Is it a requirement for a President to be a Southerner now?

[Cascadian]

For the last 40 years, the majority of our Presidents have either been native to the South or at least lived in the South. It is also noted that the South has become a powerhouse economically, socially, and even culturally. Don't believe me? Let me throw out some names out for you. Wal-Mart, NASCAR, Larry The Cable Guy, Christian Fundamentalism, Little Debbie Cakes, etc.... Cities like Atlanta and Charlotte are huge corporate centers. I guess in some ways, after 140 years, the South has won! With this clout comes political power. Has it gotten to the point where it is required that a Southerner is to be a President? The Northeast, The Midwest, and even the West no longer really counts?

Now, I am not trying to dis the South or Southerners. Some of the nicest people you will ever meet come from there and there are some places worth visiting down there (Memphis, New Orleans, Asheville, NC spring to mind!) but you cannot deny that part of the country has had a less than stellar reputation on the social end of things and it is too bad.

I just think the time has come where maybe we should consider more regional partiality. Just my belief on this subject.


John

[lligrd]

1. Let's Just Hope The New Requirement Isn't That He/She Is A

Dumbass like the one in power for the last 6 years.

[Xipe Totec]

2. No. Dubya is from Connecticut

his poppy is from Massachusetts.

They just pretend to be Texans.

[Cascadian]

3. I thought Poppy was from Maine.

I know Dubya was born in Connecticut.



John

[Xipe Totec]

7. I live a few blocks away from where Poppy was born,

On Adams Street in Milton Mass.

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13. See if I've got this right:

From "the google", I see that Dumbya was born in New Haven, Connecticut. And Poppy, Milton, Massachusetts, you say? Okay. And their family estate is in Kennebunkport, Maine, I think.

Geez. So three pretty good states are polluted by their presence or former presence.

Southerners like to gloat about the fact that the Bushes are actually Yankees. In fairness to Yankees, it is clear that the Bushes' main support is now pretty well confined to the more ignorant people of the South--and I think Yankees have disowned them.

[flamingpie2500]

4. Not a requirement but it certainly is important==win the South=win elections

[we can do it]

5. No - Its Just To Sound As Stupid As Most of Amurkans

[No Exit]

15. By George, I think you've nailed it!

:rofl:

LBJ managed to sound pretty stupid, with his drawl. But let's face it, Dumbass has taken the art beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

He's got everyone, from the most pretentious commentators all the way to the most downtrodden Wal-mart employees, talking in phrases that echo my preschool years when we used to play Cops and Robbers: "the bad guys".

It's ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is the fact that NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY, can clearly define exactly who these "bad guys" really are.

If they rolled the pedantic William F. Buckley out and put him on TV, I would fully expect him to say something about "the bad guys".

We're all trapped in a cheap Saturday morning movie matinee.

[MGD]

6. There have been considerably more Yankee presidents historically. ..18 to 25 actually. Check it out:

Bush: South-1
Clinton: South-2
Bush: South-3
Reagan: West-1
Carter: South-4
Ford: Yankee-2
Nixon:Yankee-3
LBJ: South-5
Kennedy: Yankee-4
Ike: South-6
Truman: South-7
FDR: Yankee-5
Hoover: Yankee-6
Coolidge: Yankee-7
Harding: yankee (Go Buckeyes)-8
Wilson: South-8
Taft: Yankee (Go Buckeyes)-9
Teddy Roosevelt:Yankee-10
McKinley: Yankee (Go Buckeyes)-11
Cleveland: Yankee-12
Harrison: Yankee (Go Buckeyes)-13
Cleveland: Yankee-14
Arthur: Yankee-15
Garfield: Yankee (Go Buckeyes)-16
Hayes: Yankee (Go Buckeyes)-17
Grant: Big time yankee (Go Buckeyes)-18
Johnson: Big time south-9
Lincoln: King of the Yankees-19
Buchanan: Yankee-20
Pierce: yankee-21
Fillmore: Yankee-22
Taylor: South-10
Polk: South-11
Tyler: South-12
Harrison: South-13
Van Buren: Yankee-23
Jackson: South-14
Adams: Yankee-24
Monroe: South-15
Madison: South-16
Jefferson: South-17
Adams: Yankee-25
Washington: South-18

Of course, I didn't figure in multiple terms in any capacity.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index2.html

[Cascadian]

8. I am talking about the last 40 years or so.

You cannot deny there is quite a shift towards the South.



John

[Cascadian]

9. By the way, Nixon was from the West

Nixon was from California making him from the West. Not a Yankee.


John

[MGD]

11. Oh yeah.

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16. And Cheney is from the West... assuming we believe that Cheney

was actually born, rather than having occurred through a tragic accident involving African chimpanzees and French bioweapons experiments gone tragically wrong (like the AIDS virus.)

[mtnsnake]

10. Don't worry. According to Chris Matthews our next Pres will most likely be from Massachusetts

conservative, Mitt Romney, that is.

[No Exit]

14. From the guy who says Dubya will one day grace Mount Rushmore!

Chris Matthews may be the best comedian of our time.

[1932]

12. No. But turning its back on the south is a bad sign to send to all Americans.

There are a lot of people the democrats want to help in the south, and if you live in CA or NY or MA, you should still want your party to show to poor people and the oppressed middle and working class everywhere, whether in your state or in the south, that you're looking after them. And if running a candidate from the south is a good way to send that message, I'm for it.