Posted on 12/08/2014 10:12:09 AM PST by tcrlaf
With Mary Landrieu’s ignominious exit, the Democrats will have lost their last senator in the Deep South. And that’s a good thing. They should write it off—because they don’t need it.
I don’t remember a much sadder sight in domestic politics in my lifetime than that of Mary Landrieu schlumpfing around these last few weeks trying to save a Senate seat that was obviously lost. It was like witnessing the last two weeks of the life of a blind and toothless dog you knew the vet was just itching to destroy. I know that sounds mean about her, but I don’t intend it that way. She did what she could and had, as far as I know, an honorable career. I do, however, intend it to sound mean about the reactionary, prejudice-infested place she comes from. A toothless dog is a figure of sympathy. A vet who takes pleasure in gassing it is not.
And that is what Louisiana, and almost the entire South, has become. The victims of the particular form of euthanasia it enforces with such glee are tolerance, compassion, civic decency, trans-racial community, the crucial secular values on which this country was founded… I could keep this list going. But I think you get the idea. Practically the whole region has rejected nearly everything that’s good about this country and has become just one big nuclear waste site of choleric, and extremely racialized, resentment. A fact made even sadder because on the whole they’re such nice people! (I truly mean that.)
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Looks like he’s after another civil war. Divide and conquer seems to be working.
You missed the point, obviously.
The most logical definition of Deep South is the seven states that seceded first.
FL most definitely applies. Except that it isn’t really southern any more. I’t more like a cross section of the country, which is of course why it’s a swing state.
All the old east coast libs moved there to avoid death tax, LOL.
No. I didn’t. But at least you didn’t try to compound the error of your ignorance by trying to defend it. I give you credit for that.
As a Southerner it gets really tiresome to hear statements like that. It implies something that isn’t true and perpetuates it. It usually comes from northerners who falsely believe that they hold some kind of moral high ground when it comes to race and race relations...which is nonsense. I’m just trying to do my part to correct all that.
It was a jab at Dems. YOU KNOW THAT. So why the faked outrage?
Read....slowly.... I....got....that.
My response was not outrage nor was “it” fake. It was sincere concern that a good FReeper would perpetuate the nonsense that the South is somehow just now shedding it’s racist ways. Calling you ignorant is not an insult, it’s simply the condition of not knowing. So, unless you actually do know that such a thing is not true and were saying it any way, there’s no real reason to object to what I’ve said. Just say “thanks” and don’t repeat the mistake.
Unfortunately, Maryland and Virginia have turned into DC Metro.
Loony left-wingers have always had a prejudice against southerners, and after the election, it's only gonna get worse.
They are very sore losers, After all. But that's OK. Just as long as they remain losers.
--Granny Clampett
The Deep Blue Cesspool Cities on the coasts have 257 electoral votes. That’s just 13 shy of winning a presidential election. They don’t need the south. That’s the problem.
“A fact made even sadder because on the whole they’re such nice people! (I truly mean that.)”
Bless our hearts. LOL!
Yeh we are moving on from the Godless Commie states of America.
As for the dems writing off the south, that concept has been around for quite a while. The book written several years ago on the subject was entitled "Whistling Past Dixie". Google it!
note to NE liberal slimey scumbag vile....stay out of Dixie! You aren’t welcome and we dont want to hear your whiney phlem infested accents!
“With Mary Landrieu’s ignominious exit, the Democrats will have lost their last senator in the Deep South. And that’s a good thing. They should write it off—because they don’t need it.”
This writer put the cart before the jackass. It was the south that wrote off the Democrats.
Good get the Democrats fully OUT of the south, and I’d be happy!!!!!
He couldn't wait. The urge to purge a demonRat was too strong.
He offered one hopeful note - that one day the nation should split off from the communists.
The South is diverse - much more so than blue states. We are more Christian so the current hate whitey because of history doesn’t work as well here. In our faith, we forgive and look to remove the pole from our own eye before going after the splinter in the other guy’s eye. We are more independent because our faith requires that we look out for the other guy. We do Christian service. We donate to causes more than do blue states because our faith inspires us to care for the poor and needy with a soft heart.
I think the Americans in the south (whites and blacks) actually dealt with the sins, repentance and forgiveness of slavery and segregation, much more deeply than liberals. For this reason, common core’s school program which teaches tribalism’s grudges and hate according to loser liberals, should be disallowed in the South. Americans are not separate tribes at war over historical conflicts.
Not everyone in the South is Christian but Christians are a dominate force in the cultures of the South. Not everyone is conservative, either. I have lived all over the country and I’m thankful to be in the South. Texas is fun and smart - in an unliberal sort of way. People are not perfect here but they are not perfect anywhere. I like the people of the Midwest, but the South is warmer, more colorful and lively. Boston, where my children grew up, is tight assed nice but the politics which filter into the social atmosphere are poison. They elected a Governor who is a known radical racist - Deval Patrick.
The author is right - the South will never denounce God and abandon self defense. We won’t denounce the constitution, to accommodate a communist or globalist Utopia either. Whites in the South will never hate themselves for injustices they did not commit in history and will continue to struggle to be successful in life with property rights and economic freedom. Whites in the South don’t tolerate racist blacks and Hispanics so either hate is suppressed or sparse. Although the Liberals have worked hard on the South, the people have yet to totally lose honor and dignity.
LOL!
Must’ve been an exceptionally runny and smelly demonRAT.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.