I see your point, Janie... I guess I just was appalled at the list of politicians from S.C that we have right now. Many of them got where they are by appealing to sentiments that we are decrying in Bauer.

Of COURSE such attitudes are not confined to southern, white men... but Bauer and Jim DeMint would have a much harder time getting elected to office in Oregon or Vermont.

It was S. Carolina which resisted for years removing the Confederate battle flag from the state house...and when the NAACP finally mounted a lawsuit to insist, one state senator made remarks that went beyond anything that Bauer ever considered!

stereotypes? They are usually inappropriate, but often based on some awkward facts.

I'll try to avoid sounding like those I am criticizing.....