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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:29 PM Original message |
How is Sarah going to play with Southern Whites? |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tears of ecstatic rapture |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Umm, no offense, but have you talked to any southern white women |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Did you say RAPTURE? LOL. We can only hope she gets |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. The southern white women I know said Palin was "mean" & "too sarcastic" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I was wondering if she'd be received that way |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I think she's much more conservative than the average Southern woman, she's on the fringe |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. right, not all southern women are looney fundies |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That's what I would expect. And her accent has to be grating... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. That's what I'm hearing. And also the 'mother of five' thing. And southern men like a spicey woman |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Southern women do know polite. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. "Polite" seems right up there with Jesus, barbecue and college football in the South... |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm all for polite, wherever you live. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well said. |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Some of the older traditional ones will wonder whether the job is too demanding for a mother of 5 & |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. She will suddenly have a southern accent. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
48. Hillary used to do it |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not quite south, but so Illinois sans Carbondale loves her |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. They'll love her to pieces. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
13. Roberta McCain looked like she had been sucking on a pickle |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. South not wrapped up, McCamy |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I haven't heard any talk about her at all. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. My guess is that she will be more palatable than McCain |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. She does have that steel magnolia quality about her. I just hope they |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. Only a Southern gal -of any ethnicity- can be a steel magnolia |
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tannybogus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. An older Republican woman told me that |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. That screeching yankee nasality is going to be a problem, but I think her use of fundy... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. By attacking urban blacks via her denigration of community |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Palin definitely appeals to the racist skinhead group. Question is - do they vote? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. And would they have voted for Obama anyway? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well, no. The white supremacist vote is probably out of Obama's reach. Good point. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. I caught that too |
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chapel hill dem (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. In Raleigh ( a very red area), she is seen as the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Would any of those folks have voted for Obama in any case? |
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chapel hill dem (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I doubt if any would even consider Obama, but they would consider not voting. n/t |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. did you hear Dick Armey's comments about the "Bubbas"? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think that a lot of older southern women will think that Palin is crude and uncouth. |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. As welcome as a turd in a punch bowl... |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The bastard at the family picnic.... |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. The mosquito at the drive in movie.... |
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SayitAintSo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The pink fingernails scratching on the blackboard of our hearts ... |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. The men I've known in north Texas and north Florida, Repubs & Dems... |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. As a woman who grew up in the south (in NC) |
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Jane Eyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Agreed |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. She doesn't play with this one. (Southern White male) |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. They will HATE her accent. But they'll love her level of incompetence |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. I'm telling EVERYBODY I know about 'speaking in tongues': it's weird! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. Rednecks love her. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Could be they're pretending to love her... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. Very well, as well as in fly over country |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. They won't get past the Canadian accent... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It doesn't sound Canadian to me, and I've visited there often, |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Even differences among Canadians... I would call it a central to western |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Sounds harsh to this Californian too |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. This Californian thinks so too |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
56. I know what you mean about the Northern MN tones to her voice. |
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Chloroplast (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
52. Her bragging is a turn off. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
55. Graciousness is much more of a southern thing than an Alaska thing, no? n/t |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
58. Beyond the ones who were going to vote McCain against the n*gger, anyway? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
59. Well, going by the informal poll my wife took of her Junior League friends |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
60. Are you kidding me? |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
61. When the Southern Baptists see a copy of that video |
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