I never said that, though you did imply it...
To: Warren_Piece
No, I live in the red-blooded, conservative, traditional values Southern heartland, and assuming you're a Yankee, y'all can't win without us.
30 posted on 08/10/2006 1:11:03 PM EDT by beeler ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue")
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681243/posts?page=30#30
Of course that was before you said NC couldn't be included
To: Howlin
NC is the weak link in the Southern US and is not necessarily indicative of the rest of the South. We have the highest taxes in the SE and are inundated with Yankees. You have to work hard to find conservatives, but they're still here. And then there's the yellow dogs, who have faded in much of the South, but still tend to be a majority here, at least on the local level. But even the yellow dogs tend to be conservative, if you pin them down on the issues.
133 posted on 08/10/2006 1:55:19 PM EDT by beeler ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice...moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue")
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681243/posts?page=133#133
You need to get out more.
You need to read your own posts.
How did I imply that NC was representative of all the South? I'm a southerner, born and raised in TX. Traditionally, the conservative south plays a large role in presidential elections. Y'all can't win without us. NC tends to vote Republican in national elections, but the good ole boy Democrat network still essentially runs state politics. They're mostly liberal to leftist and sadly they still receive a lot of support from "yellow-dog democrats" who are essentially conservative on issues but tend to vote democrat, regardless of the issues, because my daddy and his daddy always voted democrat. This trend has largely changed in the rest of the south but NC seems to be dragging along. That's essentially the point I was trying to make. Feel free to ask for any clarifications.