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It's ironic that most of you complaining about this south v. north shenanigans are from the NORTH. No one in the south gives two rats asses what you all think is behind this because it's not really about south v. north, which is how you want to characterize it. It has nothing to do with regionalism except how you want to impose it, because most jobs are moving to the south and midwest and the north's a dying place, but none of my southern friends are even aware that this thread is happening and are vaguely aware of the vote about detroit.
The point is, too much wine notwithstanding, the south has nothing to do with this. Characterizing the vote of republicans as a southern civil war backlash shows some awful true colors. The south cares little about northern "elites" or unions or any of that mess. Give us jobs! If you want to secede, we'd be all for it. I think the south can do just fine with its beaches, agriculture, and whiskey stills without the dying north.
To the reader who said that if the south wanted to do without the auto bailout, we'd could do without insurance settlements and reprieves from the north, um, excuse me, can I introduce you to my friend Katrina? There were no insurance reprieves or charity donations from the "liberal" north, thank you. Katrina has done way more to encourage distrust of the north than the civil war could have ever done!
Dude, to quote the best writer who ever lived, "the lady doth protest too much". No one's bringing up the civil war but y'all northerners. Is it cause you're dying on an inviable business model and you need someone to blame? Sounds like it.
Good luck.
