Is it time to resurrect the "Georgia will go blue" threads from 2008? (White: moving, residential)

[arjay57]

Obama is not making it easy on his peeps out here.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

ROFL!!! Are you serious??? The president of the United States of America doesn't owe it to some racist redneck to personally come to his house and hand over his birth certificate!!! They'll probably just claim it's a fake anyway. What he's already provided is proof enough. Nothing else he could do would satisfy these idiots.

In his shoes, I would do it. Wouldn't you?

[arjay57]

I would. An easy way to clear the air, with no downside.

[arjay57]

The recent election makes me wonder if Georgia is losing its progressive reputation. These charts have been making the rounds in email and I don't know who made them, but is this how our state is perceived?

The United States Of Movies: Map Assigns A Flick To Every State (PICTURE)

The United States Of Television (PICTURE)

[AcidSnake]

I don't think that Georgia is suffering any more in reputation than any other state south of the Mason-Dixon line. America as a whole has been taking quite a pounding on the international scene reputation-wise because of our profligate ways, both foreign & domestic, and both political parties bear the blame.

Originally Posted by arjay57

The recent election makes me wonder if Georgia is losing its progressive reputation. These charts have been making the rounds in email and I don't know who made them, but is this how our state is perceived?

The United States Of Movies: Map Assigns A Flick To Every State (PICTURE)

The United States Of Television (PICTURE)

[arjay57]

I just hate to think of as symbolized by "Deliverance" and "Dukes of Hazzard," but maybe that's the way it is. John Schneider was a local boy and Cooter was our Congressman until Newt took over.

[LovinDecatur]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I just hate to think of as symbolized by "Deliverance" and "Dukes of Hazzard," but maybe that's the way it is. John Schneider was a local boy and Cooter was our Congressman until Newt took over.

Actually, I think that Gingrich represented the Sixth District, 'Cooter' (Ben Jones) the Fourth.

[arjay57]

Right, but I was thinking Jones was defeated by Newt. Did he change districts or something?

[green_mariner]

What do you think it is about Georgia that it hasn't turned "blue" that places like Oregon and Minnesota don't have? Those states are blue and have been for a long time.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

LD, what makes you think the legitimate documents haven't been presented? What would you do if, asked to prove your citizenship, you proffered your birth certificate, and people simply responded that it wasn't authentic?

I don't see what's "muddled" about the POTUS's personal history. If people feel that only persons born in long-established states, whose parents didn't split up or take them to live abroad for a period, are eligible to be POTUS, then they should campaign to change the law to that effect, I guess. However, some of Obama's background characteristics that people seem to consider questionable have been true of previous presidents and presidential candidates, and that didn't seem to bother anybody.

Do you think if John McCain had won in 2008, there would have been a hue and cry over his not having been born in the USA? It seems very unlikely. It seems hard to avoid the inference that all the fuss about Obama's birth certificate is inspired by underlying racism.

Another thing to consider:John McCain was actually born in the CZ of Panama. Obama was born in Hawaii, a US state. In reality, CZ is more foreign territory than Panama.