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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:30 PM Original message |
How to win the South (In a Young Dem's Opinion) |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Clark's a tough general from Arkansas |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It doesn't matter where you are from.. |
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bookman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Clark is fine tuning... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Deleted message |
Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Huey P. Long...yes, 100% spot on. "A Chicken in every pot... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
78. I'm IN Tennessee and I know NO ONE who dislikes Clark |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. Brainwashed |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. he comes across as a policy wonk.... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. "I'll beat the shit out of 'em..." |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. "The south will vote Dem if there's balls involved." |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. I have always accued the South of feelings of emasculation left from the |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Personally, I don't want another Dixicrat. I want a pro labor |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Dixicrat - wasn't Strom Thurmond a Dixiecrat? n/t |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Yes, and Dixiecrats voted for Jesse Helms |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. The other part of the formula for the Dems was... |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not Balls but Charm |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm Dean all the way - but he will not run in '08 - and it kills me to say |
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billymc2 (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 04:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
134. re: I'm Dean all the way - but he will not run in '08 - and it kills me |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #134 |
169. Welcome to DU, billymc2. Lots of new DU'ers lately. |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Republicans have demonized Democrats for so long |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Military records do not get you the Presidency |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Kerry in the 60's-70's had 'balls', this Kerry in '04 -um, no. |
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chaumont58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
102. I'm not a real Kerry fan |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm saying |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
176. The West & the South are where the votes are. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. You do know that Dixiecrat is just another word for conservative racist |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Back home... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Here in NC, Dixiecrat is white code speak |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I'm from the south and Dixiecrat racism isn't in the past |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. I can't believe that post... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Oh, bullshit |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Hey, |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I have told you :o) |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #74 |
136. That will take generations |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #136 |
141. So we need a two-pronged attack. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
85. "The GOP is selling them out everyday" |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Exactly. You tell them the truth |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
107. Many don't care about economic issues |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. I concur... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
88. What part of Tennessee are you in? |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. There you go |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. What I percieved the poster to infer by Dixiecrat was |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Things like that |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
137. That would be buttermilk with your cornbread |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dixiecrat? NO WAY. Progressive populist works tho |
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Lannes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. Im a fan of Dean's but.. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Folks ........ ignore this young person at your own peril |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Except Dean was totally out of touch with Southerners |
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Eloriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. What do you think he meant by that |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
81. No need to be RUDE |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
178. I didn't cringe. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
177. You obviously didn't understand what Dean was saying. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. I talked a TN'ean into voting for Edwards after having a conversation... |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. My Father... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. People who work, people who buy: getting squeezed. Big Corps in the middle |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Perhaps, but deep down inside every southerner.... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. If you stop trying to make Dean something that he isn't |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Don't make this *about* Dean ..... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
116. I think that's what i was saying. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, I'm originally from Pa, but lived in SC, TX and now Ga. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Good analysis |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. There is no way Biden could win the South |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
82. Yep... Biden wouldn't make a dent down here - even though, MOST |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Plain talk is easily understood is another way to phrase it. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Biden?! I accept Biden as the best Dem who can get elected in Delaware -- |
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chaumont58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm a senior citizen from California |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Clinton would die |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I am forced to echo this analysis as well. n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. "southerners view women in office as strict tabboo" |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Its more of a food chain type thing. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
118. You perceive it correctly. |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. We're talking Presidency here |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Do you have any actual evidence to base any of this on? |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Unfortunately |
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Debs (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. Here is another anecdote |
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wildflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. How do you feel about... |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
109. Obama in '12 maybe |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. I agree, what an outdated perspective |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
124. lurleen wallace |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #124 |
152. To be fair |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
150. I disagree that southerners view women in office as strict taboo |
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renaissanceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
189. Not so. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. We also have a large Black population in the South |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. There's a lot of Evilenglicals |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I don't think we should waste our time |
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chaumont58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
106. I'm pleasantly surprised |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Very good point. We need to get angry and make the case. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. You've got the right idea |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Huey P. Long. He could have been President -until he was assasinated. n/t |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Yes, he could have. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. "I'm here to help you, not use you!" |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
76. Thanks |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. So they would vote for another white guy like Howard Dean. |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Then again that's what's wrong with you, |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. The midwest will NOT vote for a woman for President |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Exactly--it's not only the South that's at issue, |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. The sad thing is |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
101. I guess Gov. Kathleen Siblelius (D KS) can forget |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. The midwest will NOT vote for a woman for President |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Then the south needs to evolve doesn't it? |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. NeoCon Bullshit is... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Bullshit. My father never regarded me as property and neither does |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Magically 2 people |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Deleted message |
