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How the south skews America
Politico ^ | July 3, 2015 | Michael Lind

Posted on 07/04/2015 7:04:51 AM PDT by ripnbang

Every year the Fourth of July is marked by ringing affirmations of American exceptionalism. We are a special nation, uniquely founded on high ideals like freedom and equality. In practice, however, much of what sets the United States apart from other countries today is actually Southern exceptionalism.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/how-the-south-skews-america-119725.html#ixzz3evoOFM1c

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: america; dixie; south
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To: Tupelo

‘Zactly. Would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, millions of dollars and generations of anger.


61 posted on 07/04/2015 8:18:37 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: ripnbang

Man, this writer hates black people with a passion.


62 posted on 07/04/2015 8:19:26 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: ponygirl

Yep, folks just can’t leave it alone. Southerners and the South are the only thing that can be insulted with no consequences. We are getting a mite tired of all this. Just kick us out already. You look down on us, we want you all to just shut up.


63 posted on 07/04/2015 8:21:00 AM PDT by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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To: ripnbang

Funny how the left can’t do anything but spread hate of the Us or of Christians, during celebrations of holidays.


64 posted on 07/04/2015 8:25:11 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: napscoordinator

“South is cheap and has great weather. The only thing that the South needs to do to improve themselves is stop taking more federal welfare then they give. That is really the only negative that the South has.”

You have seen this statistic with Military spending removed? Not all Federal dollars are welfare. Some Federal spending actually purchases things. Like the Navy and NASA.


65 posted on 07/04/2015 8:26:40 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Himyar
If they divorce the South, they should have to take the kids...meaning all the "Oppressed Youts," retirees, and carpetbaggers.

Heck, I'd even move back if that happened.

66 posted on 07/04/2015 8:27:07 AM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: ripnbang

“A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow.”


67 posted on 07/04/2015 8:29:56 AM PDT by Leo58 (Those who cheer you today will curse you tomorrow, the only thing that endures is character.)
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To: smokingfrog

You forgot Hawaii. You know, where the college sports team is called the “Rainbows”. Color them pink.


68 posted on 07/04/2015 8:36:43 AM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: jsanders2001

The author of that article completely ignores the elephant in the room: Islam.

All he sees is the demise of the Judeo/Christian basis of American culture. Boy is he going to be surprised.


69 posted on 07/04/2015 8:46:10 AM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: Gaffer

Wow, up here in liberal land Maryland, I went to get new plates for a used car.

I needed to provide proof of release of lien.

Trip one-”We don’t accept fax copies”
Trip two-”I’m not opening the sealed envelope” and “the bank filled it out wrong”

Long story short, 9 hours, 200 miles driven and 4 trips to make a simple transaction.


70 posted on 07/04/2015 8:55:50 AM PDT by cyclotic ( Check out traillifeusa.com. America's premier boys outdoor organization)
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To: Himyar

Don’t forget Christians (real Christians, not progressives without a trace of Bible in their “faith”); they are always a target of opportunity...


71 posted on 07/04/2015 8:57:14 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: onedoug; windcliff

Ping


72 posted on 07/04/2015 8:58:48 AM PDT by stylecouncilor
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To: Cubs Fan
thank God for the south. If it weren’t for them we’d be an even more socialist country than we already are.

Ain't that the truth!

73 posted on 07/04/2015 9:00:58 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: cuban leaf

I visit up North in Kentucky sometimes and I do enjoy my time there. I consider Kentucky to be Southern, or at least most of it and it is part of the SEC.


74 posted on 07/04/2015 9:01:05 AM PDT by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: cyclotic

It’s crazy...I used to travel a hell of a lot in my job. Many, many times to military posts and bases. For a visitor (real American) they want to know everything about you. Did you send in a clearance? Do you have your insurance papers? Do you have a drivers license, birth certificate, your Subway card and lord knows what else.

Then you have to sit down and wait for your ‘sponsor’ to come down to the center and sign his life away for you.

Meanwhile, any Abdul or Omar can walk in and say he wants to go to the personnel employment center and gets a pass straight away. It is insane...just pure insane.


75 posted on 07/04/2015 9:04:13 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Malichi

I may fly my Confederate Battle Flag with a mourning ribbon today, Vicksburg fell July 4th, 1863.


76 posted on 07/04/2015 9:06:17 AM PDT by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: ripnbang
Southern man don't need Michael Lind around.


77 posted on 07/04/2015 9:06:19 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: BenLurkin

You didn’t miss much.


78 posted on 07/04/2015 9:19:51 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: ripnbang

That øbama is averse to the Confederate Battle Flag imparts to it a whole new modern meaning:

DEFIANCE!

79 posted on 07/04/2015 9:48:05 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: ripnbang
I get so tired being labeled with DemoRAT history. Always remind Demorats of their history, a history of slavery then and now!

Long live the Christian Conservative South!

80 posted on 07/04/2015 9:49:15 AM PDT by celmak
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