07-06-2008, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SpotsCat
Living here in Mississippi as I do, I could probably give you several reasons about why the majority of white Mississippians vote Republican - perhaps a bit of lingering racism, perhaps a lack of decent Democratic candidates, perhaps a feeling that the Democrat party sold them out years ago - any number of possible valid and logical reasons.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I have a strong sense of foreboding about this topic - like I'm walking into a "pie fight". It's a difficult topic to discuss with the people that live here, let alone someone who doesn't. I don't feel like getting into a long discussion about civil rights, Dixiecrats, Nixon's Southern Strategy, James Meredith, Medgar Evers, and a whole host of race-related issues, so let me say this...
The reason we Southerners vote Republican, is that we know it pisses you Yankee's off sumthin' fierce! 
Maybe sometime in the future we can discuss Republican politics in Mississippi - just not now.
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Bolded text : Cutting your nose of to spite your face - is it worth it?
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