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In reply to the discussion: Is there anyone out there stuck in a bright red state and having [View all]pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)47. How about a red district of a blue state?
CA is blue, but Buck McKeon's district is red.
I recently was redistricted out of McKeon's area--though I haven't moved anywhere. So I now have a different GOP Rep. because they moved the line a few blocks. Whoop-de-do.
When I drove back here after volunteering for the Kerry campaign in Ohio, a woman took note of the Kerry placards on my car and said, "So you're the other Democrat in the Valley."
I have a lot of conservative friends here, but also some liberal ones--including some who tell me, "I'm so glad you're here!" We may be the minority, but we tend to support and reinforce each other.
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Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2013
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Do you live in CT?? That is where my family is and where I grew up. nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2013
#9
My friends are either apolitical or sending out tea party stuff on their pages.
bravenak
Jun 2013
#11
I always think that beautiful states with an abundance of natural resources
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#29
you all know how the politics of NC is going rapidly down the toilet....shameful and embarrassing...
NRaleighLiberal
Jun 2013
#7
welcome to DU !! You didn't ride your bike from Missouri to Oregon, did you ? nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#99
I am tougher than nails, but tired of the antigay antiwoman shit. I'm over 50 and done wasting time
we can do it
Jul 2013
#86
My two nieces live near you....Manville/Rosharon....I worry totally
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#104
hmmmm. Do you have to ban gay marriage if it isn't law already? Guess
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#15
We sat back and they quietly took control of the state houses. Sad about Michigan
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#24
I agree, why should we stay? Anti-gay, anti-woman. I am done wasting my life surrounded by assholes.
we can do it
Jul 2013
#85
Hell, I'm in the bluest spot in the country and *I'm* having a hard time dealing
MannyGoldstein
Jul 2013
#32
Not in a red state, but have roots in what is now a red state. And we're losing ground here.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#44
ME, in Virginia. Oh, don't tell me VA is purple. I simply don't see it. Yeah, Northern VA votes
Nay
Jul 2013
#50
Well, no, for several reasons. We'd still be in VA; the traffic is nothing short of
Nay
Jul 2013
#92
You are very funny to me. Yes...so much to do with jobs. And, you have to
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#103
thanks...I love to be depressing. It is so much fun..it makes me happy>
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#96
My greatest respect to all of you brave folks who are fighting the good fight in red states.
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#77
PA is a red state. Except for the vote for President, we have a stupid teabagger governor, 13/18
AlinPA
Jul 2013
#84
I don't think it's a dream..think it's coming true. Severe shortage of doctors
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#101
I'm in Minneapolis, which is safely blue, but some of the suburbanites who write
Lydia Leftcoast
Jul 2013
#93