Thu 24 Jan 2008
Most people are very aware of Cajun cuisine from Louisiana but few are aware of South Carolina’s claim to fame – Lowcountry Cuisine. It is a subtle blend of flavors from unusual ingredients to make a dish that surprises you. Lowcountry cuisine also springs from poverty and limited local resources. There are only so many things you can make when your income is limited. A lowcountry breakfast consists of mostly grits, butter, and shrimp with a biscuit. If you are feeding a family on a very low income, chances are lowcountry breakfasts were part of your diet.
Here is another example – the Hoppin John – black-eyed peas, bacon (or fatback), rice, onions and salt. Simple, cheap and filling.
That was John’s childhood. Lowcountry food was probably (guessing here) something that graced his plate on occasion while growing up in the brutal poverty of South Carolina.
I am not surprised that John Edwards is exploding in the polls in South Carolina – he understands the issues of poverty to his bones, unlike his opponent Hillary.
Here is my new pet theory. John will continue to gain strength in the polls because the race has thinned. Yes, Kucininch is still in the race, but all media attention (for better or worse) is on Obama, Clinton (and Clinton) and Edwards. In the past debates – all of them previous to Nevada, Edwards had to fight for time with almost a dozen other people. And even then, time typically went to Obama and Hillary more than the other candidates. So John had little opportunity to rise above the din. Now it is just the three of them and Edwards has the opportunity to make the vivid comparison between himself and the other candidates.
While Clinton and Clinton trade jabs with Barack Obama, John is building. He is moving forward.
Frankly I am ready for a steady diet of Hoppin John Edwards.
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January 24th, 2008 at 11:48 am
I heard Edwards on a YouTube clip … early in the campaign … allow that they had eaten a lot of biscuits and sausage gravy while he was growing up.
That rings true to me … he was born in South Carolina, but he grew up in mill towns ranging from South Carolina to Georgia to North Carolina as his father pursued a better life for his family.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Congrats on the 500th. I found your strip only a few months ago, but I’ve read at least 1/2 of that 500.
Grits can be great. I hope they’re good enough to get Edwards more airtime.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I am not agaisnt John Edwards…
…ok, I am, but mostly because he believes that certain things are (and should be) “Rights” when they are privlages while some Rights (as dictated in the Bill of Rights) are merely privlages.
However, despite this, I would rather have Edwards in office instead of Clinton^2 (Clinton Squared).
I also find it interesting that you pointed out that Kucinich is still in the race…and he is! I saw a “Straw Poll” today that pointed out the following:
- Clinton is waning in these polls (as her percentage is dropping) since it started
- More states are rallying behind Obama
- Kucinich is making more of an appearance.
I don’t know if this link will work for you or not, but I just find it interesting really: http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/01/21/aol-straw-poll-jan-21-28/?ncid=NWS00010000000001
Anyway, as long as we don’t continue the Billary Dynasty, I am quite happy.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Hmmmmm, perhaps this cuisine you speak of is the real motive behind the “Christian Exodus” movement aimed squarely at the state of South Carolina !
Nah! — not really planning for the political takeover by the Religious Reich of the local and state governments there, at all.
… right …
January 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Edwards would make an excellent Vice President.