Obama's Southern Problem—And Ours

Right now, the Democratic Party is perceived as a Black party, attending to the needs of African Americans.”

Or the "welfare" party, espoused by those who don't want to appear bigoted. They don't want us pulling the "race card", but overlooking it, IMHO, is far worse.

In short, whites whose roots lie in the slave South seem to vote as if Jim Crow were still alive

Hey we don't have slaves in the south no more. Cheaper to hire Mexicans.

Hi PowerIsKnowledge, Quite an interesting seed, thanks. The politics of the south are very interesting to me. Whenever I have gone there I find the local and state politics fascinating but disturbing. It is like taking a time machine back to a previous century. Not in a good way either.

I disagree with this article in tone and intent.

I live in the Northwest my dislike of Obama policy has nothing to do with Race his or mine.

I don't want National Healthcare and I didn't want Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. I don't want anymore government, or policy at all. It isn't that I don't want people to have access to healthcare, I work with Medicare, and I know how well it works and how cost effective it isn't. I have posted some articles on Newsvine regarding my concerns.

I didn't want Hilary's health care reform either... I have no idea what healthcare reform has to do with race??? Even those who badly want a Government healthcare program can not agree on how it should be structured, how to pay for it, etc.

This is a very good article.. and so true.. Folks that want to say different need to move into these places and find out how things really work. It crosses all lines.. medical, education.. the south just has it's own way.. and in my opinion, detrimental to itself. In trying to deal with delegates at a local level.. well, as I have said to more than one.. stop talking in circles, you are not making any sense! It makes one wonder about this southern mentality. And gee, here I thought that southern hospitality was the norm! ha! No.. one gets circle jerked to death unless one is related to or is a close friend of any who are in a position to make a call, so to speak. This is prevalent in the legal system as well. One is either in or out down here. Even NBC did a study a few years back and found the legal system in Walker County, Al. to be number three in the nation for corruption. Hello? They have a name for their way of living, it just leaves me at this moment. But not unlike those who line one another's pockets in the 'haves' of this nation. These guys just have their own set of rules and that is the way it is! The good ole Hatfield and McCoy mentality.. sure wish the people would catch up with the rest of society.. as in, make sense! get a brain! Here, one is either In or Out, plain and simple.. logic has no place in their thinking. Sorry if I have offended anyone. That is not my purpose. My people are all over the state of Al.. there were just a few of us grandchildren raised outside of the state. Thank God I was one of them! I am not afflicted with judgement and opionionism, favoritism and the like that is so prevalent down here. and yep, I find I am at odds with the thinking of my own people. They just are so narrow-minded and just don't get the bigger picture.. oh well, live and let live.. we each have our own comfort zone. Thank the good lord above that my mind is more expanded due to northern education. In moving here fifteen years ago, one would think I would have fitted in by now.. ha! I am a northerner in their eyes! and forever will be. It is just the way they think.