true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. You gave up on the "fallacious arguments" that you stirred |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. You really need to keep your fallacies straight |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Deleted message |
Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Hmm..you sound familiar with this last post |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
104. WHAT? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
114. "Women in the south are regarded as property of the man. Period." |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
119. That's hogwash and you know it! |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
129. "Women in the south are regarded as property of the man" |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #129 |
143. i think people are projecting statements by the |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
154. "Women in the south are regarded as property of the man. Period" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. ... |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. If your tired of them voting.... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. I want real democracy, not democracy for the elitists, which |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 01:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
130. I'm not sure whose comments I find more distasteful |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
153. Look at the faces in most Southern state legislatures |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
64. I couldn't disagree more. |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. If you leave the south to rot... |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 12:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
126. No, it won't. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
83. "Leave the South to rot." |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. LMAO! |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 12:44 AM Response to Reply #95 |
125. LMAO! |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #83 |
127. Wow. Your sarcasm belies a lack of knowledge. |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 01:35 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. I'm guessing you don't live in Alabama or Mississippi |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:42 AM Response to Reply #127 |
146. Can you name ONE "passing effort" Kerry made |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:53 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. well he sent Edwards to Birmingham for a fundraiser |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Exactly. n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #146 |
161. I can't remember any efforts at all, passing or otherwise. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #64 |
131. your comments are "rot" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:29 AM Response to Reply #131 |
162. Yeah, but some forms of bigotry are acceptable, even admired, |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
79. Think so?... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
84. They're waiting to hear the truth... |
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true_notes (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Vice a |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
100. I lived in the south for awhile |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 12:54 AM Response to Reply #100 |
128. The reason why Republicans can be successful anywhere.. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #128 |
157. Well, that's right but we don't even pitch the smart message. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
103. I think everybody, urban and rural, thinks that way |
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SouthernDem2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
105. Lol, love the generalizing... |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
108. How to win? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. duh |
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InfoMinister (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
110. My Dad Said He Would Have Voted For Dean |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #110 |
179. Great username! Well, that's good news about your dad. |
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oxbow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
111. Couldn't hurt to try being ballsy |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
113. They already voted Dem, big time. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
115. "Deep inside every southerner |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. My thoughts exactly |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #120 |
145. You bet, WEL... |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #120 |
164. In fact, I just can't imagine anyone else |
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Yellow_Dog (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
117. Born and raised in the Mountains of NC, and I am also a redneck |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #117 |
160. We need to listen to you...fight the good fight everywhere. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #117 |
170. Welcome to DU, Yellow_Dog. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
121. Target Florida, and write off the rest |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. plant the seeds in the South... Demographics are achangin' |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 01:27 AM Response to Reply #121 |
132. what about Texas |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 06:29 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Texas should be the first state written off |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 08:35 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. TX will be majority non-white in 10 years |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Many of those Hispanic people are under 18 or non-citizens |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. nope go check the demographic trends... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. Remember, I said voters, not people |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #144 |
172. there are many Hispanics under the age of 18 right now |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #140 |
181. Well then why don't you just take your own advice and |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #135 |
163. Quite right, old chum. Be done with the silly flyover rotters! |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:23 PM Response to Reply #135 |
180. Hey bluestateguy |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 05:49 AM Response to Reply #180 |
184. Don't worry, I'm already on my way out within the next 12 months |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #184 |
186. Oh you're IN Texas. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. The "Dream Team" in 2002 was my last straw |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #121 |
158. Yeah, writing off the South has worked so well for us these past few years |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 07:16 AM Response to Reply #158 |
185. The only one who wrote off the south was McGovern in 1972 |
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LuPeRcALiO (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
123. hmm... what about Al Gore and John Edwards? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 05:38 AM Response to Reply #123 |
149. I'm sick of pandering to the south! It's time for the south to wake |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #149 |
151. And one who will renounce the assault weapon ban |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #151 |
165. I still say screw pandering to the red necks! It's about putting |
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southlandshari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:32 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Most rednecks ARE working class Americans. n/t |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #167 |
173. That's absolutely right. Economic class is the key issue, not regoin or |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #167 |
174. Well then they better start waking up. When one works for a paycheck |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #165 |
190. That's fine... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #149 |
159. Yeah, Mondale, Dukakis, and Kerry worked for well for us. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #149 |
175. Pandering to the South? Kerry didn't even campaign in the South! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-05 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
139. Blah blah blah |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
155. Kerry had balls to spare...he actually WENT to Vietnam |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
156. Yeah, Bush sure had "grit" and "balls" that is how he avoided |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
166. Good post... And this is exactly why Im supporting Mark Warner in 2008. |
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SCRUBDASHRUB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
168. Welcome to DU, true_notes. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
171. there is nothing particularly special about the south or southerners |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
182. So I have a few questions: |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
183. I just looked at your profile. |
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Fifth of Five (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
188. Politics is a contact sport.... |
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sectorzero (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-26-05 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
191. "Balls" is only part of it. A Dem would have to move right to win. |
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JimmyJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-27-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #191 |
192. I could not possibly disagree with you more. The problem with |
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