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Sunday, January 09, 2005
Cornbread and Gravy
A comment by Kenny (of the blog Seventh Inning Stretch) reminded of something I wanted to blog about. I was watching the Democrats' Southern Caucus today on C-SPAN (surprisingly, there's no video on the website). It was a forum featuring the candidates for party chair, including Howard Dean.
One of the questions was about how the Democrats could reclaim the South - or at least start making in-roads. While answering the question one of the candidates (I don't remember who) displayed exactly why the Democrats are completely lost without hope in the South. This may not be an exact transcript, but to the best of my recollection this is how prefaced his comments:
"Howdy! A Democratic Party without the south is like cornbread without gravy!"
First of all, cornbread and gravy? Disgusting. I've never seen that particular dish on any menu.
Secondly, what a patronizing asshole. To get the full effect you've got to read that out-loud, in the worst southern drawl you can manage. And the worst part is, everyone in the place burst out in laughter. "Ha-ha! Lets have good laugh at the expense of those Southern retards! That'll make them like us!"
Keep laughing assholes. Meanwhile, we Republicans will just keeping laughing all the way to the White House.
UPDATE: So, cornbread and gravy is a real thing. I stand corrected. (I don't know how I missed it, having traveled extensively in the South.)
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