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lapfog_1

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4. I grew up in Kansas, went to KU in the mid-1970s

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 26, 2018, 04:12 PM

Oct 2018

born in Wichita.

It wasn't that bad then... very middle of the road, leaning to "let them be" conservative. Eisenhower conservative.

Yes, there were the some in the John Birch society... but remember that the John Birch society actually got it's start in California.

I never heard anyone say a racist thing there... except my grandmother who was actually from Georgia and was born not that long after the civil war.

That said... it starting changing when I was still living there in the 1980s... so I moved out in 1983.

Reagan sure f'd up a lot of things, sort of a foreshadowing of Trump in that regard.

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Its gonna be a tight one... [View all] Maxheader Oct 2018 OP

Kansas is a lost cause lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1

Don't give up yet. marylandblue Oct 2018 #2

My Dads friend wanted to give me a full scholarship to Witchita state kimbutgar Oct 2018 #3

I grew up in Kansas, went to KU in the mid-1970s lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #4

Lived in kansaas most my life.. Maxheader Oct 2018 #5

I have a lot of friends in KS and I have faith in them. They know how to spot a nut when ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #6

there is an independent gettin 10% he should quit and endrse the democrat. nt msongs Oct 2018 #7

I wish he would too Rebl2 Oct 2018 #8