Jackson Jambalaya

" Sanders cancels Mississippi visit. "

LOL.


Someone reminded him that he had Antar's endorsement.

Again, #50.

I guess we shall stay 50th. Republican leadership at its finest.

It is a long time from now until election day. As we have seen in the past, anything can happen when it comes to politics.

Do not get complacent anticipating a Trump victory. We all need to get out and vote regardless of any perceived, or actual lead our President currently enjoys. Let's send a clear message to the democratic party to F__k O_f.

Oversampled Republicans and undersampled 18-34.

Got it.

You're so right 3:00

Those 150 years of absolute Democratic leadership put us in 50th (except of course when there weren't but 48 or fewer states).

16 years of Republican leadership at the top, and ten years of legislative and executive can do a lot, but it takes a lot to make up for all your party's previous actions.

As a true independent (I don't let any group dictate how I am supposed to think.), it is important to note that Mississippi proudly finished 50th on a consistent basis when the Dems were in control too.

Perhaps the problem is that elected officials of all parties put their political needs ahead of the needs of their constituents while blowing smoke up the constituents asses about issues that are irrelevant in the lives of most people.

@ 3PM, yes because Democrat leadership is soooooo much better than life here in Mississippi. Seattle, San Fran, Chicago, Detroit. Yes they may be hip, but I'll be dammed if I would live there.

Yeah he will carry Mississippi and a few other southern states. But be assured he is one and done.

3:47. You might want to back off whatever you’re smoking....

Considering our children and grandchildren are graduating from Mississippi universities and making a quick exit for a better life and career in Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Charlotte, and other cities in other states, I don't see anything changing for Mississippi. Please tell me what am I missing?

3:47, that's better than what they said the first time and look where he is. Can you explain why all they Dems run on the "we must defeat Trump and get him out of the office, versus attainable agendas. Im not talking that socialistic health care, education, cars, and cell phones for all crap. No one has a decent plan with solid goals in play other than we must get Trump out of the White House. The Dems all are running at "look at the free stuff I can give you but most important is to defeat Donald Trump, while the Repubs are wanting the US to be better than it has been.

Yes, 3:15. MS is at the bottom because it has been too liberal in the past. For the sake of all that is good, try being intellectually honest every once in a while. You might like it.

3:47 may need to rethink "hitting the bong" on a Thursday afternoon.

@3pm Eliminate Bennie Thompson’s district from consideration and I doubt MS would rank 50th at anything. Last I checked Madison, Rankin, DeSoto Counties etc are doing quite well. Maybe the answer is MORE GOP leadership in certain parts of the state.

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

They will steal this election, just like they stole the nomination from Sanders.

4:49, I'll play. And be intellectually honest. Let's see if you will as well.

The fact that Mississippi is 50th and has been since the late 1800's has a lot more to do with demographics than the partisan nature of its leadership over the past 150 years. Prior to 1860, Mississippi was close to the top - Natchez having more millionaires than any other city in the country.

So let's now be 'intellectually honest' as you suggest. What metrics are we measured on in comparing us to the other 49? And what demographic factors come into play with damn near each and every one of those metrics?

Its not the "Republican leadership" that has led the state for the past 8 years that put us on the bottom of all these ladders. We didn't catapult from midway up the steps to bottom suddenly once the Republicans took over control of the MS House in 2011 (following the Senate in 2007).

I don't understand how you want to be 'intellectually honest' in this discussion and make the claim that we are 50th, have been 50th and remain 50th on the partianship nature of the control of state government these past 8 years is the cause - or the cure.

“ They will steal this election, just like they stole the nomination from Sanders.”

This is what’s known as a ‘hedge’. I’m going to ‘hedge’ that Trump loses by saying they stole the election. Heads I win, tails you lose. There’s the narrative that Republicans will use when Trump loses... Trump too. He’ll refuse to leave office. They’ll drag him kicking and screaming.

It might have had the millionaires but the overall wealth of the state wasn't that great. The presence of slaves depressed wages and kept a true middle class from developing as happened up north. Few agricultural societies have more wealth than industrial ones. I am reading a book right now written by a northerner who toured the South prior to the Civil War. He was amazed at the poverty of the South and how poorly developed the South was. Made the point there were was a small class of very rich people but then everyone else was dirt poor.

I don't get it. I'm seeing on TV endorsement advertisement by Obama of both Biden & Sanders.
Oh, Both camps are paying Obama for political commercials.

MS has to stop the flow of talented youth leaving the state. All higher education institutions in the state are inexpensive for what they are (except one..the 39,000 one..) They are mostly growing and producing graduates who can compete anywhere.

Change the flag. (yes, it matters.)
Clean up Jackson. Make neighborhoods "gentrification friendly"
Put competent school leaders in failing school districts. fire those that need fired.
Invest in infrastructure like roads, bridges
Give economic incentives for small town development.

The problem with being at the bottom is that states above us are always making changes to improve also...we have to make different decisions in order to actually be on the rise.

4:15pm, just because your kids and grandkids can't figure out how to make it in MS and don't want to be near you, doesn't mean the rest of our families are fleeing.

5:48, yeah, we get it. You want to return to 1859 — just like everyone else who blames MS’s problems on Democrats (who haven’t had a lot of power in MS for quite a while now).

Will you please go into more detail on what demographics you think are holding MS back?

