Yesterday, there were some pretty awful polling results showing that many of the birthers happen to be both Republican and Southerners. Some people on the blog expressed anger and disgust; they were tired of catering to people who are seen as keeping the rest of the country down. Some people went so far as to say, in effect, screw the South.
Well, as a proud Northener ( whose family was not born in the USA, hee!)Iam here to say we simply cannot give up on the South, though the media loves to hype up the birther bs and many Southerners seemed to be utterly deluded and deranged.
Please do take a look at this article, Alabama County Reeling in Fiscal Crisis.
The crisis here is due to rising unemployment, very little tax revenue and no capital reserves to keep basic services for Jefferson Couthy going.
This is shameful. Utterly and completely shameful. Look at the pictures of the people. There are white people, african americans, asians, hispanic/latinos. These are our citizens, but thanks in part to the policies that Republicans have long espoused, there is no money, the good, stable, excellent factoy and machinery jobs are gone, environmental standards are piss poor ( this area of the country, along with Mississippi and Lousiana, is known as Cancer Alley) and education standards are lax, to say the least.
We need to work even harder. This is not easy. This stuff is entrenched and Fox and company makes money off of exploiting people's fears and anxieties.
This is the South and the Mid West and the Northwest and yes, the West Coast. This is US.
We are the richest country ever - and no, that's not hyperbole. Our diversity and different ways of thinking is our ultimate strength and advantage. Let's listen to Southern Progressives and work with them, and beat down the Rethugs and Faux!