Memo to candidates and my liberal pals: Southerners aren’t stupid (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted on May 16th
Which is why Senator Obama's now-ancient-history remarks about the "bitter" white working class got as much traction as it did: Republicans seem to understand that great quantities of the American populace – such as the entire nonblack South – are fed up with being looked down upon, and generally snubbed, except, sometimes, in election years.Read more Tagged as Opinion News Review | No Comments » | Continue
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