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yallerdawg

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6. This is the "Heart of Dixie."
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 02:31 PM
Aug 2015

There is a real resentment towards the Federal government. And benefits that include blacks?

No - they understand it this way - no taxes, nothing to give away, nothing to take. You make it on your own with family and church.

Alabama is already one of the top 'taker' states. We rely on Federal money for everything. Schools, military bases, defense industry employment - it's all teabagger "Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" stupidity. But the Federal government is just a taxing burden to the people, and too much government.

Yes, nose will fall off face, but Alabama pundits agree we are a generation away from Democratic values - at best.

This state is an experiment in total Republicanism. Just the right people will be left with a service class to support them. No one else need apply.

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