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I thought this was an "I hate Bush" weblist, now it's turned into "I hate people of the south".

True, hayseeds, hicks, rednecks, the KKK, hillbillies, nazis etc.

And lets not forget folks, Bush didnt get elected the first time around, he had a good amount of help from the Floridians with a keen sense of fairness. But there is a god and slowly but surely such people are landing in the big house

i doubt it, but who cares if he is.

I thought that all northern liberals were politically correct. Rural folks are no longer called Hillbillies. The correct term is Mountain-Williams.

Not true.He is supported by hoodwinked and clueless folks from all over.There are plenty of intelligent people down south or anywhere else you'd like to call redneck or hillbilly who have more sense in their little toe than the Yankee Republicans.

Jesus H. Tapdancing, Baldheaded Christ, what an ignorant item this is. (Ok, now I've pissed off all the Christians too) Anyone who thinks all hillbillies are right wing morons is essentially in the same camp that thinks all niggers are welfare crackheads, and all beaners are illegal immigrants. Pull your head out of your butts. Abichara is exactly correct in his analysis of the Dem's electoral problems. They need to lose the elitist crap and get back to the populist approach if they ever hope to win back the Oval Office. The Clinton Campaigns (while not particularly the presidency) the first Carter campaign, the first Hart campaign, the RFK campaign, the JFK campaign the Johnson campaign and both Truman campaigns are proof of this. I'm talking here about electoral success, not about whether its real, or whether they mean it. Frankly both the GOP and the Dems speak to elites, albeit different ones. The difference is the GOP has learned to put on a patina of speaking to average voter. The Dems seem to have forgotten how.

Such an attitude is why liberal Democrats have not been on the winning track. Self righteousness seems to be a disease that runs rampant among this group, especially when faced with defeat. Truth be told, no one likes being talked down to. Bottom line is that you can't win a national election without the support of hillbillies, as if this pretentious term can be used to describe an entire group of people! Now some liberals are even talking about secession from the Union, blue states versus red states. That's all just plain ridiculous! Bush may have a quite a few faults, but I give him credit for running a campaign that had vision and harked back to a sense of values. People would rather have a leader who thinks in terms of the big picture and who subsequently puts the interests of the country above all else. Democrats are at their best when they run scrappy, populist campaigns that talk to the people rather than over them. That was why Kerry lost in the final analysis. He ran a competent campaign, but he just couldn't find an overarching vision, a reason for running in other words, that was timely. Credit has to be given to the GOP for running a tough campaign as well. The Democrats problem is not their positions, rather its a vision problem. They have to stop running elitist campaigns in order to motivate core voters.

For some reason, this item got me to thinking which Beverly Hillbilly Bush is most like. The most obvious choice would be Jethro, but I'd have to go with Granny, because Bush has that whiny, irritable quality down pat. It would be funny to see Bush go after Cheney or Colin Powell with a frying pan.

Bush isnt a very smart guy. He's a simpleton who relates to Hillbillies by the way he talks and what he says. He's got his people in place and all he does is delegate to them the party line.That doesnt make him a moron, he's OK.

Oh shanap...take that red states!

Wow now most of the united states are hillbillies, snicker, this list is moronic

Some of you political bigots really need to get a grip on the results of this election. Based on the retarded rhetoric Im hearing, some of you geniuses are in grave danger of regressing to the approximate age of 7 or 8. You know, back when you didn't get something you just knew you needed so, out of frustration - and an apparent lack of both vocabulary and underdeveloped logical reasoning skills - you whined, cried, stamped your feet and finally settled for name calling. Why don't you all plan a big meeting somewhere in the middle of one of the blue states, hug, cry, scream and beat up life sized posters of Bush and for the love of God - GET OVER YOURSELVES. Because frankly, if you regress any further, the rest of us are going to have to be forced to change your diapers and by the smell of things some of you are getting pretty ripe already.

More people voted for George W. Bush in MASSACHUSETTS than in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Wyoming COMBINED. How is that for the red/blue state myth that has so blinded this country?

Look, just because you lost the election does not me you have to hate Texas and Company. Ohio is not Hillbilly. The politically correct name for hillbillies is Country Music Star's. P.S. ledzep44 you spelled Mississippi wrong, whose's stupid now?

I don't like Bush, but I must say that this is a very stupid weblist. I could have come up with much more valid reasons that our president is a moron.

Well actually. Did you notice the blue states were all NORTHEASTERN, WEST COAST, and the less rural MID-WESTERN states!Those are NOT hillibilly areas. Now look at the states that voted Bush TEXAS (god, I hate even saying that word), SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPI! Yep, those sound like very civilized states to me (sarcasm)

Yee-haw!!!!

Guilty as charged. Hey, hillbillies have feelings, too. They also vote.

I wouldn't call myself a hillbilly.