Reply #46: I don't think you heard me [View All]

[Frances]

"But keep on blaming us if it makes you feel better."

I didn't blame you--I just asked an honest question.

I have lived in 3 states since I left Alabama (because my husband joined the Public Health Service). All 3 are blue states, but all 3 now have rotten Republican governors: Romney of Massachusetts, Ehrlich of Maryland, and Arnold of California. I certainly don't think I have escaped political "hell."

And I don't think I am "better" than any other Alabamian. In fact, I still think of myself as an Alabamian.

It's just that the vast majority of whites in Alabama are Bush supporters and I wanted to know how you talk to them about politics, especially if the people are your relatives and you love them.