Posted on 06/26/2007 5:17:28 PM PDT by Mamzelle
Over the past months of this nightmare of immigration scofflawry, listening to the rhetoric from the aristocratic Republican elites--Ive been carried back to the Magnolia Melodramas I enjoyed reading as a teenager. Gwen Bristows Plantation Trilogy; Frank Yerbys The Foxes of Harrow and the magnificent mother of them all--Margaret Mitchells Gone With The Wind.
George Bush once said, Im not a southerner, Im a southwesterner. He was trying to distance himself from the south and the taint of racism, a compassionate insult to every southerner who voted for him. But he has every resemblence to the linen-suited julep-drinking Massa of the Old South.
And the dynamic of the Elites verses Middle-class Conservatives is exactly like the plantation owner and his nearest inelegant neighbors...White Trash. Scots-Irish subsistence farmers couldnt afford to the leisured fineries of the Planter Class because they were trying to eke out an existence in competition with the institution of slavery.
Remember the characters of the Slatterys and the Macintoshes, Gerald and Scarlett OHaras WT neighbors? Not only did the OHaras hold them in contempt for being so hardscrabble, tacky and rough-textured, but the slaves themselves of the plantations held themselves in higher esteem than po whites.
And the Massa with the Big Heart dearly loved his servants, loved condescending to them--What treasures! Just like members of the family! Not that he set them free, or ate at the same table. There are limits to paternalism and noblesse oblige. But Massa and Missus were unfailingly thankful that Mammy and Pork picked up Scottys poop off the Big House lawn.
The irony--its the Southern middle class that makes up a lot of the soldiers who trusted him enough to serve in Iraq.
George Bush thinks he can afford to openly display the contempt he has always felt for Joe Redneck...er...Sixpack. His chief overseer, Tony Snow, let us in on the secret in the wee hours after election day. He can now concentrate on indulging his oozing childhood sentimentality by handing his house servants a deed to America.
Im reminded of another scene from Gone With The Wind--Scarlett was being lectured by an elderly matriarch about Trash. And when youre done with them--kick them away and do it thoroughly, because Trash clinging to your coattails can ruin you.
I have entered into many discussions about illegal immigration with a comment--housework and yardwork are political. This is a class issue between overlord elites who cant conceive of a life spent actually cleaning up after themselves. They break the laws, then have to justify the transgression by accusing the law of being bad. Thats why they become insulting and defensive when requested to obey the law.
Im done with Bush. I dont trust him--or any member of his Indolent family.
It ain’t just GW. He isn’t dictator. Just look how the Senate voted today - 65 traitors
Your tagline ... makes an excellent point, hence why I’m totally opposed to any “reform” these elitists pass.
Just tonight, my local news interviewed one of these “in the shadows” illegals, trying to tug at our heartstrings about how she works, pays her taxes, blah, blah, blah! My heart neither bleeds nor my eyes water for these criminals. They pay taxes? With how many forged documents? This particular woman has two kids (they weren’t born here) and she barely spoke English. She claimed that she would accept whatever Congress decides. Yeah, right. And then when they interviewed her daughter, the kid wondered why people didn’t want them here when all they wanted was a better life. Wow. I wonder if enough Americans decided that we wanted Mexico’s oil to “better our lives”, would they allow us to stay and do that? Somehow, I doubt it.
I grew up in and around NYC and have spent most of the rest of my time in the South and in Tx via the military and I appreciate the opportunity to say, Well fiddle effin dee dee.
Thanks, Mamzelle, for THE most fitting statement to this entire fiasco.
“I’m not sure Southerners think of Texas as part of the South”.
I don’t know about that but the vast majority of Texans think they are part of the South. Politically and culturaly Texas is Southern. Go from Texas into New Mexico and you can hear and feel the difference. Besides, true Southwestern Mexican food sucks. It can’t hold a candle to Tex-Mex!
I’ve lurked for years and watched and waited. Yes, I voted for him twice (lesser of two evils I suppose). My fear of being banned or flamed was overwhelming and I began posting only recently. I post now out of fear for my Country. Never, ever, in my wildest dreams would I believe that my country was being taken over. I truly believed that truth, justice and the rule of law would prevail. No more. The neo-cons rule and it’s only a matter of time before the Constitution and Bill of Rights we hold so dear slowly fade away.
From the gitgo Bush has loved the Kennedys. He named FBI building after RFK, gave Teddy an award at Texas A & M, and let Teddy writed the education and immigration bills.
You know why? They are from the same class—New England elite. Teddy from MA, Bush from CT.
They do disdain the middle class, but love the riff raff they can lord over. Disgusting PIGS!!!
I would love for those Southerners who think Texans didnt have a part in Southern history explain that to the decendants of Jane Long. Her g-g-grandson proudly decorated the family home in Confederate memorabilia and was a proud member of the Sons of the Confederacy when he was still alive. Also, look up the Jaybird-Woodpecker War. IF you came to Richmond, you would find a distinctly SOUTHERN attitude and atmosphere. Our mayor is your old-style Democrat and God bless him, if he lives till this time next year, will be this nations longest-running mayor. Id like to see those who say Texas isnt part of the South say THAT to Hilmar Moore!!
My fear of being banned or flamed was overwhelming and I began posting only recently. I post now out of fear for my Country ... its only a matter of time before the Constitution and Bill of Rights we hold so dear slowly fade away.Enjoy your hysteria while you can. You'll feel quiet again soon enough.
And the laws designed to fight "terror" could be used against New World Order dissidents. What if we oppose the Bush's North American Union or Free Trade of the Americas? We are then terrorists and sent to the concentration camps. Jorge is not serious about terror or else he would not legalize 30-50 million illegals (I don't believe the 12-15 million; some of which no doubt are terrorists in the midst).
Jorge is following orders from the NWO elites to turn USA into a Third World country. Only then will the American people be compliant in accepting the North American Union. We'll look like Mexico North in no time, so what's the difference if we merge with Mexico.
Can’t belive he is trying to push this down our throats. It’s outrageous. Hope he enjoyed the love his base had for him. I think it is gone now. I know ours is for sure. Fool me once..shame on you. Fool me twice..shame on me. I forget who said that but...whomever it was was a wise person.
Not.
Okay ... you have a right to your opinion.
And the dynamic of the Elites verses Middle-class Conservatives is exactly like the plantation owner and his nearest inelegant neighbors...White Trash. Scots-Irish subsistence farmers couldnt afford to the leisured fineries of the Planter Class because they were trying to eke out an existence in competition with the institution of slavery.
The paragraph above is an accurate portrayal of the situation a business owner who refuses to hire illegals finds himself in while trying to compete with the dishonest ones who do hire them. I think that's pretty perceptive, myself.
Lets start one and send it to TOM TANCREDO.
I think an America First type party that gets us out of the immigration bussiness as well as out of the nation building bussiness would work.
Deport Bush to Mexico or Dubai.
West Texas, where Bush spent his childhood and his time in the oil field, is very West. Midland is about 400 miles west of anywhere in East Texas, which is as southern as Louisiana or Arkansas. It is halfway between El Paso and Fort Worth, the town that adverti ses itself as the place “where the West begins. However, I never have figured out where he gets his accent. He certainly doesn’t sound much like Rick Perry, who is a long-long West Texan.
Carpetbagger.........
Bush needs to start going to meetings, his behavior lately is what we alkies call a “dry drunk”.
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