For the record, I don't get touchy when people attack the south for its dumbass political record, I get upset when people (a) immediately assume if you are from the South, you are an idiot (I like Obama but this is what stopped Edwards, a much stronger candidate, from getting the nod) or (b) speak as if every southerner is a brain-dead Ken-style GOP racist zombie.  I accept that there are a lot of those, but the Pubs don't win Texas 99%-1%.  Since 1992, somewhere between 39%-59% of us have showed up and voted against the republican.

Also, I live in Austin which is kind of like the West Berlin of the South.  Ask Cenk, he was just here.

Finally, three things the rest of the blue nation seems to fail to understand about the South.  It is economically populist, it is chock full of minorities and it has 160 Electoral Votes of which the Dems have won ZERO since 1980.  Maybe constantly berating the entire region isn't really a smart way to go if you want to change the direction of the country.