from NY state then we moved south to Georgia where I grew up and I have a southern accent.

[immoderate]

22. again not to defend,

but as I understand it, Bush spent many formative years in Midland, TX.

--IMM

[cubsfan forever]

27. I think you mean Laura, but that's close enough

for the spin idiots.

[St. Jarvitude]

31. Find an audio clip of him during his run for Texas Governor

He didn't even have a trace of the bullshit-fake Texas accent he has now.

[GraphicQueen]

20. Not to mention the fact that...

Bush didn't even buy that ranch of his until he ran for President the first time. He didn't live on a ranch and it is all show and nothing else.

[Yupster]

25. I don't get this Rose

I was born in Brooklyn. Moved to Staten Island when I was two and moved to Texas when I was 21. I've been in Texas for 25 years now.

So in your opinion, I am not a Texan?

I sure feel like a Texan. I sure don't feel like a New Yorker. I haven't been there in 20 years.

[0007]

35. Are you bragging or complaining?

And it certainly doesn't mean that folks that come here and post voted for Kerry, does it?

[TwentyFive]

5. You bigoted? Far from it...red voters in the south are the bigoted ones.

I will never accept NASCAR, country music, fried chicken, grits or anything else from the south.

[clydefrand]

7. NASCAR, never! But tell me what the hell is wrong with grits?

GRITS= Girls Raised In The South! Like me!

[ilovenicepeople]

15. I like grits!

:loveya: :pals: :loveya:

[clydefrand]

19. Me, too! Other kinds of corn as well.

[Yupster]

26. I like grits too

I order them with brown sugar and raisins which apparently means I'm not as Texan as I think I am.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Dude, come on, fried chicken has never done anything to you...

Well...obesity and heart problems if eaten excessively I suppose...but it's so damn good!

[immoderate]

How about jazz, started in New Orleans, or etouffe?

I used to go to a country music bar in Greenwich Village. Buddy Holly, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis?

You've got to be less provincial.

--IMM

[Swamp Rat]

33. Hotdamn! Now ya tawkin'!

Wayat! :D

[GraphicQueen]

23. Oh damn....

I love GRITS and HOMINY. I also love greens, especially poke salad. I can't give up the great food. Please don't make meeeee....

[Melodybe]

32. What about Jonny Cash? He is the man in black afterall.

[clydefrand]

6. I didn't see the ceremony today,,,only snipets from the news, etc

But weren't there 4 southern Presidents speaking today? Clinton, 2 Bushmen and Carter? I don't know who else? Was Ford there?

[question everything]

8. Yes, four. Papa Bush still sounded Yankee (more or less) n/t

[clydefrand]

12. You mean he could complete a sentence today?

Did y'all see Big Dog being interviewed by Peter Jennings tonight?

I loved it! He rather chewed Peter's ass up over the way Ken Starr was forever being highlighted on ABC's News! He didn't pull any punches and he didn't back down! Would love to have that interview on tape for posterity!

[ArtieBoy]

9. The Bushmen

are from Connecticut, actually. Bush, Jr. likes to dress up and play cowboy and twang it up a little in speeches in the Midwest and Southeast, but he's a Ivy League New Englander, the same thing he painted Kerry as to help him lose. Ironic.

[clydefrand]

16. Yes, I know where they are from and only pretend to be

southerners. Maybe we could get Kerry to move to Jawja for a few weeks so he can run again with a southern twang! Or Hilary!

[clydefrand]

18. Dupe self deleted

[Warpy]

17. Blame the DLC

If they run a Yankee or midwesterner, they hamstring him.

They are the mostly southern, all conservative DINOs at the center of party politics who got into power by promising to counter the Nixonian southern strategy.

They got lucky with Clinton, but only because he was charismatic and capable, two qualities Bush I lacked.

They should have mopped the floor with Bush the Stupid in both elections. They should have been able to take Congress back. Instead, they've ignored the warnings on voter fraud and fooled themselves that the party isn't far right enough.

In their own way, they're every bit as delusional as the Bush team.

[clydefrand]

21. I LOVE THAT: BUSH THE STUPID!

It's the Stupid, Stupid!

[question everything]

29. I think that it is even sadder with the GOP

That party used to be the place for the "country club" people from the East and West coasts. Yes, the party of Rockefeller and of Javitz, of Prescott Bush and even Goldwater who, BTW, was a pro-choice.

A party that really believed in small government and in civil liberties that would be horrified at the invasion of privacy that cannot be justified by "national security" concerns.

And it was taken over by southerners like Gringich, and Trent Lott and DeLay - all small minded people who would not know how to behave like gentlemen if they had to save their lives.

[Sleepysage]

28. That's because people have been duped

...into thinking we live in a democratic monarchy. Apparently, unless you sport a drawl, you're not a "real American."

I just want someone who can do the fricking job.

[KnowerOfLogic]

34. It's because Southerners are clannish and won't vote for anybody

who isn't "one of them."