Southern Discomfort

You know there are some who still what to live back in civil was times, just like some people still belive they were abducted by aliens. But guess what most people live for right now and forget so much, even 9-11 is forgotten until the news media does there thing. Obama wants to run on the color of his skin not on his merrits as an American he runs scared of the things he has been involved in that shows he cares very little for American and we know where his wife stands even though they used American for all the things they get because they are black. You know Bush is not running McCain is so why call it Bush and Obama come on McCain might not be the greatest but at least we know he loves America. Bush might not have done everything right but who has. The war well yes lets starting working our way out but we went to help a people that were being treated no better than rats and also to clean up the real rats that were there. So they South is not all about the Confederate War where people still want slaves. It is real people in a real world that are worried about today. I mean the Black Americans of today have no Idea about the life of the slaves they were not there, the white people of today do not worry about slaves we were not there so give me a break.

You poor, ignorant bastards. Your alcholic wives abuse your children while your unionized, blue collar base drinks itself to death in filthy, underpoliced cities. In spite of your of obscenely high taxes, your public school systems are an inoperative nightmare. You send your children to private schools in the name of your future while discuss your closely held racism over cocktails. Is it any wonder your only national politician was one of the great frauds in history? You have no natural talent. Only the good fortune that your latitude is comparable to that of the United Kingdom led to the Ivy League being located in your underachieving midst.

People of the USA. How can one say that Obama has been anointed? If you are being fair you would be able too see that the man has been the most scrutinized candidate in the race. Think back for just a minute about all the stories that have come and gone since this process has begun. Now tell me who has been put through the ringer and who has not. I bet the only thing you could think about were Obama stories, and they were not the best in your mind. The press has crowned him King! Whatever...

Here's one for EVERYONE to think about>
CATCHING WILD PIGS
You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are use to coming everyday, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are use to coming. When they get use to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get use to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four Side's of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs that are use to the free corn start to come through the gate to eat, and then you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so use to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so the accept their captivity. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO AMERICA. The GOVERNMENT keeps pushing us toward socialisn and keeps spreading the FREE CORN out in the form of PROGRAMS such as SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME, TAX CREDIT FOR UNEARNED INCOME, TOBACCO SUBSIDIES, DAIRY SUBSIDIES, PAYMENTS NOT TO PLANT CROPS (CRP), WELFARE, MEDICINE, DRUGS, ETC, ETC, ETC. While we continue to LOSE OUR FREEDOMS- JUST A LITTLE AT A TIME. One should REMEMBER THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH !! Also, A POLITICIAN WILL NEVER PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR YOU CHEAPER THAN YOU CAN DO IT FOR YOURSELF. So if You see that sll of this WONDERFUL government "HELP" is a problem confronting the future of DEMOCRACY in AMERICA, you might want to copy this little message I have sent to you and send it on to your friends. IF YOU THINK THE FREE RIDE IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR WAY OF LIFE THEN GOD HELP YOU WHEN THE GATE SLAMS SHUT !!! This is a "VERY IMPORTANT" Election Year, listen closely to what the candidates are promising you - just maybe, you will be able to tell who is about to SLAM THE GATE on AMERICA. ' A Government big enough to give you Everything you Want, is Big Enough to kade away everything YOU Have' Thomas Jefferson

In the end it all comes down to who will do the best for this country. Poverty, housing loss, unemployment, and so much more has come out of the past few years. In all of the turmoil and worry we have nobody to blame or turn to. I'm not saying to vote for any one. Just think of what the current children and our children will have to put up with not enugh money means more starvation, more fighting, and hostility towards friends and neighbors. and a divided country is a vulnerable one. I am 20 and just now getting out of college after starting early and i have no money due to college costs even after all of the grants and scholar ships there is no job or career that is left in my field to work in. in saying that there are no jobs in this country that people can work at to make a living in this crashing economy.

in the year 1999 the american dollar had its highest value and since then the russian ruple has surpassed
the dollar in value exponentially there economy is the fastest growing in the world.

to make a long story short it all comes down to what we do today that will effect our future and that of our children

A very thoughtful article, and indeed it will be interesting to see if this next general election gives any sign(s) or a shift in voting patterns.

As for what you term "Lincoln's unifying message" it specifically did not include a call to free slaves. Lincoln famously remarked that he'd end the war by freeing no slaves or all slaves. What was important in his view was ending the war, not emancipation.

Funny how it's never mentioned, even once, that every single one of those ol', while murdering racist ba*****ds where Democrats, one and all.

