Southern Discomfort

Anyone notice. Some (Rednecks) who can't respond intelligently resort to personal attacks.

This is not a true view into the south. This is someone looking for controversy and racism. You can find ignorance anywhere in this country if you are looking hard enough (even in Washington). I have livied in the South all my life and this is news media trash.

the south will vote against this guy not of color but of substance. the guy is a walking flip-flopper. what you need yto hear he'll say it. now is that the kind of leader i think not. example. last 2wks. gas prices, thursday he said he would allow drilling, saturday after all greenies came out shocked he now wont drill, today his new plan is tap reserves problem is people with a brain no that is just grand sdtanding for fluff. he says he will tap 70b bbls. now america uses 20b bbls a day. we use his logic(not) it will last 3 days and require more oil to replace.the 70b. like i have always said the media who love this guy will not confront him on grandstanding and lying on a daily basis. he's like a puppet what ever is on the teleprompter he says, the guy is a empty suit. as this reporter does. that poor girl with her husband having cancer all she needs to do is get hospice to help. i was diagnosed with cancer hospice saved my life. i had a 90% rate to die. i had suicide mixes in my fridge that hospice provided for my last gasp.. i urge her to talk to them for the sake of your boyfriend. you vote for this guy your crazy everything he says is programmed and meaningless. if he wins iy will be a polar opposite. all liberals are like that. they are the 21st century socialists

What holocaust is this Dickey guy talking about? The only one I know of happened in Europe during WW ll. If he refers toslavery in this country as a holocaust what about the current slavery in this country today. I'll bet he could skulk aroung the garment district in NYC and uncover all sorts of slave operations involving Central and South Americans. He could also go to the State of Georgia and investigate the private probation business which largely impacts poor blacks and is sanctioned by the state. Check out the current issue of Mother Jones magazine expose of the incarceration business in this country. It will make you sick.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I try not to let so called journalists shape my perceptions of history and current events. We might ask what hard data he can produce that qualifies slavery in this country as a bona fide holocaust a'la WW ll. In both cases they were and are engineered by the so called Christians, in this case it appears to be in Georgia. .

The election is about race.
This election has been about race since the day that Obama won his first primary. The Dims made it about race. They turned it into a racial event. Obama plays the race card everyday. It's his crutch. He's an empty suit with endless BS lines. He talks jive and nothing but. McCain is a safety first guy. He's boring. There is only one thing new in this election: race. IN PEOPLE'S MINDS race will become more and more the relevant issue everyday until election day. And as time passes Obama will slowly lose more and more ground. And the Dims have no one to blame but themselves. When Whites go to the ballot box on election day the O.J. trial, the L.A. riots, Rev. Wright, bussing, afirm. action, etc. etc., 20 years of TV images of brutal crime, will run through their minds as they punch that chad. Like it or not, this election will become more and more and more about race as time goes on.

Please try to find modern educated southerners while researching instead of purposely searching for a few who can sell an article with such a ridiculous title as "Southern Discomfort." Then take a look around the rest of the States. Growing up in the south I referred to black friends as "friends." My northern relatives referred to them as "black friends." Although I am sure your editor would not have published an article about the southern United States that talked about how the northerners all want to vacation and retire in the south for the beautiful climate and easy, peaceful way of life. I am proud of the south for these qualities. For the simple manners, the slower, friendlier pace of life, the way you can wave to your neighbors on the way to work. This is why people love the south. Black, white, brown, yellow... Check the racism in your neighborhood if you are so inclined to keep bringing it up. You brought that question with you.
My worries about Obama? Look at the people who influenced him personally and politically growing up and the experience he has. Race, religion and color don't worry me. Political and financial stability worry me. I still don't know which candidate will be worse...

Just looked at all the poll numbers for the southern states and they are definitely McCain territory.

The Democrats have abandoned all the south stands for and we once again have Blue Dog Democrats caucusing separately from the Democrats in the House. If the Democrats do not find a way to assimilate southern values then the small number of Democrats in the South will be lost again to the GOP.

Dam' Yankee Foreigne' -
Foreigne' - Any not born within the county.
Yankee - anyone not from the Confederacy.
How many generations!!!!

I was raised in the south and if people do not vote for Obama it will not be his color but rather his slippery changing point of view and his liberal background. Southerners were abandoned by the Democratic Party a long time ago and no we have not forgotton. We subscribe to standing for what you believe in and are a conservative people and with great compassion for the under privileged. Southerners know a carpet bagger when they see one. Nuff said.

This article was typical Republican FUD---projecting fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The author knows that his candidate is a doddering fool, so why not slam the other guy? The dead giveaway---using Barack Hussain Obama in the opening paragraph, a typical Repub scare tactic.

Why don't you media hacks just admit you are running interference to try to prop up your flaccid, worthless candidate and doing the bidding of your corporate masters? When can we expect to see an article telling us about rhe redemptive change Obama wants to bring us? Never? That's what I thought. You people are a disgrace to journalism.

The Sad Thing is, this article is right on whether anyone likes it or not! And, It's not just the South, It's all over the US!

After reading this article, I felt like succmbing to that ever spinning depth of despair. I was born and raised in the Far East. But I have seen noth the best and the worst of America. But real hope for America resides in the forward-looking commitment of its broadminded popolace to reach out for the best of the coming years

Everytime I hear Obama speak he talks a lot but actually says nothing, zero. He's the perfect shuck & jive artist. He's a master at it. The only thing missing is a purple suit, a pair of red Stacys, a large hat with a plume, and a half-gallon of Jade East.

A Southern City: Within two blocks of us in our middle class neighborhood there are Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians. Just for balance, there is a Lesbian couple. All live in a fair state of amity - even the Yankees ;-) - one of which is the only one who still says ***. The author tries so hard to find the crazies that he does not see the South. An ill-concealed desire to get the Democrats to give up permeates this hack article. - David

With all due to respect to the "New Whites" in the South. Obama is as likely to win even one state in that part of the country as there is about to be a Christian prince in Saudia Arabia. Concede the South and focus on the West and the Northeast is Obama's only shot at this.