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Mr. Keillor:
You compare the north's cool public dispassion to the south's unzipped warmth and wonder why a region so outwardly friendly consistently elects repressive goons to office.
It's because the northerner expects one to earn his way in, and in the south you have to earn your way out. We southerners assume you have character and well ordered priorities and we'll embrace you from the get-go and forever till your behavior provides contrary evidence. You yankees assume every stranger is an idiot until he can illustrate otherwise. While the southern trait might favor us as a holiday destination, yours is pobably the better strategy for choosing public officials. That prick Kennedy notwithstanding.
