How the Dems want to influence the South....

[Fmr jarhead]

From a message board.....sounds to me like they are a bunch of condescending asswipes!

Do you want to WIN the South, or do you want to BASH them?

Cause if you want to win them, here ya go.

Many Southern workers are non-union. They're poor. Many are minorities. Many of them give lip-service to fundamentalism in polls, but don't let it affect their lives. Family means more in the South than it does in most places. Hunting and fishing are a way of life.

So we push higher wages and health care to them. No Southerner wants Grandma to die, and they'd love to get caught up on their bills, pay off their car/house loan, buy a bass boat, etc. They'd like a cut in payroll taxes, please, and need an 'plain-speak' explanation that tax cuts for the rich actually screw them. Maybe we should even use words stronger than screw.

They think treehuggers are wimps, but if you describe environmentalist goals in wildlife management terms, their eyes light up and they will probably start feeding talking points to you. Make sure they KNOW you won't take away their guns--most of them have owned guns from a single-digit age and consider firearm responsibility second nature. They would no more shoot someone than you'd kill someone with your bare hands, and see guns as a means of recreation, relaxation, and varmint control. Talk about clean water in terms of fishing yields, and in terms of edible-vs inedible fish. Mention kids and grandkids. They'll understand.

Many of them have been forcefed "big-city liberals are bad" propeganda. So we counter that with "Rich Republicans want to tell you what to do." Most Southerners have an innate suspicion of rich people (as I said, they are by no means stupid) and will side against them if presented with a "rich-middle class" or "rich-poor" dichotomy.

If they realize the truth of the matter, that Democrats represent the little guy, want to protect our natural resources, and want to make sure everyone gets fair pay for a day's work, then Southerners would overwhelmingly vote Democratic. All we have to do is cut through Republican lies and bullshit.

The truth can win the South for the Democratic party.

 

[freeandfun1]

the south is also home to a LOT of transplanted northerners that are fleeing the cities and urban areas. They (the author(s) of that diatribe) are idiots!

 

[phadras]

Southerners.... No wonder they could barely rub two votes together in Dixie..

 

[Avatar4321]

Whats funny is they actually believe that.

They think the South doesnt want to hear the rich telling them what to do. So they offer them John Kerry to vote for. nuff said.

 

[UsaPride]

As a southerner I would like to thank the author for this

they are by no means stupid

Other than that, he's a complete moron!!! "Mention kids and grandma"? WTF??? LOL! Ididot!

 

[ScreamingEagle]

The South shall rise again!

...but not for liberals.

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