The Belle Rebellion: Bush Loses Support Among Southern Women

[BurtWorm]

From Fire Dog Lake:


http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/08/late-nite-fdl-the-belle-rebellion/

War turns southern women away from GOP



By SHANNON McCAFFREY, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 7, 3:43 PM ET

MACON, Ga. -

President Bush’s once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks.

"I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant," said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three. "He’s been an embarrassment."

It doesn’t get much nastier than a comparison to Grant. At least, not in Macon, which was one of the only cities in Georgia left standing after Sherman’s march to the sea in 1864.

Now, anger over the Iraq war and frustration with the country’s direction have taken a toll on the president’s popularity and stirred dissatisfaction with the Republican-held Congress.

Republicans on the ballot this November have reason to worry. A recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that three out of five Southern women surveyed said they planned to vote for a Democrat in the midterm elections. With control of the Senate and House in the balance, such a seismic shift could have dire consequences for the GOP.

Yeaaaaaah!!!! We like dire consequences for the GOP! I would even go so far as to say that we love them.

Sandy Rubin, a high school teacher in Macon, voted for Bush and said she’s also likely to vote for (conservative Dem. Rep. Jim) Marshall. Rubin said the GOP’s focus on issues that appeal to social conservatives, such as gay marriage and abortion, have turned her off.

"I care about job security and education. The things I hear the Republicans emphasizing in their campaigns are not things that affect me or my family," said the 39-year-old mother of two.

Thank you, Jesus!! Dawn breaks on Marblehead!! God DAMN! How long has our side been saying this now? If you’re against abortion, DON’T HAVE ONE. If you’re against gay marriage, DON’T MARRY A GAY PERSON. And otherwise, how about minding your own business? Because, right now? There’s some huge and important shit that needs to be addressed in this country, and Bill Frist’s 2006 Senate agenda covered precisely NONE of it.

I see this as a deeply promising development. I believe Southern women to be practical, pragmatic, and sensible as a group. I have certainly known some brilliant, gritty Steel Magnolias in my time. And let me tell you something. The South is a matriarchy. Sexism is alive and well here, but what this tends to end up meaning is that the men just think they run everything, and in terms of anything that can but put on a piece of paper, that’s true. Tax codes, building permits, laws, licenses, and zoning regulations? The men have got that sewn up. But regarding everything else? Two words.

Clue.

Less.


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[cdsilv]

1. bush be f*cked. You don't piss off southern wimmin....n/t

[liberalitch]

5. Damn skippy..... I am NOT to be fucked with!..... Y'all

[LostInAnomie]

2. I read this story the other day and thought....

... "Welcome to the party... 6 years too fucking late, you fucking idiots."

I don't buy the buyer's remorse bullshit. If these fucking idiots couldn't see through the repukes back then they don't deserve to be able to vote.

Sometime before the election they'll get "afeared" about those brown skinned muslims, ten commandments, gays, or some other bullshit and fall back in line. I have no faith in the South reforming.

[pretzel4gore]

4. bush fukking up the country is actually a good thing

inasfar as it hurts/upset the racist bullying assholes who can't see the regan bushes for what they were; corporate frontmen dedicated to eliminating personal freedom from the land (which they've pretty well done) and appropriating the national wealth

[darkmaestro019]

3. (a p p l a u s e)

"Thank you, Jesus!! Dawn breaks on Marblehead!! God DAMN! How long has our side been saying this now? If you’re against abortion, DON’T HAVE ONE. If you’re against gay marriage, DON’T MARRY A GAY PERSON. And otherwise, how about minding your own business? Because, right now? There’s some huge and important shit that needs to be addressed in this country, and Bill Frist’s 2006 Senate agenda covered precisely NONE of it."

If you ever run for anything, I'd vote for you in a heartbeat. Put a sticker on my car and tell my friends, too. I'd even give you money, not that it'd be much, but I'd give up a week of laundry quarters or do without my one remaining luxury (about $3.00 in self-roll tobacco a week) to help you out.

Ah, you'd never have a chance. You're overflowing with common sense, and that's clearly not allowed.

I'd still vote for you. : )

EDIT: Typed "a day" and not "a week" Ha. If I could afford $3 a DAY I could smoke normal offbrand cigarettes again. Ah, those were the days.

[Libby2]

6. W stands for women.

Remember?
Barf...

[bamademo]

7. This Suthern Woman has never supported that SOB!

My Suthern women friends here in Alabama never supported him either. We were all in love with 2 real men named Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

[dogday]

8. Many Southern ladies like myself who are Mothers...

My son is fighting in this war and many others from the South...

We do what we must to protect our children, even when they are adults, you still see them as your children....