Howcum the Santorum campaign people look like they're from 'Deliverance'?

[PCIntern]

Even the names: Hogan Gidley...

[HockeyMom]

1. He reminds me of a young Tom Delay

Says it all.

[JoePhilly]

25. I'd have said Ralph Reed.

[snooper2]

2. a couple hundred years of inbreeding

That's why the hard core fundie segment will be around for quite a while- They keep it in the family, or at least a neighboring tree where the branches brush against each other

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. I love rhetorical questions in the morning. It smells like

victory!

[hedgehog]

4. Racism is racism, even when it's directed against Applachian whites.

[PCIntern]

5. I was referring to Burt Reynolds...

this guy looks EXACTLY like Burt Reynolds.

[Kali]

6. Hogan Gidley? Seriesly?!

sounds like something from the Simpsons

[MineralMan]

7. One example does not a trend make...

I'm not sure this is even true. It might be, but it might not be.

Santorum holds incredibly stupid, right-wing positions on just about everything. That is why he will not be the nominee, even of the GOP. He's done.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. In my opinion, the GOP nominee each cycle

holds incredibly stupid, right-wing positions on just about everything. That's a requirement for the gig. No matter who they nominate this year, that person will hold incredibly stupid, right-wing positions on just about everything.

[K Gardner]

9. I've been dying to start a thread about Hogan Gidley for a few weeks

now.. ever since I first saw him on TV. Since I'm from E. TN., I can safely say he looks and sounds familiar

For Santorum to have this guy as a spokesperson is just... well.. perfect and symbolic of his campaign.

[FSogol]

12. Where's his banjo?

[msanthrope]

14. Damn. I heard banjo music in my head just looking at him. nt

[Romulox]

15. There is really some extraordinary bluegrass music out there.

[msanthrope]

16. That wasn't the tune my inner voice played for me....

More like this....

though I do like Ms. Krauss.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. That's an extraordinay scene

One of the most memorable scenes from American movie-making. I love listening to that. It seems so real. I wonder where they found that kid.

[tammywammy]

30. They found him at a local school

He was roughly what they wanted, and makeup did the rest for his appearance. He didn't actually play the banjo, it's another persons hands that you see. Billy Redden's arms were behind his back and Mike Addis' arms reached through and did the actual playing. That is all hidden by the camera angles. (Things I learned in a college course on communication for $1000 Alex.)

[K Gardner]

20. I keep thinking about some kid that was on TV back in the 1960s, had hair

parted in the middle and a big cowlick. Its driving me nuts who he reminds me of.

[hifiguy]

26. I believe you're thinking of Alfalfa from the Little Rascals

Those 1930s shorts were shown on every local kids' show in the 1960s. I saw them every afternoon.

Alfalfa:

[lunatica]

27. The kid in The Little Rascals

The one in the middle.

[Hawkowl]

10. A purdy mouth?

I don't think so.

[hifiguy]

11. What makes you think they're not?

[RadiationTherapy]

13. I dare you to describe, specifically, what you mean by "look like they're from 'Deliverance'"

I am curious.

[PCIntern]

17. You DARE me?

Really? You're going to call me out?

[RadiationTherapy]

23. The dare was the call out. What do they look like?

Not that I think there is an answer.

[PassingFair]

19. Is "inbred" not PC?

I think he means "weak gene pool".

Is THAT OK?

Or is it discriminatory towards those with extremely close family "ties".

[RadiationTherapy]

24. Is "Weak gene pool" something that can be determined at a glance?

What are the characteristics and how does the person in the OP reflect those characteristics?

[PCIntern]

28. I bow to your expertise in 'weak gene pool' knowledge-base...

you are obviously something of an expert here and I wish you well in your endeavors!!

[RadiationTherapy]

29. Yeah, I'm an expert on the fact that one cannot determine intelligence by looking at someone.

[COLGATE4]

18. Because they are???

Soooooooeeeeee Pig Pig Pig

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Gomer Pyle wasn't available this year