Forget me. I'm a southern Democrat. I am white.

[mmonk]

Run Democrats that are like Republicans. Being a white Democrat from the south, I want Democrats you can't tell from Republicans. And since I'm a Democrat from the south, you know I hate minorities and unions. So send me all those lesser of two evils or better yet, write me off as you are discussing or like the party itself. You have the wisdom of God. Do this so I can write you off as well.

[Le Taz Hot]

1. You might want to take a look at that thread again.

Plenty of people calling bullshit there. Quit listening to the Debbie Downers and start focusing on those of us who want to see South in play and think it can be done.

[WhiteTara]

2. THe post was about politicians, not us

the little plebs who put them in office (or not, as it's been shown) When Blanche went down, the sentiment in AR was that it would be better to at least know who your enemy is, but yellow dogs voted for her, even though we didn't want her, but a democrat.

[Odin2005]

3. For every one of you there are 4 white southern Republicans.

And those 4 will never vote Democratic, ever.

[mmonk]

7. We are the majority party in my state.

You can no longer tell due to gerrymandering since 2010 and new Jim Crow laws due to the Supreme Court.

[Bandit]

4. I hope you enjoy the Republican rule where you live

You should be living in glory and wealth and able to show your superiority in every way possible. That is why Republicans keep getting elected there isn't it? In America one can chose where and how they live..

[MisterP]

5. and that's the irony of the party's "debate" after Landrieu

the two "sides" are "we have to double down on conservadems you can't tell from the GOP because of the Southern Strategy" and "we have to dump the South because we can only run conservadems you can't tell from the GOP there because of the Southern Strategy"

the obvious answer (that most DUers do back) is to fight the Southern Strategy, to go on the offensive for both economic and social liberalism, instead of pretending that Dems economically and socially conservative are being run because they're economically-or-socially-liberal-but-not-both (that it's a "hard choice" between these two types of liberalism--that assumes Minchin and Landrieu were at the forefront of LGBT or whatever)

[LondonReign2]

6. "I want Democrats you can't tell from Republicans."

Indeed. If we can just move to the right of Republicans, maybe we'll confuse some Republicans into voting for us. It's brilliant!