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US In Thrall To Southern Drawl (Fred Thompson)
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 6-11-2007
| Alex Spillius
Posted on 06/10/2007 7:00:01 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:00:05 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:03:54 PM PDT
by
JSDude1
To: blam
I don’t see a Noo Yawker ever winning national office anytime soon, unless they speak with a combination Illinois/Arkansas accent.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:05:06 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
Please!
Bushes are no more southern than hilliary is arkansan or nooyorkese. I believe carpetbagger is the correct term....
To: blam
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:05:36 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(No More Rino's)
To: jellybean; Politicalmom
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:06:49 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: blam
I have been meaning to make the point that Rudy’s New York speaking style - just a bit to fast and glib - is a big minus for him in flyover country.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:10:30 PM PDT
by
don-o
(“I don`t expect politicians to solve anyone's problems.The world owes us nothing” Bob Dylan)
To: blam
Things were all very different in the 1960s when southerners were unelectable, For example, LBJ. Oh, wait...
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:10:30 PM PDT
by
LexBaird
(PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
To: blam
I consider myself slightly more articulate than most, but I'll be damned if I didn't just have to Google 'psephologist'....LOL
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:11:29 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Fred in '08. Deal with it.)
To: blam
"No accent telegraphs more information faster than a southern one," wrote Elizabeth Wilner in The Politco newspaper. "It exudes approachability, an absence of pretence and a penchant for plain talk."In other words, whether it IS an absence of pretense and a penchant for plain talk isn't important. We just want to be soothed by comforting sounds.
Fred spent most of his professional life as an inside-the-beltway lobbyist (the used car salesmen of politics), has no demonstrated executive skills, carried out the single most damaging attack on the First Amendment in a generation, has a voting record virtually indistinguishable from that of the detested John McCain, but FRedheads are in love because he has a "southron drawl."
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:12:53 PM PDT
by
JCEccles
To: Clemenza
...Shrillary, hasfound a long, long lost "southern" relative.....she had dreams of him while sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom....she'll be speaking "southern" real soon....
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:14:02 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
( just b/c, you suffer from paranoia, doesn't mean they're not out to get you....Run, Fred, Run :^)
To: JCEccles
As opposed to a urban multiculturalist who was a near failure in his second term as Mayor, until he made some stump speeches in front of some burning buildings?
Fred's not perfect, but so far, he seems to be the most Presidential of the schlubs we have running. I know that's not saying much...
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:15:13 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: don-o
Rudy's big negatives are his abrasive personality, his questionable ethics, and a knowledge of foreign policy only slighly better than that of Emily Letilla.
Check Rudy's poll numbers, what give him his support are women, moderates, and folks in California and the "urban" states.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:16:46 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Petronski
Over here, Petronski.
Come on over and defend the "laziest man in presidential politics."
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:16:55 PM PDT
by
JCEccles
To: JCEccles
Fred spent most of his professional life as an inside-the-beltway lobbyist (the used car salesmen of politics), has no demonstrated executive skills, carried out the single most damaging attack on the First Amendment in a generation, has a voting record virtually indistinguishable from that of the detested John McCain, but FRedheads are in love because he has a "southron drawl."....LOL! Is that you, Shrillary? :D
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:18:09 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
( just b/c, you suffer from paranoia, doesn't mean they're not out to get you....Run, Fred, Run :^)
To: blam
This is just an implicit recognition that the Scotch-Irish represent the apex of American culture, the absolute pinnacle.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:18:46 PM PDT
by
kcar
To: JCEccles
Over here, Petronski.Do you expect to call me like a dog?
LOL
You're so funny when you're scared.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:19:04 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: JCEccles
Willard's got your
Local on the 8's
every day on
your home for weather.
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:22:43 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: JCEccles
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:25:30 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
To: Politicalmom; jellybean; SE Mom
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:26:56 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(imwithfred.com)
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