What you hear is southern Michigan, not a drawl, but a halting kind of speech where you leave spaces when there shouldn't be any. We take a breath anywhere.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When people think about Michigan, they usually think about cars.
I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.
Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.
Canada - they won't like me saying this, but it's really like it's a part of Michigan, that area.
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.
People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another.
People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.
In the South, you don't say exactly what's going on or what's on your mind.
We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.