Posted on 12/09/2007 2:30:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
“It is more a matter of “Northern” and “Left Coast” RINOs against the will of the rest of the country.”
Unfortunately there is also an ample supply of Southern RINO’s. I’m surprised you hadn’t noticed.
But the exception proves the rule... My family is from the rust belt/ Great Lakes, and I was born in Chicago, though we are staunch Conservatives, all.
Yet Conservatism as a way of life is far more accepted in the South, Midwest, and West, as is easily determined by where the "red states" are, as I am sure you can see, even if you are surrounded on every side in NH.
Why does P.J.Comix post the Democratic Underground DUmmie Funnies? "Know Your Enemy" and a good laugh are both valid reasons, IMO.
And Western, too, but I see that as resulting from a reflex action, just pulling the lever for the big "R", which didn't happen as much in 06 as you might notice- Many Blue Dog Dems got in because the South/West/Mdwest no longer trust the Republicans and they are now paying attention.
There is also a certain "city-creep", where mega-cities are beginning to influence the state- Missouri is getting hard to keep because of the population of St. Louis and Kansas City. But Missouri, outside of the city, is still much as it has always been.
You have no concept of shame whatsoever.
I have no idea why a serial poster of personal abuse like you is permitted to remain here.
Because it was clear from the arrogant tone of the author that he was merely attempting to engage in more Southern bashing and employing the usual elitist, bigoted stereotypes. Simply put, he doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about.
I was replying to a statement, however, that the first paragraph or so gave enough information to show the writer as being...loony, I think he said. I disagree that that can be inferred.
There IS a palpable divide, however. It's just that the mixture isn't confined to two mixes, and the divisive issues aren't necessarily geographic. I agree.
Sorry, I didn’t read your reply before writing #50. Please see it.
What I knee-jerked about was his characterization of Bush as preppie, etc. That's the first I've seen of that and I agree.
I was dove hunting in central Texas a few weeks ago with people I had grown up with, roomed in college with, etc. They are all very conservative Republicans, and all but two are either doctors, dentists, or large corporation VPs. One is a working man, and one is an oil man who bought a lot of oil leases when oil was $8 /bbl. He has 10 times the money the rest of us have put together, now.
Anyway, I hadn't seen them in years and was amazed to hear the vituperation about Bush being a "Texan." The summation was that he went to "Yankee" prep school in the 5th grade, and only returned to Texas to go bankrupt and win the governorship on his dad's name and the disgust with Ma Richards.
Whatever your assessment of their judgment, that thinking is a real phenomenon, and there is a huge divide.
From what I can discern, we’ve never been together. If it weren’t for the South, the Free Republic wouldn’t be so free.
What they need to do is a critical analysis of the split in the party that is more along CLASS lines rather than geography. In my state of TN, we’ve had a string of rich, elitist RINOs elected to office that have little to do with the base Conservative voters of middle and working class. Our recent election for Mayor, which was between a rich leftist from a snooty neighborhood vs. a moderate former Democrat Congressman of more modest means saw the divisions quite stark. The rich GOP areas voted for the leftist while the working class areas like mine (a mixed-race area, which ironically elected a middle-class Republican to the local Council) voted for the moderate Democrat. The middle class split the difference and they elected the rich liberal. Our local leftist newspaper didn’t much point out the stark differences (of course, had the liberal been a wealthy Republican Conservative who won, they would’ve blasting him as to how out of touch he was with the working and middle class).
Most of those rich folks do not have to deal with the problems the transitional middle and working class folks have to. They can effectively insulate themselves from problems, they have wealthy schools, excellent police, etc., while us folks out here living in neighborhoods that were formerly safe and respectable have to deal with the invading hordes and soaring crime rate and mass-scale drops in our property values. It’s become a nightmare over the past decade, and now having to live next door to illegals that have no respect for the law, are insulated from having the cops ask them if they’re residents, and generally can get away with murder, this won’t become a “serious” problem to those wealthy folks until they start invading THEIR turf, and then it will become suddenly “important.”
As I said, the author of the article is well out of touch with the real dynamics and the true reality.
Pure nonsense. The very people he describe as being Republicans I have seen in overwhelming numbers as Democrats. I’ve met them at black tie events, dinner parties etc., etc.
The vast majority of Republicans I know are working class and upper middle class working people.
- “ Daddums “ ? Never have I heard such a word in my entire Yankee life.
Nowadays, most of the Republicans in New England are really people who inherited “old money”. They did not like Democrats’ attempts to redistribute their wealth. Other than that, they are liberals.
Mississippi ping
Good analysis.
His filth is published a little too often down here.
It is funny, we are all a bunch of hicks and morons, but he chooses to live in Jackson.
David's a liberal, but an honest one. Over beers at Hal and Mal's we talked politics for a couple hours. He told me then I could write a guest column, though it'll be limited to 600 words.
I now have a topic. I'm e-mailing David today to let him know a column will be forthcoming.
Since he's an honest liberal, he will have seen Dortch's column for the straw-man bigotry that it is. Stay tuned.
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