It's at the epicenter of a sad class divide between a desperate, poorly educated workforce and a demagogic oligarchy, and it has been a demarcation line stronger than the Mason-Dixon in separating the region from the rest of the nation. Full Story »
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I like this article because it puts the arrow right into the heart of its subject, and because it came through several portholes before it got to me, Progressive Populist, The Institute for Southern Studies, and Buzzflash. It's like hearing a name for your disease. You don't like it, but at least you know what it is. It's not JUST racism, it's oligarchy. Bob Corker knows how to get to the top and stay there. You put on your spikes and climb up there on the backs of your fellow man, and then you walk on them some more if they try to grab your leg.
This is what many Southerners of means (and some of no means) would never admit to Chris Matthews, but carry around in their heads every day. They think it's right, and they are gleeful about it.