Reply #193: Florida is not the South... [View All]

[Alexander]

I would consider Missouri to be the NW corner of the South, Louisiana/Texas the SW corner, Georgia and maybe some parts of the Florida panhandle the SE corner, and Virginia the NE corner.

But I think your vision of the South is terribly skewed. Do you know how many black people live in the southern United States? Do you have any idea who they tend to vote for, 80-90% of the time?

Also, do you support Dean's 50-state strategy? Because it sounds like you don't.

The Civil War was fought 150 years ago - and while there's no shortage of Dixie-waving racists who need to get over it, everyone else needs to get over it, too, and not be sore winners in the process.

It may also interest you to know that John Kerry, that elitist New England liberal, got over 40% of the vote throughout the South - except in 3 states: Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky. And depending on your definition, Kentucky may not even be part of the South.

Yet Kerry didn't crack 40% throughout much of the Plains or Rocky Mountain states. Should we write all those off?