James Joyner over atOUTSIDE THE BELTWAY quotes the idiot Bill Maher as writing:
“North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has a powerful argument in his bid to be the Democratic nominee when he says, ‘What I give people is a candidate who can win everywhere in America.’
Translation: ‘We Southerners ain’t gonna vote for no Yankee! You suckers up North will take our Clintons and Carters, but we just ain’t buyin’ Kerrys and Deans.’
And that’s a shame. Not just for Democrats but for democracy itself. And I feel bad for the millions of intelligent people who live in a region still dominated by so much prejudice that anyone who wants to be president better have a twang in his voice and pronounce all four E’s in the word ‘shit.'”
Is Maher so stupid he doesn’t understand why that annoys people from the south?
And tell us, Bill… is what you’re describing not what the Civil rights warlords have been engaging in for years, and plactaed by Democrats over?
Think; The argument from such people has been that someone needs to be a member of the minority to be a proper representive of the minority. Sharpton’s major claim to fame is he’s black and therefore gets black support, despite his being the single most UN-qualified person for the office I can think of, for example.
I wonder, Bill, if you’re ready to call black people stupid because they will vote for someone of their own race, over someone perhaps better suited for the position because of the other factors.
If not, and if you still don’t see my point, I wonder if you have a braincell in that huge mellon on top of your neck.
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