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Kerry material
I removed Missouri and Kentucky because they were not part of the Confedracy.--[[User:Cobb|Cobb]] 12:35, 17 May 2007 (EDT)
I removed Missouri and Kentucky because they were not part of the Confedracy.--[[User:Cobb|Cobb]] 12:35, 17 May 2007 (EDT)
== Kerry material ==
:Democratic [[Senator John Kerry]], the party's 2004 Presidential nominee, [[mock]]ed Southerners and their tradition of military service during the 2006 Midterm elections saying,
{{Cquote|You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq. <ref>[http://www.airforcetimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-2325787.php Blistering of Kerry for stuck in Iraq' remark continues] By Rick Maze, Military News ''Air Force Times'', November 01, 2006.</ref>}}
:The incident is widely believed to have killed any hope for Kerry to run as a viable Presidential candidate in 2008, or ever again.
I don't see what this has to do with the South. According to the reference, the speech was made in California, and the reference does not, as far as I can see, even mention the South. If you assume that he was mocking military volunteers (my perception is that he was attempting to mock Bush for getting ''the U. S.'' stuck in Iraq, and phrased it so clumsily and gracelessly that it was readily subject to misinterpretation... but never mind), well, military volunteers are not limited to the South. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 14:48, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
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