Tag: The South
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If only he had gotten Larry the Cable Guy’s endorsement
Apparently Jeff Foxworthy, who campaigned with Mitt Romney in the days leading up to the Redneck Belt primaries, is a bit too uptown for Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi. Little do they know they just made President Obama very happy.
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Pretentious Portland couple venture South, live to write about it
A part-time poet and erstwhile barista (naturally) and his wife travel south, digest every outdated cliche and savor the life experience in a manner only Ethan Hawke would appreciate. Our decision to venture south of the Mason-Dixon line confounds many of our Northwest friends. They seem to conceive of the South as a backward place: plainly…
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One person’s ringing endorsement is another’s dire warning
A South Carolina voter frets that Rick Perry will be the 2012 version of Fred Thompson, siphoning votes away from al-Santorum: “Anybody still supporting Perry right now is doing it out of loyalty to him. … (Voters) know in their heart he is not a true contender in this. They need to go ahead and…
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Just a reminder: Not all Southerners think alike
The Southern battle colors are flying again, this time as part of an effort to unfurl huge Confederate flags along Georgia’s interstates. … “We want to remind people of who they are and where they came from,” said Jack Bridwell, the division commander of state chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which is paying…
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