Southern Discomfort

rptm, I'd have to say that your post is quite angrily charged, but for noticeably the wrong reasons. It's just hatefulness about a candidate without much to back it up therein. Then again the same sentiment at an article that was supposed to be about race and observations in the South, quite observant and fair.

There are too many people these days that push their hate an anger about their own lives and everything into these undeserving outlets. Just a sign of the times I guess.

I'm 75.I grew up in okla in a very southern family.My mother's great grandfather had 5 sons . Allwer in the confederate army. Only 2 survived the war. My father's maternal grandfather was in the 1st VA volunteers wo covered lee's retreat to Appomatax.He was 15.I was born a Democrat aand everybody in my Mother's family and in my fathers mothers family were born Democrats, whether they were cconservativ33e , liberal or indifferentt.Later my education, experiences, and naturaliclinations made me a liberaal democrat. But it wasn't my intellect that made me a Democrat with a big D, it was " The War".I suppose there must be a few Vestigal Democrats like me scattered throughout the south-- and the rest of the country- who predate or have rejected the mass conversion of white Southerners to the GOP.But we tend to be left out of te analysis of experts wo study the Southern political scene.

I was born in the North and raised in the South. I make less than 20k a year and hold a degree. I live in the South still, and on alternate days I'm both proud and scared shitless. When I look at Obama I see a man that I can't trust... and not because of his religious beliefs, or his color. Purple Jew, Orange Christian, Blue Hindu or Green Muslim, I don't care, just so long as they have a rational sense of right and wrong.

But I see none of those things when I consider Obama -- I see an intelligent, ambitious human being, a creature that knows what to say in order to achieve its ends, and I can't simply blind myself and hope that his ends will benefit me.

Still, I consider McCain, also an intelligent and ambitious human. One who is more likely to continue on the path that Bush has tried to clear, using the blood of Americans and foreigners both as his machete. In this case, I'm going to go with the possibility of evil, rather than the one I've seen reign for 8 years.

I was born in North Carolina and now live in the Midwest. The undercurrent of racism is just as bad in the Midwest as it ever was in the South. I am white and female and am working hard to help Barack Obama get elected. Intelligent people, wherever they are, look at the person and his plans - not his color. Those who are turned off by his color will try to say he is Muslim (which we all know is not true), or point to his middle name - which he of course did not choose, to find a way not to vote for him. But, those who care about this country and who want it to return to the greatness it held before George Bush will give him a chance to make the changes we need to regain our status as a great country. To those who let his race dominate the election, how sad that ignorance is outweighing what is good for our country.

sallie J, you have no clue do you? Woe is me, Southerners my friend have always been known to come together and handle things on there own. Evidently you and others have no clue than Miss, after Katrina waited on no one. They began the next day coming together, clearing debris, working on their houses, feeding one another, handing out aide. Your comments are delusional. Same as here in Mobile, Alabama. We did not ask for anything, we did it on our own. Sallie I can only hope and pray that god forbid you had a disaster would you have the same work ethic and tenacity as southerners.

I wonder if someday, someone will worry about the great injustice our country has done to its native americans. This country stole their land, took their pride, and murdered them. If that were not enough, they put them on reservations, and said they didn't have sense enough to drink liquor. When I think of this tradegy, I really can't focus on any other group of people who have been more mistreated.

THE TOM BRADLEY EFFECT.....
Obama simply cannot win. Too much is known about him now, especially the list of all his pals. Despite all of the ultra left-wing socialist weeping and hand wringing, here's EXACTLY what WILL happen on election day (and you know in your heart that it's true): It won't matter one iota what people have told pollsters. It won't matter at all if Obama and his socialist coven, Nancy Lugosi etc., are up by 10% on the last day. The Sheeple smile and tell pollsters what pollsters want to hear because the Sheeple have had PCness pounded into them for the last forty years. But as sure as God made green apples they're going to step into those voting booths and they're going to think about Rev. Wright, Obama's wife, the O.J. trial, Al Sharpton, Marion Barry, the Shabaz Fish Shop, the murders and rapes in cities, and recently near colleges, on the TV news, the behavior of the Katrina crowd when Texas took them in and gave them shelter, the L.A. riots, the Miami riots, Cops, America's Most Wanted, the Bloods, the Crips, Ludicris, not feeling safe when they take their families to the movies at night, and they're going to punch the chad for......McCain. They will prefer bland McCain to Obama and ultra left-wing socialism and the prospect of the USA becoming Haiti in four short years. End of story.

Is there anyone else out there that's as sick unto death of all the political wrangling, mud slinging & back stabbing as I am? I don't give a rat's a _ _ who the next president of the United States is. Who cares? We The People of the United States don't elect the president anyway. The electoral college does. Whom ever it is, they sure as hell can't do any worse than the retard that's put this country in the hot mess that it's in now. We're the laughing stock of 3rd world countries now. I am so done with all politicians it isn't even funny. They are all a bunch of liars & crooks. They will promise you anything to get elected. QUESTION: How can you tell if a politician is lying? ANSWER: His lips are moving.

coastal gal, your comments started out good then you brought us thru some time warp to a roaming story about you riding with a black truck in the 1980's, Im sure most readers like me could not follow your ramblings. In addition, Coastal those are "your" opinions, which you are intitled to. However, they are just not shared by 50% of the country, mainly the south.

Unfortunately, this piece assumes the pretension that it is more important, though provoking and newsworthy than it actually is. Interesting, yes - groundbreaking, no.

I have lived in both the south and the midwest for years. The same questions that the author implies exist solely in the south exist in both places, and the danger is that any questioning of an Obama presidency smacks of racism. Unfortunately, this piece seems to pretend to be more newsworthy, thought provoking and important than it actually is.

No HOLMEED I think you meant exactly what you said. Or am I suppose to hear what you mean and not what you say? That is one problem with liberals. They say something and when they are called on it they change their story. I can not even begin to list the things Obama has said only to change his comment when it caused an issue with the American public. I believe you, HOMEED, are EXACTLY the same type of person that would kill countless nubmers of people to achieve your socialistic and liberalistic views. We are no longer a country united but a country of liberal versus conservative. It is sad that article like this one just perpetuate this divide. I know my history HOMEED and I see your attitude in every human castastrophy. Every movement that doomed millions to death or poverty. READ YOUR HISTORY HOLMEED!

Let's not forget that blacks supporting Obama are 100% justified, even if they are not familiar with his voting records or policies. Whites that are against Obama, however, are racist, and a "problem", and something needs done about them. How dare they!