No matter if Sleepy Joe or Crazy Bernie wins, the Dim candidate will be one of he weakest they have had in a very long time. George Mcgovern won one state in 1972. I think he was a much stronger candidate than either of these guys. I'm not predicting Trump will win 49 states, just saying these two guys are shockingly bad candidates.

@7:18
the only people who think that everything is fine and great in Mississippi are hillbillies that have never left.

As the old money families die off the Carpet Baggers will slowly take over and in the not so distant future the state will slowly gain some ground to move somewhat higher among the CSA states. Large industries are slowly creeping in now. And they will soon force the old flag down and into a museum. And good riddance to it and the many monuments to an era of wealth hammered out of human bondage and good riddance to those who cherish the great(?) tradition from that period.

What do Trump and Bennie have in common? They both play to the dumbest of the dumbest in their respective base followers. And it works for both.

7:44, don't believe that earlier comment suggested anything about "returning" to 1859, but of course that's the response you would give since you don't want to join into their intellectual discussion.

That appeared to me to be just a point of history - that set the state in motion for where it is today. As Kingfish noted (although some of his facts are debatable) the state was totally agricultural with no industrial base. The rational for the comparison is that it continued that way for decades, because that was the only economy known to Mississippi prior to the 40's.

The impoverished slave population turned into an impoverished tenant farmer for practically the next century. That could be part of the demographic concept that you fail to understand. And that impoverished tenant farmer was not provided with a reasonable education for that following century, plus a few decades.

Now, after all those years since the late 1800's, the state is paying the price for all its history - the agricultural economy that was built originally on slave labor; the slave labor population that turned largely into a tenant farmer population that was ignored by the so-called leaders of the state during those years; which now give us generations of poorly educated, low-skilled citizens that the New Deal and the Great Society tried to pull out of poverty by creating bureaucracies spending massive amounts of tax dollars into programs that largely backfired - while destroying the family structure of those citizens.

I can't speak to the earlier thoughts of the earlier commentor, but its no big secret what the different demographics that make our state sit on the bottom - and why. The failure of the local and state governments over those many decades to provide appropriate services and then the failure of the federal government and its many programs to build the individual rather than just fund it puts us in the 50th position.

Most people don't listen to Fox. Trump will win only in the deep south he will have a hard time in Texas, Georgia and Florida. Forget about Virginia and North Carolina.

The last time I hit a bong Reagan was president.

TDS is alive and well in Missip !

7:53, George McGovern won Mass and DC in 1972. He had 17 electoral votes to Nixon's 520. But, I think that you might be wrong about him being a stronger candidate than ten pounds of turds in a five pound sack, like Biden and Sanders.

@3:47

Yep it's 4:20 in your mind

There is no reason to gloat, there is no reason to celebrate. If anything we should all be rather ashamed. History will record that these three were the candidates for president of a once great country. These three are not nearly representative of the great civilization we have built. Or are they? Can't we do better? Something is very wrong. We should be very concerned.

Under 50 Espy 46 Hyde 47 a tie.
Over 50 Espy 41 Hyde 57
Whites espy 18 Hyde 78
Total espy 43 Hyde 53
I am for Espy and I like these numbers. Get 25 percent of the white vote, and he wins.

Another Independent here.

The liberal elitist (dumb recent college grads or professors) on here would probably have a nervous breakdown living in Venezuela, or working for a high school or police department in Jackson or the Delta.

Goes to show you that Bernie dislikes this State and to me that is good. Remember, Clinton didn’t come here either. Trump loves Mississippi!! Honestly speaking, if you are talking about life in general a person really doesn’t grasp life until they are in their 40’s and older. The younger you are the more you take things for granted and say “oh well, maybe next time”. When you have a mortgage, kids in private school and college and have to purchase YOUR own health insurance and get up and figure out mom and dad AND THE GOVERNMENT dont owe you a Damn thing, then you appreciate a booming economy like we have never seen in some of our lifetime. Makes you appreciate a lot. Screw your socialism! I’ll work for what I want AND have.

7:57am is so arrogant and sure of their own beliefs that they can't even comprehend that many of us love it here, and you don't have to be a "hillbilly" (we are rednecks by the way, not hillbillies) to do so. I have traveled all around the world and am always so relieved to be back home. I like my little corner of the world, and that I can venture out and return "home." Not all of us want endless traffic and a massive influx of people.

What gets me is that it is generally the same type of person (liberal) that cusses those who left Jackson for the safety of their family and peace of mind in their investment (home), yet turns and talks about their heirs all fleeing the state for greener pastures. I certainly don't mind, but you would think that they would stick around and help solve things, especially considering they are the "smartest" among us. Seems to me like they could easily take over from us hillbillies and set up the utopian dream that they have affected in so many cities throughout the land.

Mississippi is know for supporting losers.

If you think Trump cares about you or MS, you are a complete fool.

Just got on and haven't read all the comments. I take it this is not a national poll, but a Mississippi poll. I freaked out at first.

and 12:47 the democRATS are any better?????

Once they make their photo op with the local Dim-O-krats, they're done and out of here, glad to to be out of the "Danger" zone.

Well PittPanther

I don't see the Red counties having the problems of the "Blue" cities and counties. Why is that? Could it be a mindset/cultural problem??

#50, so what, I made sure my child received a good education by leaving Jackson 27 years ago and considering my retirement income is three times the average salary of a Jackson resident, I'm good and don't care about the standing....