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In reply to the discussion: The next time you feel like bashing the South on DU, remember Alabama's Lilly Ledbetter... [View all]madokie
(51,076 posts)64. Thank you Will
Northeast Oklahoma here but I talk like I'm from the south and identify with the south so it was with a smile that I read what you said.
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The next time you feel like bashing the South on DU, remember Alabama's Lilly Ledbetter... [View all]
WilliamPitt
Sep 2012
OP
I have no daughters to name after her, but my next girlie dog might just well wear the moniker!
hlthe2b
Sep 2012
#10
Hell yeah! I know a dog named "Roy Williams" for the UNC Basketball coach here in NC! . . .
ncgrits
Sep 2012
#37
She's always been an inspiration to those of us fighting in the trenches in the south.
Lone_Star_Dem
Sep 2012
#21
...and remember Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter! Jim Clyburn, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2012
#44
My Southern Wrath Only Targets Republicans, Klan Members, and Phony Libertarians
mckara
Sep 2012
#55
White southern Democrats tend to sound like Heath Shuler, NOT like Lilly Ledbetter
ProgressiveEconomist
Sep 2012
#74