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Where Are The Southern Accents In The Obama Cabinet?

11 Dec 2008 03:19 pm

A reader wonders:

Is there going to be a Southern accent anywhere in the Obama cabinet/WH ? Does not seem so so far and I don't see many credible Southerners in the remaining rumored names.
Answer: James L. Jones, the incoming national security adviser, has sort of a southern Missouri drawl, but only Rep. Robert Gates, a native...Kansan, too, has anything resembling a Southern accent, although he probably picked it up when he served as President of Texas A & M.

But, aside from incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, there ain't none, y'all.



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