Category Archives: Southern Strategy

The Real Queen of Mean

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “The Real Queen of Mean”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Remember the mock-up of the First Lady as Marie Antoinette, because the Republicans thought she was way above their version of her “station” in planning a holiday abroad (paid for by herself … Continue reading →

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Old Racists Never Die …

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Old Racists Never Die …”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThey just want to see the microfilm … unless they can see the afterbirth.

Posted in Kulturkampf, racism, Southern Strategy | 2 Comments

John Sununu’s Pot and Kettle Moment

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “John Sununu’s Pot and Kettle Moment”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Seems there’s yet another euphemism for the word “black” in American English: unAmerican. Because that’s really what Republicans mean when they say that about our current President. So, here’s what Romney … Continue reading →

Posted in Dog Whistles, racism in politics, Southern Strategy | 3 Comments

Morning Awful: Southern Death Penalty

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Southern Death Penalty”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Regular readers will know that I have mixed feelings on the death penalty, yet there is no denying that execution has been applied unequally. In fact, looking at this map from The … Continue reading →

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When Bigots Don’t Know They’re Bigots, Southern Liberals Bite Back … With Teeth

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “When Bigots Don’t Know They’re Bigots, Southern Liberals Bite Back … With Teeth”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Civil War ended in 1865. The South lost. Believe me, I have got over it, and so have most people I know in the … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin and the Shot Heard ‘Round the Suburbs

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Trayvon Martin and the Shot Heard ‘Round the Suburbs”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Culture war escalated into a shooting war in Sanford. Florida’s NRA-written “stand your ground” law was passed as an expansion of the right of self-defense, but that’s not what … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, Eliminationist Rhetoric, gun culture, Kulturkampf, Kulturkrieg, racism, Southern Strategy | 10 Comments

Conservative Culture Sows the Seeds of its Own Demise

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Conservative Culture Sows the Seeds of its Own Demise”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Millennials, who will be the decisive cohort in future national elections, are less religious than previous generations and less likely to respond to social wedge issues. Evangelicals, on the other hand, are voting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatism, Kulturkampf, Obama smears, Southern Strategy, The Teabagger Fail | 1 Comment

Left Coast Bigotry

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Left Coast Bigotry”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI watched Bill Maher’s show this week, and I was offended. I was and am offended by the level of ignorance that he imparts every week in making some sort of comment or observation about … Continue reading →

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Bill Maher Still Doesn’t Get It Even in Real Time

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Bill Maher Still Doesn’t Get It Even in Real Time”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This week’s edition of Real Time with Bill Maher only re-enforced the notion of how enclosed Bill is in the privileged, little bubble of Beverly Hills, which … Continue reading →

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When the Republicans Become the Pitiful People’s Party

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “When the Republicans Become the Pitiful People’s Party”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Take a look at the picture above. What is its most striking aspect? On first glance, it’s a picture of people, of all ages and sizes, but one colour. … Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In its quantitative form, politics is about vote counts and polling data. In its qualitiative form, politics is about the state and the relative power of the many kinds of people … Continue reading →