No way the South votes for this fake turd SOCIALIST... It'll NEVER happen, they're not as dumb as you think down south...

The LEFT coast is the only real area that's ignorant enough to vote for this Anti-Christ..

Blueblooded...wow..again another divisive statement. The more educated you are the more liberal you are. Bssically "you" are saying that if you vote conservative you are uneducated and too stupid to make a right decision. wow, whew...back up there. That statement was sooo terrible. I guess my wife and i went to college, grad school, law school, but we are too stupid to know who to vote for...wow...man you taught me alot..Thank you.

Your attempt to focus on the south and bring understanding to the national issue of racism failed. The only thing the story did was Balkanizing our nation. Most every working class republican seems to be anti Obama and spreads the false Messiah rumors. Yet Obama still can win because most Americans are becoming dirt poor.

I suggest for your next story is that you should dispatch your scribblers and travel around upstate New York. Ask the people. After 911 are you willing to vote for a man black man with an Islamic name? I know you would never do such a thing since that would be like urinating in your back yard.

Instead you do a report for the nation that rallies bigots in preparation of an Obama win. You now have given a platform to all bigots that sow the seeds of division in the South. Do you really want to provoke civil unrest once a black man moves into the nations White House and blame the South for the unrest?


Like I said, what sorry attempt to Balkanize our nation. Leave us hard working god fearing southerners alone. With the high prices of commodities and the fact that we now have some of the biggest industries located or relocating to the South we do not need the North with their rustbelts, decaying infrastructure, perverted morals and their 147 year old bigotry. Send us your workers not your hateful stereotypes.

It is a shame that the people in the United States comment in the people of the south with the same biased views that you insist we have. Apparently you are right, racism is rappant and not only in the south but towards the south. It is amazing that you can call yourself a news reporter. We will never get past the views that the media themselves wish to instill in the ignorant.

Any person who votes for either Obama or McCain because they believe that candidate is going to further their cause is a fool. Obama is not going to bring the troops home, increase healthcare coverage, make it easier to get an abortion or reduce gasoline costs McCain is not going to eliminate taxes (except for the rich), eliminate gay marriages, twart socializm. If you remember over the past 20 years both Republicans and Democrats have held Congress, the Senate and the Presidency and neither party did ANYTHING positive. All they did was make themselves wealthy, famous and corrupt. This country is being lead down the path of mediocrity by absolutely corrupt to the core politicians and the American people can do little or nothing to stop it.

In response to dfingles and/or anyone else who reads this article, it is just that, one person's priority for making "their" point. Let's recognize that for what it is and move on. Outside of that, the article raises several debatable subject areas, touches on several truths and realities and just plain gives one food for thought.

Interesting article. I will vote for McCain not because of color but because of concern. Concern for a lack of experience, concern for a lack of training, concern for a lack of understanding the economic mess we find our country in and lastly concern that the deomcratic candidate may be the most media made man of the current century. No other SENATOR could have traveled to the middle east and enjoyed the moment by moment coverage that Obama enjoyed. It was actually sickening to see our beloved press pre ordain the chosen one. He is not even the official candidate of the Democratic pary and he is already elected, fixed the economy, solved the energy crisis and given every man, woman and child a warm fuzzy feeling. PLEASE. Please note that the government CANNOT FIX YOUR PROBLEMS. Individual effort will be required and I just hope and pray there enough individuals who will put forth the effort to fix our problems no matter who is elected.

It's really to bad that he white people in the South do not take a look at these facts and vote accordingly. The South has been the poorest States in the country for a 100 years, the most illiterate(LACK OF EDUCATION) not dumb, the most bigoted, and they are still the poorest. You would think that they would want to change for the better. Maybe in their hearts give a Black Person a chance. He certainly could do better then Bush and Cheney.

As someone who lives in the South, I feel that this article is contradictory to the way a lot of people in the south feel. Some parts of this article, especially when the author implies that we southerners "still aren't used to these brown people running around," are very offensive to me. Yes, there are plenty of people who resist change, but the author is ignoring a large part of the population who are welcoming change whole-
heartedly. Also, many of the reasons that the south is troubled and disconnected directly result from this current administration and most of the people I have talked with can overlook skin color. Let's face it, I don't care if Obama is bright green, I would vote for him over someone who is in Bush's back pocket ANYDAY!! Many people here are ready for change so don't stereotype all of us as old rednecks who live for re-enacting the Civil War. Not only is it insulting, but for the majority, its untrue.