[staytrue]

These counties are in southeast OH and are not fond of blacks.

We are talking about the OH border with WV and KY and it is the fringe of appallacia.

[nascaryankee]

I wouldn't say that. Just because we are all a bunch of country hicks (not really), that doesn't make us intolerant.

[RockinRight]

I think he'll get more support down there than we realize.

[manwiththehands]

I live on the edge of SE Ohio Appalachia. There might be 10 blacks in my entire town. They're simply not welcome. I still hear the n-word daily around here. It's sad. I told a couple of neighbors that I was backing Blackwell and "they looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears".

[308MBR]

That's why appalachia doesn't have many blacks.....anywhere. They aren't welcome, and the people there will tell them so to their faces and will walk the talk if they feel it is the only way to get their point across.

[Pittsburg Phil]

"These counties are in southeast OH and are not fond of blacks. We are talking about the OH border with WV and KY and it is the fringe of appallacia."


Right, that's Sen. Robert (KKK) Byrd's terrority. But still, the fact is that Mr. Blackwell will sweep those counties over a tax-and-spend, American-basher like Stickland.