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Swede Atlanta

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21. It is truly disheartening.....

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 07:11 PM

Mar 2012

We have fellow citizens that continue to hold views such as a black man is not worthy of higher office (well it is good the guy in the video is older because soon whites will be in the minority) or that people actually listen to Faux News and Rush to suggest Obama is not "one of us".

You look at them and you hope they are happy but have to wonder what their lives could have been had they had an an ounce of interest beyond the local bayou and their corner church.

They are indeed backwaters to this nation's greatness.

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examples of why people vote for santorum and his ilk: from Bill Maher last night [View all] IcyPeas Mar 2012 OP

That is sad. janx Mar 2012 #1

The GOP candidates are fighting for that vote. The base of the GOP. AlinPA Mar 2012 #2

I would feel sorry for them if they weren't pulling us all down mmonk Mar 2012 #3

Disgusting. We have people with those frogmarch Mar 2012 #4

Sad to say - this could be Louisiana also Laf.La.Dem. Mar 2012 #5

That's MUST SEE stuff! Bozita Mar 2012 #6

And that's why I loathe the values voters crowd. Initech Mar 2012 #7

'...Our president should be American, xxqqqzme Mar 2012 #8

"The south with rise again." Speck Tater Mar 2012 #9

I'm assuming by "them" you mean the type of people illustrated in the segment, Hosnon Mar 2012 #12

Of course thee would be a grace period Speck Tater Mar 2012 #22

Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #31

Frothy does pretty well up north as well. progressoid Mar 2012 #15

hot rise? ThomThom Mar 2012 #36

The south won't actually "rise" again Confusious Mar 2012 #10

I lived in MS for 3 years and it is possible that both she did not cherry pick these people Hosnon Mar 2012 #11

Let's be fair -- Mississippi has its mint julep drinking racists too, most with teeth. Hoyt Mar 2012 #13

I actually feel sorry for these ppl. alittlelark Mar 2012 #14

I agree- it's not funny Johonny Mar 2012 #27

In the words of Karl Rove... Demoiselle Mar 2012 #16

Do you have a reference for that Rove quote? thesquanderer Mar 2012 #30

Mea Culpa. I just tried to find it.... Demoiselle Mar 2012 #37

Wow. Pure, unadulterated, willful ignorance. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #17

That is the crowd Santorum was speaking to when he was offended Obama wanted people to IndyJones Mar 2012 #18

Here are a few other folks in Mississippi. nolabear Mar 2012 #19

Most hospitable. Enjoyed every visit from The Shack Up in Clarksdale to the Monmouth in Natchez. cachukis Mar 2012 #26

I like the south. Initech Mar 2012 #35

That is the base of the GOP aaaaaa5a Mar 2012 #20

It is truly disheartening..... Swede Atlanta Mar 2012 #21

those folks thoughts are as deep as the water on my windshield Demonaut Mar 2012 #23

You'll find many of those same folks here in Alabama. trof Mar 2012 #24

The number of states where people like that can be found would be... oh, I'd say cherokeeprogressive Mar 2012 #25

Pretty much RZM Mar 2012 #33

Faith is just a symptom, not the problem Major Nikon Mar 2012 #28

What a bunch of jackasses hyphenate Mar 2012 #29

Why no black people? Mississippi is 37 percent black RZM Mar 2012 #32

The really scary thing? Maher said the reporter had to filter out people with missing teeth. Initech Mar 2012 #34