The South: Lost Cause

[placton]

I think the Democratic Party, nationally, needs to write off most of the South as a lost cause. When Al Gore can't carry Tennessee, we need to look to other areas to win. Florida is no longer really part of the South, and can be in play. But Arkansas, Texas, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi (always fun to spell), Georgia, and Alabama are simply benighted areas with majority moron-American populations. I'll concede that Louisiana & Missouri may be a possible Dem wins from time to time.

The problem is that we are told (by, for example, the DLC and Lieberman) that we must appeal to these voters. Why? Zell Miller Democrats? Voters that expel a triple amputee who lost limbs in the war to a "more patriotic" chickenhawk.

Meanwhile, the base is going, going, gone. This is one are where Bush is right: he appeals to his base and they turn out: look at 2002!

Of course, we can try to be competitive there. Breax & Landrieu in LA should be supported, even though they are far to the right of where most of us are, because Congress is important too. But those 2 won in spite of being Dems, not because of it.