Southern Discomfort

Your article is spot on. I am Southern born and raised, a shrinking minority of white democrats, and I find your article gets directly to the pulse of MY South. Black and white, urban and exurban. I voted in my first presidential election in 1976, and I have not liked a single Presidential candidate, ever. Still don't.

As for adding a VP to the ticket, I think the perfect choice to compliment Obama as a running mate would be Marion Barry.

I never understood the Lincoln worship.

Lincoln clearly opposed racial equality on many occasions, such as during the August 21, 1858, debate in Ottawa, Illinois with Stephan Douglas, where he said: "I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races.... I, as well as Judge Douglas, am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position." Most Americans seem totally unfamiliar with this actual quotation, and many others just like it. They seem instead to be of the opinion that the following quotation is Lincoln???s real attitude on race: "The restoration of the Rebel States to the Union must rest upon the principle of civil and political equality of both races...." Again, there is no record anywhere of Lincoln ever having said this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04f2UJOPJfQ - Stupid Americans

Mr. Dickey is a disgrace!

I hope not JulioIglesias. I don't believe America can survive it again. Interesting reading; though a bit disturbing on occasion.

This Article is absolutely absurd! The Author is so out of touch with the great Culture of the South. Where Patriotism, Religion, and Family Values are the strongest in the entire Nation. There are people who have problems in all four corners of the nation. But in the South, we take better care of our own (both black and white) than anywhere else in the nation.. Why don't you take a stroll through Watts, Harlem and the inner cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, etc. There has always been misconceptions about Southerners, from those up North, who would rather look South than over there own shoulders in their own back yard.
Take another stroll, without your bias and prejudices, and enjoy our Southern Hospitality. Steve Chambers, Birmingham Alabama

To The Awful Republican Writer of the article: Please read "The Stupid American" cause you are pretty stupid!

To the Awful Republican that wrote the article: Please read, "The Stupid American" cause you are pretty stupid!

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I'm unsure as to the extent of Mr. Obama's race having much to do with anything here in the South. Truth be told, the South still is the Bible belt, and when an abortion supporting, homosexual rights backing, pro-gun control candidate comes along the South doesn't take very kindly to it. I think the black vote is shored up, 95% of them vote democratic regardless of who the candidate is. However, the black population is far from the majority; Mr. Obama needs to focus on the white population if he stands a real shot at winning any of the southern states. I think at this point he's too shaky on where he stands, and many southerners see right through his words and see him as a 'say anything to get elected' candidate. As for being Christian, if you call the 'church' he attended in Chicago a Christian church, you're gravely mistaken. Reverend Wright was and is extremely devisive, and many whites took huge offense his comments about America, and a bigger offense at Mr. Obama's refusal to acknowledge the derisiveness of his comments. Again, people see right through that.

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 the O.J. trial, the L.A. riots, Rev. Wright, bussing, afirm. action, etc. etc., 20 years of TV images of crime, will run through their minds as they punch that chad. Like it or not, this election will become more and more about race as time goes on.

I'm unsure as to the extent of Mr. Obama's race having much to do with anything here in the South. Truth be told, the South still is the Bible belt, and when an abortion supporting, homosexual rights backing, pro-gun control candidate comes along the South doesn't take very kindly to it. I think the black vote is shored up, 95% of them vote democratic regardless of who the candidate is. However, the black population is far from the majority; Mr. Obama needs to focus on the white population if he stands a real shot at winning any of the southern states. I think at this point he's too shaky on where he stands, and many southerners see right through his words and see him as a 'say anything to get elected' candidate. As for being Christian, if you call the 'church' he attended in Chicago a Christian church, you're gravely mistaken. Reverend Wright was and is extremely devisive, and many whites took huge offense his comments about America, and a bigger offense at Mr. Obama's refusal to acknowledge the derisiveness of his comments. Again, people see right through that.

The first thing that needs to happen is the South needs to get over the civil war. It is the 21st century and the civil war is ancient history. In the North, it never comes up in conversation. We need to let the past be the past and move on. Then maybe, someday, there will no longer be African Americans and White Americans???and we will all just be ???Americans???. And then maybe we can elect people into offices because they are the best choice and not elect them or not elect them because of their skin color.