Reply #22: What I'm saying is a variation of this sentiment: [View All]

Being from the south is a proxy for class to which people everywhere relate. If you have a southern accent, you can be a rich guy, but working class people everywhere, regardless of their accents, think you're working class. This is why Bush, an Andover-Yale-Harvard graduate fakes a TX accent. Edwards actually is a rich guy (thanks entireley to hard work, and not to his father's connections at all), and his accent says something very true about his roots and the way he experiences American life. Middle and working class people everywhere relate to that, and it's triggered by hearing that accent. The accent opens the door to the truth.

As for my previous post, I think it was obvious what I was saying, but thanks for the opportunity to introduce the new angle.