QueEx, Muck and Dert Opinions Please
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good post
I happened to have caught Jeannie Most on CNN who made the Hillary Clinton out-take from the commemoration in Selma, Alabama, as the subject of her segment.
You know, its not unusual with outsiders come to the "Pride Land" -- the South -- to suddenly get the need to feel, down home. As it turns out, Hillary Clinton was reading a quote (I wasn't able to write down the author and the piece) of a southern author. Apparently in doing so, Hillary attempted to adopt the southern drawl of the author. Good thing or Bad thing? - I don't know. I do know that its not unusual and, true to form, Barack Obama, speaking and campaigning at the same commemoration of the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge also dropped a bit of southern drawl too. He did the best he could to sound southern, but his wasn't as pronounced as Hillary's -- but he did it too.
What do I make of it? As a proud member of the Pride Land, all I can say is its just not unusual and most Southerners are not that offended -- in fact many find it amusing -- when outsiders, try to sound ... southern.
Frankly, when I first heard the Hillary clip I thought it was something from the late Ann Richards, former Governor of the State of Texas -- sounding like she was about to deliver another humorous line on George Bush. Hillary should use that voice when she campaigns in Texas -- they might love it.
QueEx
You know, its not unusual with outsiders come to the "Pride Land" -- the South -- to suddenly get the need to feel, down home. As it turns out, Hillary Clinton was reading a quote (I wasn't able to write down the author and the piece) of a southern author. Apparently in doing so, Hillary attempted to adopt the southern drawl of the author. Good thing or Bad thing? - I don't know. I do know that its not unusual and, true to form, Barack Obama, speaking and campaigning at the same commemoration of the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge also dropped a bit of southern drawl too. He did the best he could to sound southern, but his wasn't as pronounced as Hillary's -- but he did it too.
What do I make of it? As a proud member of the Pride Land, all I can say is its just not unusual and most Southerners are not that offended -- in fact many find it amusing -- when outsiders, try to sound ... southern.
Frankly, when I first heard the Hillary clip I thought it was something from the late Ann Richards, former Governor of the State of Texas -- sounding like she was about to deliver another humorous line on George Bush. Hillary should use that voice when she campaigns in Texas -- they might love it.
QueEx