Sen. Sam Ervin, D-NC, had a thick Southern drawl and called himself “a country lawyer”, but he was the toast of the liberal media as he headed the Senate Watergate investigation that ended with Nixon’s resignation.
Let’s see how the Obamedia regards Rep. Gowdy, R-SC, as he pursues the crooks in the Obama administration. Perhaps they will miscalculate in regarding him as a hick from the wrong side of the tracks.
And Haley Barbour! A steel-trap mind combined with Southern manners and speech. Those who choose to underestimate these guys, please step right up to the Test Your Strength Meter.