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Which only goes to show, once again, that we just don't get enough learnin down here. Reporting on Nov. 1 1 from that most representative point on the contemporary Southern map - Vernon, Ala., the 86-percent Caucasian home to 2,143 souls- Times correspondent Adam Nossiter set us straight with a story headlined "For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics." Nossiter's key finding: "By voting so emphatically for Senator John McCain over Mr. [Barack Obama]- supporting him in some areas in even greater numbers than they did President Bush - voters from Texas to South Carolina and Kentucky may have marginalized their region for some time to come, experts say."
Just in case Nossiter's "experts" including Whistling Past Dixie author Thomas Schaller, who's long advised Democrats to forget about winning votes in the intractably racist, xenophobic and "militaristic" South - looked a tad suspect, the fellow had a map to back him up, highlighting Southern counties where McCain outperformed Bush.See the full content of this document
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As Loving County Goes ...
If you've ever been moved to wonder why otherwise enlightened liberal intellectuals can be positively dimwitted when it comes the South, you'd have found a pretty powerful clue on the f...
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