I lived in San Antonio for 11 years, and I never heard anyone say

[napi21]

'merica. What s it with Shrub & Perry?

[baldguy]

1. They both have seen too many insulting Texan stereotypes in bad westerns.

What's really sad is that the people who should know better - Texans - seem to have been fooled by the insult.

[JuniperLea]

2. that's probably what they want to call Texas...

When they pull out of the states.

[lob1]

3. Have you noticed the way Perry says "Israel"?

It's two syllables, "Is-rul".

[grasswire]

4. I'm being retraumatized by Perry.

Seriously. All of the trauma of the Bush years is reasserting itself.

[kentuck]

5. Republicans eat that shit up.

Republicans still love Dubya, if the truth be known.

[Ilsa]

10. Just when you think you're healed ... Yes, our long national nightmare could restart. nt

[madinmaryland]

6. The folks I have worked with down in San Antone over the last several

years (and being down there) have never talked that way.

It seems to be just more phoniness by Texas pukes, than an indictment of Texas citizens.

[seabeyond]

7. my boys would be so embarrassed about bush. they were old enough to know proper language

and it meant something to them. lol, now they get another one.

[sammytko]

8. did you ever go out west? i live in san antonio - they talk like that

out in midland and places like Bronte. I had an airman from bronte in my unit....sounds the same. also depends on how they were raised - were they "ranchers" or townies. Had a hispanic girl from one of those towns out there - odessa i bleive- she could be shrub's sister. Funny to hear that accent coming out of her mouth.

[tularetom]

9. My neighbor sounded like that and he lived in California his entire life

He was the DA of our county and I guess he thought the accent would appeal to the good ol boys when he had to run for re-election.

Funny thing though, when he got drunk (which he did frequently) the accent totally disappeared.

He dumped his 50 year old wife and married his 27 year old secretary, now he's like 75 and suffering from dementia and his trophy wife has packed him off to a rest home while she spends his retirement checks on clothes, booze and young dudes.

His first wife still lives next door. She enjoys filling us in on all the latest details.

[provis99]

11. heh. Your little slice of Peyton Place sounds juicy!

Got anything else to dish up?!?!