I am always dismayed that so many people seem to think that where a person lives defines them as a person. I don't understand the seeming need to denigrate people who live in a different part of the country than oneself.
Oh sure, NOW he drops that gem, what with some Southerners getting all defensive and worked up at others making sport of how an event turned out. Painting an entire state, or region with the same brush? Gee whiz, that sure sounds familiar! Where the hell was this comment the past 3000 times the butt of the jokes and ridicule and condemnation and scorn was heaped upon those of us in the Northeast? Sheeit...
