Tuesday, November 11, 2008
News The South has fallen (election-wise) again
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:32 PM
The New York Times, with much gravitas, and Gawker, with much faux-condescension, are reporting that, in politics, the South no longer matters.
Says Gawker:
Good news, Fake America—we've marginalized The South! The New York Times reports today that based on the totally conclusive 2008 election results, no longer will The South have any impact whatsoever on National Politics, and we can safely ignore them.
Best Gawker comment:
Well, if Florida is America's penis, it's the "balls" of the Redneck Riviera that has the rash.
Most reasoned Gawker comment:
This is not the south that went Red. This is the really, really, really racist part of the south. Missississippi, Ga and SC went more blue.
Most obvious display of Deep South stereotyping by a Times photographer:
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Georgia really missed out on a chance for some great PR when we went for Grampy McCain. I wish just once a media outlet would take a look at how uber-racist large bands of the Midwest are. It is not a regional dynamic. It is an urban-rural dynamic.
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Right. Plus, the fact that Obama DID put the state in play despite almost no campaigning or commercials...? Yeah, that's pretty damn impressive. We're getting there.
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