That was an unfair characterization of you on my part, Afs, I apologize.

Your views are indeed plugged in with a great number of Americans today. Even in Texas for example I know that Austin and other parts of Central Texas always vote Democrat, but the remainder of the state always goes Republican, as does the rest of the South and most of the Midwest other than some of the biggest cities I assume.

I don't know if I'd exactly compare America to France though, and if you survived 15 months in Birmingham, you might now actually be certified redneck. You're Gangster BB's democrat version of Bobby Jindal.