[Hoodat]

I don't seem to recall any comment from Parker when Hillary Clinton gave her little Selma speech while Senator of New York.

[tet68]

The article sounds just the opposite of the title.

[a fool in paradise]

Xenophobia among the Leftards.

[Fai Mao]

This is a common belief of Yankees that have IQ’s in the 75 - 85 range

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, Jimmah Carter comes to mind and right - that Hillary speech.

[WKB]

SOUTHERN PING

[PapaBear3625]

Visualize the uproar if some Republican said that about how blacks talk.

[gwjack]

Thank you for posting this.

Let me get this straight - Parker protests Southern accents for an ad run in Arkansas. Has she ever been to fly-over country? I think not.

As a Northeastern friend once told me, “You can’t fool me. Just because you talk slow doesn’t mean you think slow!”

I once had a client that had a dispute with Prudential Insurance Company, who processed claims in New Jersey. When the rep got insolent, rude, demeaning, and continually interrupted me, I told her that when I filed suit in Comanche County Oklahoma, and we put 24 eyes, and 24 ears in the jury box, they would understand me perfectly. In fact, I told her, people in Comanche County don’t like “Yankees.” They settled.

Gwjack

[camle]

you mean, like bill clinton?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Orly, Kaaathleeen?

GREAT point, hoodat! “I ain’t nooo waayyss tiiiiiide!”

[driftless2]

In 2007 before Obama began picking up steam, Parker called Hillary “well qualified” to be president. Hillary is only maybe slightly less leftist than Obama. Yet, Parker is still called a conservative by some people.

[kalee]

Bless her heart...

[GeronL]

K P is just another leftist who will lie or say anything to advance the agenda

[cuban leaf]

This is kinda comical. It’s how I feel about the northeastern accent.

Meanwhile, all the smart guys in short sleeve white dress shirts and ties in Apollo 13 had southern accents.

[Texas Eagle]

So southerners who don’t speak with a southern accent like Sheila Jackson Lee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Alan Grayson are examples of artificial intelligence.

[JSDude1]

Proud to be not smart or sophisticated according to her definition!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

WaPo's Kathleen Parker Suggests People with Southern Accents Not 'Smart' or 'Sophisticated'

She seemed to be saying that the Obamacare law is confusing enough to baffle people from all regions of the country, and might even have been saying there's no reason to automatically use Southerners when portraying people who don't understand something. I'd agree with both positions - plenty of real MSM outrages to get angry about without worrying about stuff like this.

[ottbmare]

It sounds to me as though she’s objecting to the stereotype of Southerners as unintelligent and unsophisticated.

[Polyxene]

Southern accents never seem to bother the libs when coming out of the mouths of RATs. For example: LBJ, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Robert KKK Byrd, etc.

[smalltownslick]

I don’t know, my definition of sophisticated is “phony,” so who would care?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Good point. That was hard to watch.