Today, Ich bin ein Southerner.
The "elite" just do not want or try to understand southerners.
When they come south, they hunt up the people who fill their expectations of southerners. Some of us have advanced degrees, expensively repaired teeth, a knowledge of history and world events, and have even traveled to and lived in other countries.
Even with mouthy upstarts like Maher and his ilk getting face time, I still prefer the USA.
I invite Maher and the H'wood celeb libs to try Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ukraine, or many other countries for a year and find out what poverty, progressivism, and terrorism are really all about.
vaudine