I'm So Fucking SICK Of White Men Politicians With Southern Accents On TV

[matcom]

sorry southern DUers. no disrespect meant BUT i'm fucking tired as HELL of this. they (repukes) ALL seem to have that 'drawl' and in MANY cases it is contrived and NOT EVEN REAL! They do it for 'effect' and think it helps them 'resonate' with the 'common man'. That SHOULD be an insult to you. It is to me.

i don't hate it in INTELLIGENT people but this is what the repukes have become. Southern over-enunciated accents a.k.a. Jerry Falwell style.

i'm tired of it.

if you think i'm dissing you i'll grab the :popcorn: . if you can see past the SURFACE of this post and understand the TRUE meaning, i'll give you a :thumbsup:

flame away

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Ooooo.

:popcorn:

[DS1]

2. They're gonna clean your clockeh

[matcom]

4. i sense a draw-el in your post

:eyes:

[supernova]

3. Most of them do sound hokey

IRL, though I was born here, I don't have much of a twang either.

The only person who sounds the same to me, on a stage or in private conversation, is Jesse Helms.

[leftstreet]

5. I'm fucking sick of white male politicians, period.

Even with the sound turned off, they annoy me.

And there's nothing more surreal than a group of white male senators grilling another white male about his stand on abortion.
:eyes:

[supernova]

6. Isn't that the truth?

Like they are ever going to be pregnant. :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

8. I'm with you, supernova!

Seeing crap like that makes me want to throw things at the TV. That picture of Dumbya signing that third trimester anti-abortion bill, will all the white men standing behind him, just enrages me. I made a choice years ago to not have any more children, but I still don't want Roe v. Wade overturned.

[Misunderestimator]

12. Indeed!

[MountainLaurel]

38. True dat.

As my brother would say.

[Fenris]

7. Born and raised in Southeast Texas.

I don't have even a hint of a drawl or an accent.

They make that shit up. It makes them sound folksy. Bush didn't have an accent in the 80s. Where the fuck did that come from?

:thumbsup:You're spot on.

[flamingyouth]

11. You talk like a Yankee.

Except when you're around your family. ;)

[terrya]

29. Bush was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.

I mean, fucking please. It's an affectation.

[Midlodemocrat]

36. And a bad one at that.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

9. I'm conflicted

part of me understand what you are saying. It has a certain "aura" that is unpleasant.

On the other hand, I mentally substitute "black men speaking jive" for "white men politicians with southern accents" and I gotta say it is a racist statement. And I've heard people make that statement.

However, I have been known to be politically incorrect myself. So I won't flame you for it.

[Kathryn STone]

16. ohmigod-quoted what #9 said below

substitute "black men speaking jive" for "white men politicians with southern accents"
I happen to be black (light skinned) and trust me that is truly not a reflexive statement.
"Jive" connotates a lot more. Try "cracker" on for size.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

41. so the parallel

would be black men speaker jive = white men speaking like crackers?

I'll go with that. I thought a long time before using "jive." First, I think it's outdated, but Eubonics seemed over the top.

Anyway, I failed logic in high school so equalizing statements doesn't come easily. But it was a racist comment. I just can't think of a parallel.

Except how about "a bunch of Hispanic men with accents?"

However, I repeat my caveat. I am no saint when it comes to such comments. I just like to point them out here because we pride ourselves on NOT stereotyping people according to their color or culture.

tg

[jus_the_facts]

10. Betcha my drawl could sweet talk you right outta that attitude.....

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. I think that what we got he-ah, is a failyah ta communicate.

[leftofthedial]

14. y'all need to watch yore mouth, yankee boy

'fore we come kick yore ass.

[SeaBob]

15. Southern politicians

They havent changed their ways since they first joined the Country

[jobycom]

17. Poor Jimmy Carter, still gettin' dissed.

[elshiva]

19. LOL

[HillDem]

60. you mean Jimmah Carta?

he can take care of himself.

[graywarrior]

18. I can't stand any of them when they start a sentence with "look"

or "listen" and then do the knuckle pointing. Geeze, take a method class, willya?

[Rob H.]

