Re: Why Southerners vote Democrat

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:22:47 -0400, Gary James <gnjames43@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I recently read a story attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. It seems
>Teddy visited the Gulf states in 1911 to check things out. When he
>got back home he told the following story as it was told to him.
>
>A Yankee asks a Mississippian why he always votes Democrat. The guy
>replies:
>
>"Because my father, my grandfather and great-grand father always
>voted Democrat".
>
>"Does that mean that if your father, your grandfather and your
>great-grandfather had been horse thieves you would be one too"?
>
>"No. In that case I'd be a Republican".


HaHaHa !!!

maureen
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