[stand watie]

i, too, have lived all over the country. (i spent over 20 years posted to various areas of the US, while in the army.)

to SOME degree you are correct. otoh, there is a GULF between dixie & the north that can NEVER be made whole.

note the number of "RED states" & where they are versus the "BLUE states" & where they are. IF your state voted for bho & your congressional delegation is filled with DIMocRATS, don't tell me that your state has much in common with mine.

free dixie,sw

[DangerZone]

I do not see the gulf you are speaking of between rural Northerners and Southerners, at least not in political ideology. Sure our customs are different, but that is a small consideration in the big picture and faced with an opposition in the Obamatons who will not care whether someone is from the North, South, or West, just that we are conservatives and will resist them.

Regarding Red State vs. Blue State, if we go by the last election then parts of the Old South are already lost: Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. In your haste to condemn all the blue state citizens for whom the majority of the voters chose, you are cutting off a huge chunk of those who would support conservative values and condemning them to a life of hell under Obama and his minions.

Will you do the same if your own state eventually goes blue? Or will you leave your home and family and friends and flee to a red state or even another country if things come to worse?

My point is that all real Americans are in this together whether we yet realize it or not. The left will make no distinction between us based on regional affiliation so neither should we. We (conservatives) are all in this together, and we will share the same fate be it descent into socialism or a rebirth of the Republic.

BTW, I am originally from New York state (small town), but now live in Oklahoma so I suppose my state does have quite a bit in common with yours.