61. Same here

The thing I really can't stomach is when Shrub says, "Whut the 'Merkin people gotta unnerstand is <insert condescending jinogistic bullshit here>." He pulls that shit all the time, usually when he's confronted about something like the Plame leak, the fact that there are no WMDs in Iraq, the Katrina clusterfuck, his domestic spying program, you name it. :grr:

And I've been back in the South for the last two-and-a-half years after eight years away, and lived here for 13 years before that, from right before I turned 14 to right after I turned 27. No trace of a Southern accent. Bush's phony-baloney cornpone accent is as fake as the day is long--but DUers already know that. ;)

[Jamastiene]

20. Ahem, I needed this tonight.

I've been up to my eyes in numbers all day long. I can't get 280.35 out of my head. It's D and it's R in a vector diagram. I have no other sides, yet I am supposed to find the angle. Hahahhaa. Seriously, I'm losing my mind. I'm halfway to insanity and almost halfway to finishing my Computer Engineering program at community college. Does this mean I will go nuts BEFORE I finish?

Oh yeah, and I agree with you about the southern thing to a point. I mean the only southerners they allow on television are idiots, morans (sic on purpose), and repukes. Except for James Carville, I think all southerners on television are repukes, aren't they?

[nemo137]

21. Man, I'd love to hear a good rust belt accent on TV one of these days

Like Russ. I mean, that would resonate with this common man.

[mykpart]

22. I might agree if it weren't for

Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Sam Ervin
John Edwards

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. Ann Richards,

LBJ,
Sam Rayburn...

The list goes on.

[Skittles]

23. I agree but hey, at least YOU get a break sometime

try living in Texas and hearing people pronounce stuff like IM-PORDANT instead of important - OMG I cannot tell you how freaking ignorant it sounds

[Hardrada]

24. BIDNESS for business (as Molly Ivins likes to write)

[Hardrada]

25. Oh, someone mentioned Jimmy Carter

I miss his accent. I even miss LBJ speaking though he used to grate on me since he was obviously trying to speak more correctly and generically. It always struck me as the attempts of someone who is bombed trying to speak very slowly and distinctly.

[Hardrada]

26. Oh, someone mentioned Jimmy Carter

I miss his accent. I even miss LBJ speaking though he used to grate on me since he was obviously trying to speak more correctly and generically. It always struck me as the attempts of someone who is bombed trying to speak very slowly and distinctly.

[RubyDuby in GA]

51. haha - I know what you mean

here in GA, they don't 'ask' you questions, they want to 'axe' you a question.

Ah the sweet sounds of home - of course we can talk about it all we want, but none of you damnyankees better :P

[southlandshari]

27. Goddammit, Sparky.

I couldn't agree with you more.

I hate those motherfuckers ruining a perfectly good accent by slapping it on shit-for-brains.

;)

[billyskank]

28. Hi Shari!

:loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

62. You tell 'em, Shari!

:D

[Deja Q]

30. Must... resist... temptation... to... copycat!!

[Fox Mulder]

31. Reminds me of that Southern preacher on tv...

Jesse Duplantis or something like that...

My god...:puke: :puke: :puke:

[wildhorses]

32. I'm So Fuckin' SICK of MEN. Period. end of story

boy that REALLY solved the problem now didn't it?

































































the content is more important than the presentation...
the message more important than the delivery...
we are gonna suck eggs in '08
if we keep this attitude

[DS1]

39. The content is more important that the presentation

Only in theory.

Ever wonder why Fox News has the most flashy graphics of any news station? Or why Bush dumbs his speeches down to be compatible with idiots?

[wildhorses]

42. .....................

:popcorn:

[DS1]

43. No, people are dumb, by my own words

[kick-ass-bob]

45. "I am trying to make peace not war"

Then, if I were you, I would work on the delivery.

[wildhorses]

50. ..........................

:popcorn:

[underpants]

33. Now we gonna make something oh so special

Much hated around here.

I swear to God she is Bobby Bowden in a dress.

On last note-I have never seen a TV show or anything else where everyone sits down to Thanksgiving dinner and no one gives thanks.

[matcom]

34. come to my house

;)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

40. ahem....hmmm...ahem

and just what is wrong with Bobby Bowden?????

That is pure down-home Alabama and not put on at all. And he ain't the least bit political.

But we call him St. Bobby around here. He lives down the street from me. Lovely man.

[underpants]

47. Now dag gummit

Don't get me wrong no really now don't I don't have anything against him personally ya see it just that he has the most corrupt program BY FAR of anyone in college athletics that's all I want to say ya see

[TallahasseeGrannie]

56. Now don't you be messing

with my criminoles...um....Seminoles.

It's just that Bobby recruits so well in many rather crime-ridden areas! (most of Florida, actually)

He's a scream; you should see his post-game show on Sundays. They watch the game film and he says very little about the players, it is all "and I saw his Mama at the game, and she is so proud of him...."

I'll say this: they do throw them off the team, regardless. But dad gum it, there shure are a lot of 'em!

