Reply #50: I am going to add this and move along.

[Dhalgren]

Southerns (at least a large section of them - in my experience) consistantly vote against their own best interests for issues that they deam "moral" or "ethical", more philosophical or "gut" issues. A person can say, "I am for cutting taxes on the rich and then everyone benefits". And they buy it, because they like tax cuts, even if they don't get any of it. Voters down here don't tend to vote on disgrundlement (though at certain times and in certain places you may find this) and there are damned few true "indepedants" down here. You are a Republican or a Democrat based upon what you believe and what you hold to be right. Down here, your party is picked for you, based upon whether you are pro or anti a particular list of issues. I wish it were otherwise, but I don't believe that it is.