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Robert Schlesinger

The South Shall Fall Again

November 11, 2008 10:32 AM ET | Robert Schlesinger | Permanent Link | Print

NYT: The South is losing its hold on national politics. Good.

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Not for long.

The south will resurface as GOP territory. The left-wing illuminati just had the help of the mainstream media.

Giving the Crimson Tide a bad name....

Um, red overpowered the blue? I suppose if small, densely populated, uneducated areas where residents don't know much beyond what they have seen in the neighborhoods they've rarely ventured far from cast weighted ballots, I suppose they might stand a chance. Yet, Obama won the popular vote as well as the electoral vote, so that argument is hardly worth it's weight in thin air. I was born in Alabama. The majority of my family still resides there. But by the grace of God was I moved away and exposed to enough life experiences, social scenery and thought provoking ideas to realize how lucky I am to see beyond my front porch. As Election Day drew to a close, I commented to my father who was born, raised and college educated in the beautiful state of whistling dixie before relocating to a blue state 20 years ago, "I wonder how it feels to not matter?". I most intentionally meant to question a belt of states so thoroughly stained with their own close minded convictions and political prejudices that their ballots can becounted, tallied and called before the polls open. They are dyed in the cotton red states.

To Kevin Williams of SC who wants to believe that race was not the deciding factor... did you skip over the part about how only HALF of the voters who supported Kerry, the last candidate of the same pro-choice, liberal platform, supported Obama. In a time where a conservative Republican presidential administration has embroiled this great country in interntaional controversy, internal divide and econoic crisis, why praytell would even the blues of the red state back down from supporting a Democratic candidate. I think we can only state the obvious in an area a wee bit famous for their historical bout with ignorance and intolerance. Don't take it personally, you should feel just as comfortable with us judging the basis of your vote on southern stereotypes, reputations and dimished expectations as any candidate feels being judged by the color of his skin and the content of his name.

“I think any time you have someone elected president of the United States with a Muslim name, whether they are white or black, there are some very unsettling things.”

“This is a community that’s supposed to be filled with a bunch of Christian folks,” he said. “If they’re not disappointed, they need to be at the altar.”

...while another volunteered that she was bothered by the idea of a black man “over me” in the White House.

Yes, indeed thoughts and convictions to be proud of. I've made more informed decisions regarding what cereal to eat than these people have regarding the future of their children. Thankfully, they don't matter. Not any more. Thank God for that. Thank God for the future of MY children.

Are you crazy, KIM???/

seems to me the RED overpowered the blue

i think YOU are the one that is colorblind!!

by a big purple black nothing BLOB who runs your state. and tries to run the world

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Robert Schlesinger is a deputy editor at U.S. News and World Report and oversees all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.

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