# Politicians with deep southern accents **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 8, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670 "2019-05-08T17:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/1 "2019-05-08T17:12:37Z")
Are there any who do not support turnp? I haven’t noticed any. Does this have any significance? It almost seems like a signifier. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/2 "2019-05-08T17:22:43Z")
Bill Clinton comes to mind, unless his isn’t deep enough. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/3 "2019-05-08T17:22:48Z")
I don’t think you have been paying attention. Most Republican politicians, Southern or otherwise, do not like Trump either. They think he has corrupted the party. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/4 "2019-05-08T17:26:41Z")
But they’ll still side with him for congressional proceedings. They willingly use their mouths as his cockholster. That’s why they talk that way. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/5 "2019-05-08T17:28:29Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I don’t think you have been paying attention. Most Republican politicians, Southern or otherwise, do not like Trump either. They think he has corrupted the party. Not according to their public statements, for the most part, if we’re talking about sitting Republican Senators and House Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/6 "2019-05-08T17:48:05Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Are there any who do not support turnp? I haven’t noticed any. > > Does this have any significance? It almost seems like a signifier. People with deep southern accents are probably from the South. People from the South are racists. Racists support Trump. QED ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/7 "2019-05-08T17:49:25Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Are there any who do not support turnp? I think I need a new handle… never noticed before, that’s too fucking close. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/8 "2019-05-08T18:09:54Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I don’t think you have been paying attention. Most Republican politicians, Southern or otherwise, do not like Trump either. They think he has corrupted the party. Cite? Trump’s approval rating his higher, and no Republican is holding him accountable for his actions. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/9 "2019-05-08T18:42:33Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > People from the South are racists. Cite? South doesn’t look any worst than the North here. And only 3 southern cities in the [9 most segregated](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-9-most-segregated-cities-in-america_n_55df53e9e4b0e7117ba92d7f) cities in America. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/10 "2019-05-08T19:03:00Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Cite? > > South doesn’t look any worst than the North here. > > And only 3 southern cities in the [9 most segregated](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-9-most-segregated-cities-in-america_n_55df53e9e4b0e7117ba92d7f) cities in America. Then there’s that tiny little problem of the white south overwhelmingly supporting racist politicians and policies. But brownie points for the limited desegregation that they fought tooth and nail for a few centuries. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/11 "2019-05-08T19:08:11Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > People with deep southern accents are probably from the South. > > People from the South are racists. > > Racists support Trump. > > QED You are being facetious, correct? This southerner does not fit your stereotype, and Marylin Manson fits in the same shoebox as Sinead O’Connor and other 80’s has-beens trying to get their 15 minutes of fame back. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/12 "2019-05-08T20:08:26Z")
Steve Cohen? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/13 "2019-05-08T20:11:10Z")
James Carville? I guess he’s not a politician, but a pundit with a heavy southern drawl. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/14 "2019-05-08T20:41:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > and Marylin Manson fits in the same shoebox as Sinead O’Connor and other 80’s has-beens trying to get their 15 minutes of fame back. Both are still better than Rush. Also, don’t worry. I only meant white people from the South. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/15 "2019-05-08T20:46:49Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Both are still better than Rush. > > Also, don’t worry. I only meant white people from the South. Rush blows penguins but are you suggesting Southern blacks aren’t racist? Because they’re half the reason I avoid The South. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/16 "2019-05-08T23:15:58Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Bill Clinton comes to mind, unless his isn’t deep enough. Great start for a discussion. It was a little diluted. My guess is it had to do with this very issue and his running as a dem. Also for the accent he did retain he was labeled the “first black president.” It could not have been that antebellum for that notion to arise. I’d say hes the token liberal southerner. Jimmy Carter too. Neither of them sounded backwoods though. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/17 "2019-05-08T23:18:56Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I don’t think you have been paying attention. Most Republican politicians, Southern or otherwise, do not like Trump either. They think he has corrupted the party. Turn on the TV. There are no voices like that. There are: resistance, trumpers, and never trumpers. I haven’t seen one southerner who stayed a never trumper. I have seem them shift out of that into subservience though. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/18 "2019-05-08T23:19:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > People with deep southern accents are probably from the South. > > People from the South are racists. > > Racists support Trump. > > QED Um…Spoiler alert please. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/19 "2019-05-08T23:22:22Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > James Carville? > > I guess he’s not a politician, but a pundit with a heavy southern drawl. I’d like to hear what he would sound like if he were to run. As a non candidate it sounds great. I’d love a progressive redneck to run and lay it on thick actually. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670/20 "2019-05-08T23:24:56Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I think I need a new handle… never noticed before, that’s too fucking close. You have an honorable name sir. darnold is another species completely. See how you feel tomorrow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politicians-with-deep-southern-accents/833670.md?page=2)