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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:48 PM Original message |
Why Does The South HAVE To Have A Southerner To Vote For? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why does this same topic come up twice a week or so? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. because |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Some say we NEEEED Gephardt in order to win Missouri. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. true, however |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have no idea |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree with you but like Edwards anyway. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. because we're still afraid of Nixon. n/t |
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Racenut20 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. Many think Yankees are pushy and obnoxious. Just don't |
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leyton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's it exactly. |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are you serious? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. but how can it be that widespread? |
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boxster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's been going on a lot longer than Nixon. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Right, and the perception is that the south will never vote |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I think I'm starting to understand |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 01:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It is not so much animosity as it is the fact that much of what... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. They don't, they can vote republican instead |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 07:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That's my perception also, but I'm hopeful that there will be more |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Southern voter's views used to line up perfectly with the... |
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(549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 02:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. When was that exactly? |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 08:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think the fracturing started during the reign of Saint Ronnie and... |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I believe the split happened during the Civil Rights struggle around |
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Raiden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. Because we don't like elitist Yankees! j/k |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Why is stereotyping ok if it is done by one group but not by another? |
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zoeyfong (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
17. Because they're very clannish. They don't trust anybody who isn't |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ego |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. This is a good example of why we don't vote for northerners. |
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Lefty Pragmatist (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Southern identity is expressed in moralist terms. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Only a non-southerner would ask this. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Reagan won many southern states and he wasn't a southerner... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. It doesn't. |
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Kipepeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't think it does |
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JayS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 09:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Where are we going to find one at this late date though? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. >Their only true faith is hatered, their only truth is a lie.< |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Hogwash. I was born and raised in the deep south. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I'm not going to disagree |
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nonkultur (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. Watch "My Cousin Vinny" |
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dolstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Maybe it's all the self-righteous Northernors calling them bigots |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Because the Civil War isn't over down here ..unfortunately |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 09:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Reagan from Cal; Bush Sr. from Ct/Maine--where is the southerner? |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 09:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Reagan and Bush chose to speak in a "folksy" manner which |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. The southern mentality basically is North bad..everywhere else fine |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Your thoughts are very clear and sum up the south perfectly. |
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nonkultur (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. You have a good point on the bigot thing. |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. Because the south is insecure and has self-esteem issues |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Ummm....no |
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Anon (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. History |
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Scoopie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. I have no idea what you're talking about |
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TreeHuggingLiberal (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. Who is this "They" I hear |
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Comicstripper (876 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
49. Excuse me...... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-21-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. Edwards? Clark? Bob Graham? |
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