Have you ever seen Doke Campbell Stadium? It looks like a freaking palace. Literally a huge castle. However, to their credit, the castle is also admin. offices, classrooms, restaurants, etc. But it is rather embarassing.

[RubyDuby in GA]

52. OH MY GAWD..........no you didn't

I'd slap ya bald if you were anywhere near me. We just don't say ugly things about Paula around here!

No manners.....impertinent........little....#%&@*#..... :*



And feel free to come to my southernasthedayislong house on Thanksgivin' 'cause we don't thank anybody but whoever cooked the turkey.

[underpants]

53. Is it a southern tradition to talk with your mouth full?

Sorry but My wife and I love using the DVR rewind to see how much her show is edited. Very skillfully done but you would be amazed at how things just pop up here and there and how a mouthful of food suddenly isn't there anymore.

[RubyDuby in GA]

59. Well Ted Turner does

I work near the Ted's Montana Grill where he has a penthouse above the offices so every once in a while, we'll go to lunch there. I saw him in there one day at a table full of executives and he was just talking away with his mouth full. Eww.

I know what you mean about her though. I saw a show just the other day where she was talking to her two sons and have a mouthful of something.

Since I have home state advantage, I will criticize her for it. No one else has permission - it's in our state constitution (well, probably. The damn Republicans in two short years have managed to cram all sorts of crap like that into it, so I'm sure there's a no criticizing policy for "foreigners, damnyankee and otherwise" in there!) :)

[calico1]

35. I don't hate real Southern accents

but the contrived ones do annoy the hell out of me. And its even more annoying when they purposely use bad grammar too so that they can sound more common. And look at bush*. His parents, brothers Jeb and Neil and all the grandchildren I have heard speak have no Southern accent. He does. Talk about fake. He was born in New Haven, which is Southern CT. That is as Southern as he is. As for the title of this thread, I am sick of white men running this country. Santorum is a Northerner, remember.

[kick-ass-bob]

37. Don't forget Elizabeth Dole.

I do believe her southern accent disappeared (or at least diminished) when she lived in Iowa (or where ever the hell it was) and by golly, when she ran for US Senate, it was back - even with not really living here.

Hallelujah!

:eyes:

[revolutionrock]

44. I'm so sick of black women politicians with northern accents...

Not really. Just demonstrating a point.

[kick-ass-bob]

48. Well, if they were the overwhelming majority of the politicians,

and doing the accent for effect, and not because that is how they talk, then yes, I would agree with you.

[Misunderestimator]

49. Yeah? What would that point be?

[Tikki]

54. Excuse me son....that would be "pasty white men"......

...with no discernible coloration of any kind....



Tikki

[jane_pippin]

55. I get you, I think. Actors. Focus grouped "everymen" telling us

"hey--I care." Even if they aren't acting, they're in some way trying to be what they aren't, which is the way of the politician most of the time, I imagine. Probably because they think they have to pull that shit to appeal to people. Makes me sick too. Georgie boy calling us "folks" and telling us what "the American People" know and want. Fuck that lowest common denominator bullshit. I'm not saying that the southern accent equals lowest common denominator--I don't think that's what you mean either. I mean they think they can hold up a baby, clear some brush, tell us how much they love Apple Pie and that's all we need to know or want to know for that matter. They think we're idiots with no bullshit detectors.

My guess is that some "brilliant" political mover/shaker, some tv producers, whoever, figured that in the age of Bush, one must be like him to be successful/taken seriously, (Oh to touch the hem of his garment!), so southern white guys are in some sense the fashion. Certainly the status quo. This "I'm like you" lie they seem to think voters get all frothy over--and in this case "like you" apparently means "like this bullshit cowboy 'y'all' seem to love so much." It is insulting and frankly, I think this playacting demeans us all--including the actors. It's got less to do with the region these bullshitters come from and more to do with the act of bullshitting in unison, I think.

If I may quote my pretend boyfriend (and I do hate quoting song lyrics but reading your post got this song in my head so here it is) :

Now, the man on the stand he wants my vote,
He's a-runnin' for office on the ballot note.
He's out there preachin' in front of the steeple,
Tellin' me he loves all kinds-a people.
He's eatin' bagels
He's eatin' pizza
He's eatin' chitlins

Sums up the bullshitting nicely, I do believe.

[Hugin]

57. Deep thinking jane...

Oh, how I envy your pretend boyfriend.

[jane_pippin]

58. Nah, just half-awake sweary ranting.

I envy him too--that's why he's my Pretend Boyfriend. I just love 'em, but without a time machine and some extraordinary luck, nothing's coming of it any time soon. ;)