Stacey Campfield Makes A Funny

In response to Jason Mumpower's dog-whistle comments about Rep. Nathan Vaughn yesterday:

I think you are fishing for the race card a little hard on a lot of stories lately. Most of the liberal Democrats come from down town Memphis or the Memphis area. They are not all black. Cohen, Kernell, Morraro and others are white, liberal and from Memphis in case you didn’t notice. Liberalism is not race based but they may be concentrated in some urban area more then others.

Of course, Cohen and Marrero (who is Morraro?) don't come from anywhere near what would be considered the Memphis "inner city." And it's actually not true that everyone is a God-fearing, flag-waving Republican outside of Memphis; there are actually quite a few folks in East Tennessee who don't believe that wealthy suburban Republicans can empathize with their needs.

But we shouldn't be too hard on Campfield for over-simplifying the situation as a way to cover for Mumpower; it's still not entirely clear if Campfield even knows where Memphis is.