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And, I just love how Southerners try to claim the mantle of being "real" patriots, considering their forebears' rebellion in the early 1860s. Well, to them, I say: go read www.fuckthesouth.com and then get over it -- you're gonna have Obama at "your" aptly named "White House."
This is just what I was talking about.
Some right-wing shill publishes a piece in WaPo and suddenly out comes all the foam-flecked invective and 'fuck the south'.
Who do you think this helps, exactly?