I think what you see is old and slow is the southern good ole boy “gotch ya”. I used to see it some in the midwest too, but you see it a lot in the south.
Do not ever assume that because some one is VERY deliberate in their speech and mannerisms that they are also slow in their thought processes. You do so to your own detriment.
Well being from a southern-midwest community(southern Indiana which is a southern as it gets north of the Mason-Dixon) I know exactly what you are saying. I do not believe Fred is slow in his thought processes. I am concerned that the slow deliberate approach doesn’t work in today’s political arena of 30-60 sec sound bites. If the media is willing to give the candidates the opportunity to actually answer a question rather than give a sound bite then I think Fred is very competitive, but I don’t see that happening. Conservative ideas, while right take time to explain, liberal emotional appeals are perfectly suited to today’s MTV world.