Posted on 06/06/2007 1:36:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hugh Hewitt wondered aloud on his radio show this week if Fred Thompson might not be a good GOP nominee for President because the country “might not want another slow talking Southerner after Bush.” He’s not the only GOP commentator I have heard express this sentiment.
Every time I hear someone say this, I have to wonder if the person saying it is projecting their own anti-southern bigotry onto the American public or if their really is a large bloc of voters that would base their vote on where someone is from and/or how fast they talk.
It was especially interesting for Ohiophile Hewitt to say this given that he accuses anyone of bigotry that thinks Romney’s religion is relevant to their decision whether to support him for President.
Since I started blogging at Redstate three years ago and since my conservative epiphany in 2000 I can say that the biggest disappointment I have had with some conservatives in the blogosphere is the amount of anti-southern bigotry I have seen. I have even come to have a superiority complex on all things regional given that I have never known a Southerner that would not vote for someone because they were not from the South. I guess we developed this superiority during the formative Civil Rights years!
Or maybe we base our votes on relevant information? Like their policies, duh? Character?
Folks, voters vote on issues, character and leadership. Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are all from the South. Bush kills terrorists. The other guys that talk slow appeased them. Bush cut taxes. The others from Dixie raised them. Bush picks good judges. Clinton put a feminist on the court. Carter lusted in his heart. Clinton lusted all over the carpet and Bush is faithful to his wife.
Southern Diversity. (Except on immigration, all three would sell out the country)
Voters will not be “reminded” of Bush if Thompson advocates border security first, cuts in government spending and delivers lines like a fine actor from Law and Order.
Where a candidate is from is irrelevant at the top of the ticket. If it is relevant to you, look in the mirror.
They’ll be SORRY.....the Fred-believers, it’ll be a bumper sticker moment (IF God forbid he were elected) “don’t blame me I voted for Hunter”
i suspect that you're about the age of "a high school harry", whose IQ is similar to your belt size. i cannot imagine an grown man posting something like that on forum.
free dixie,sw
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
At least I know where the shift key and punctuation keys are on my laptop.
PITY that you are unable to understand that you are thought to be a FOOL by most intelligent readers.
fyi, i type to suit me & nobody else.
free dixie,sw
YOU are the only one responding to me. Does that make you intelligent because you do or not intelligent because the other "intelligent readers" don't?
YEP, that's the correct answer.
you've evidently joined the ranks of those who hardly anyone will post to. (otoh, they laugh AT you behind your back in PMs & ridicule you for your silly notions. i have received several such PMs.)
otoh, i laugh AT you to your face, as i like "blood-sports" (that's one of my legion of failings.)
free dixie,sw
Well, it's been fun playing. And, I have been playing with you. I don't even remember why you attacked me in the first place. I don't care either.
Have you wiped the spittle of your screen, yet?
Have a nice day and God bless you.
from here on, i'll just laugh AT you ON-forum, as most of your readers do OFF-forum.
we Texicans tend to "not suffer fools well"., especially when SELF-important,arrogant, DAMNyankees make STUPID/fact-FREE/hateful comments about the POTUS.
free dixie,sw
NICE guy, GOOD congress-critter,NO chance!!! (NOT opinion. FACT!)
free dixie,sw
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