[#1CTYankee]

The word "Yankee" gained popularity in the early to mid nineteenth century to describe a particular brand of New Englander: arrogant, hypocritical, unfriendly, condescending, intolerant, extremely self-righteous

Hey! I resemble(Some of)that remark

[FUMETTI]

I concur #1CTYankee!

I am a lifelong New Yorker, but my father's side were good, unprejudiced union dues paying New Englanders from Lynn and Salem, Mass. I do not hold New Englanders accountable for their widespread reputation as "snotty, condescending and arrogant". It is probably that they elect some of the biggest blowhards in the country (Barney Frank, John Kerry, Lowell Weicker, Teddy Kennedy, Howard Dean).

By the way, this unfair and idea of the Northern arrogance and elitism is the main reason why the Bushes cringe when they are associated with New England..."we are TEXANS." This is in the face of the facts Bush's dad was a senator from Connecticut; Bush Sr. was born in Milton, Massachusetts; GW was born in New Haven, Connecticut; they have a homestead at Kennebunkport; and Sr's mom was born in Maine!

Although I am 100% supportive of our president, his curt dismissal of his New England roots are disengenuous and kind of insulting to those from Connecticut to Maine who support him as well. This distancing must be more media manipulation by Karl Rove.

In fact, GW Bush lost his first race for Congress in 1977 because he was "not Texas enough" according to the man who beat him. This reinvention is okay, but distancing himself from his roots are silly at best.