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As a 7th generation Southern born Southerner from a still Southern state (Mississippi).

I disagree.

I disagree that any but the western most Texan is not a Southerner.

However. I would agree that only pockets of Florida south of Lake City remain Southern. Clewiston probably being one of the most deep Southern outposts. We used to say Florida was Southern north of Orlando but that is not really accurate now post-Mouse era.

The west coast and NE states you refer to don't matter. They don't vote (R) anyhow even if they do loathe Southerners.

What does matter is the South, Rockies and Midwest. And I can tell ya that folks in rural PA or Indiana have nothing against a Southern accent.

Is it a coincidence as well that both national leaders in Congress are Southern too? (Frist-DeLay)

Now Bush has a more southern accent than I do. I assume he picked it up in Midland as a boy.

So tell me again Texas ain't Southern.

You did pick a nice muddy river for your name...one that gave the Yankees fits btw.

We shall see.

I will never make an excuse about being Southern or an accent. I think Southerners are the best orators in the nation and I think historically time and again that has been proven correct. Do you think certain Yankees worry about grating accents? And who cares about what the MSM thinks? They aside from FOX are no longer relevant except they are part of the opposition.

Texas was part of the Confederacy. It has never been Southern. And most Texans will tell you that. They are Texans, not Southerners.

You want to do a survey? Ask the question this way. "Somebody told me you're a Yankee. That's not true--but what are you?"

If someone from Texas doesn't respond "I'm a Texan," I'd be very surprised.

You'll almost never see someone sayin' "I'm a Georgian/Mississippian/Alabaman/Floridian/Carolinian/Missourian/Kentuckian/Tennessean/Virginian" in response. It's always "I'm a Southerner."

But as I mentioned above, the real test is, does kudzu grow there?