Bill Maher --- In general, it is the dumbest part of the county [The South]

CNN/Larry King Live | 07/22/04 | Bill Maher

[PistolPaknMama]

He really should get elevated shoes and a nose job or maybe a face transplant. He looks like a twirp next to her.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Because they, there's too many people that just think every problem can be solved by either more guns or more Jesus.

I hate to tell you, but this is exactly the attitude most Californians - even "moderate Republicans" - have toward the South. I've no doubt it's the prevalent feeling in the Northeast, as well. There's something about a southern accent that just instantly triggers a "You dumbass!" attitude in people here - that's the main reason Bush is so unpopular in the blue states. Give him a "newscaster accent" and perfect diction and I believe he would get 60% of the nationwide vote in November without changing a single policy position.

[M007]

By the way, can anyone tell me how to get these pasted quotes into italics. Every time I paste, it turns the text back to normal....work with me I am relatively new to Free Republic.

You have to put the letter I inside those pointy quotation marks at the beginning of the quote and a forward slash and an I inside the pointy quotation marks at the end of the quote. Hope this helps.

[americanmother]

I got in on this late but just had to say the more these Kerry supporters say and do things like that the more people they lose.Democrat southerners don't like to be called dumb either.

[Dan from Michigan]

Most Michiganders I think are smarter than that. I certainly hope so.

[Colt .45]

Amen to that brother! He's a cretin who will suckle at the teats of the socialist swines in the Democratic Party. Or as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin aptly named them, "USEFUL IDIOTS".

[Conservababe]

Lord love a duck...we must not worry of what old Bill has to say about us southerners. We may be the only folks who he can be so mean spirited about without repercussions, but he doesn't know what we know. Only folks who are secure in their uniqueness can make fun of themselves. And we southerners do, even on this thread. The joke is on him.LOL

[Smartass]

You know, listening to Bill Maher, one would think that
every Southerner is a hard core redneck, barefoot and
pregnant, uneducated, and backward etc..  That is so far
from the truth.   We can go anywhere in the U.S.A.
and find problems.  Unfortunately, everything being
equal, is not, and never will be.

[4CJ]

By the way, can anyone tell me how to get these pasted quotes into italics. Every time I paste, it turns the text back to normal....work with me I am relatively new to Free Republic.

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[PistolPaknMama]

I have no idea what ever happened to modesty in young women. Most, but not all, of them look, act and dress like sluts, then can't figure why they get no respect. "belly girl" is a good example.

[kcvl]

He is one UGLY guy, that's for sure.

[Wampus SC]

Maher said that, huh? We Southerners must be doing something right, then.

And we don't read the entrails. We EAT them! Livers, hearts, gizzards... yum.

[RightWingAtheist]

Forget them! What about:

William Faulkner

Robert Penn Warren

E.O. Wilson

Gregory Benford

John Archibald Wheeler

Richard M. Weaver

John Crowe Ransom

Tennesee Williams

Dummies all, huh Bill?

[sweetliberty]

"I work with a lot of people who spend time in Fayetville for P&G."

I've been in classes up in Fayetteville since I started this job. I will finish up in about a month. I will be glad when that's over. Oh yeah, and I've moved too. I'm in the Ozarks now. Got out of RAT territory.

[kcvl]

Welcome!

[Smartass]

No. Never did like the guy. To me, he was always arrogant.

[TigersEye]

He sounds just like the guy Randy Newman was talking about in his song "Rednecks." Anybody remember that one?

[MikalM]

I'll see you, and raise you two favorites of mine: Flannery O'Connor, and Charles Portis.

[kcvl]

I love the Ozarks!

[FITZ]

There's something about a southern accent that just instantly triggers a "You dumbass!" attitude in people here - that's the main reason Bush is so unpopular in the blue states.

Then why was Bill Clinton from Arkansas with his hillbilly ways and accent so revered by California and East Coast liberals? The Hollywood crowd worshipped Clinton and some idiots claimed he was such a clever man. Bush has a Texas drawl which is different and LBJ --- also liked by liberals had one.