Comments on: MORE SOUTH BASHING

By: Bithead

Bithead — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Is Maher so stupid he doesn't understand why that annoys people from the south?

And tell us, Bill... is what you're describing not what the Civil rights warlords have been engaging in for years, and plactaed by Democrats over?

Think; The argument from such people has been that someone needs to be a member of the minority to be a proper representive of the minority. Sharpton's major claim to fame is he's black and therefore gets black support, despite his being the single most UN-qualified person for the office I can think of, for example.

I wonder, Bill, if you're ready to call black people stupid because they will vote for someone of their own race, over someone perhaps better suited for the position because of the other factors.

If not, and if you still don't see my point, I wonder if you have a braincell in that huge mellon on top of your neck.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Is Maher so stupid he doesn't understand why that annoys people from the south?

Yep.

By: Jalal Abu Jarhead

Jalal Abu Jarhead — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

There's no contention. Texas is in the Southwest, if you're going to include it in any region at all. In fact, Texas is sufficiently (and large) different to qualify as its own region. "Never ask a man where he's from. If he's from Texas, he'll tell you soon enought. If he ain't, don't embarrass him." Not that I'm a Texan or anything. ;)

By: Jalal Abu Jarhead

Jalal Abu Jarhead — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Jeez, too many Scotches on a Saturday night (what am I doing reading blogs on a Saturday night, anyway?). That last line should read, "Texas is sufficiently different (and large) to qualify as its own region."

By: Ara Rubyan

Ara Rubyan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Maher is just pointing out that the emperor has no clothes; that's what comedians do. Everyone knows the Dems are getting no votes in the south. So why not laugh about it?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Well, as someone who recently lived in both Southern Virginia (Norfolk) and Colorado Springs, I can't help but take offense at Mr. Maher. The problem with NE liberals is thier blind prejudice about the south. Edwards didn't say 'We Southerners ainât gonna vote for no Yankee! You suckers up North will take our Clintons and Carters, but we just ainât buyinâ Kerrys and Deans.' What the rest of the country actually thinks is that they won't be talked down to by those Kerrys and Deans. For all that I disagree about Edwards, at least he can speak in a way that is completly condescending to the average man. It is time for the NE to realize that the South is not the South of the Civil War...it is the NE who is trapped in an isultating cocoon that is now a 'region dominated by so much prejudice.'

By: Dodd

Dodd — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Maher is right, we aren't buying any Kerrys or Deans. But, as Mark Twain once pointed out, it is important to take from an experience only the lesson that is in it. A cat that once burns itself on a stove will never step on a stove - hot or cold - again. The fact that we don't care for Dean or Kerry doesn't mean there are no Northeasterners period. Plenty of Southerners liked Lieberman (CT).

By: live from the guillotine

live from the guillotine — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Axis of Twang
Rosemary from Dean's World points to a Bill Maher transcript in which Maher lectures us backwards, ignorant rednecks on the upcoming presidential election:New rule: Southerners have to at least consider voting for candidates from the North. North Carol...

By: Backcountry Conservative

Backcountry Conservative — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Maher Bashes the South
James Joyner and E Pluribus Unum point to a Salon piece by Bill Maher....

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