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get the red out

(13,461 posts)
26. I do like Tennessee
Fri Aug 15, 2014, 05:28 AM
Aug 2014

I have been going there frequently since I have been training my furry buddy in dog agility; the TN agility clubs put on terrific trials. I do enjoy going there and it is beautiful and friendly. I noticed some of their political commercials sounded like an advertisement for a theocratic police state though. I live in Kentucky and one add I saw made Mitch McConnel's campaign look mild. But I live in one of the most liberal parts of my home state, Lexington.

It has occurred to me that a pleasant RW state may be able to bridge this nasty, social gap we have in this country. I have some Democratic bumper stickers co-existing with my Border Collie stickers. I haven't had the first issue yet. At the hotel in Murfreesboro a couple of weeks ago I saw a car with dog agility stickers along wth hateful RE stickers; I complemented one of her runs the same day.

I really want the hate to end; we really aren't that foreign in daily life to people on the right, I can only hope one day we can build our country back on our similarities as American people rather than politics.

If you move you'll have to deal with...... RoverSuswade Jun 2014 #1
Marsha Blackburn redstateblues Jun 2014 #2
Oh, we are talking way way out in the sticks Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #6
Do you think Al Gore is a Tennessean? Loudly Jun 2014 #3
why put Al Gore and Andrew Jackson in the same sentence? Duppers Jul 2014 #21
Jackson was horrible to Native Americans cilla4progress Jun 2014 #4
Did you get your card punched? LunaSea Jun 2014 #5
Damn. I should have checked in here first Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #7
Then your sister lives in some of the MOST backwoods in the state! southerncrone Jun 2014 #9
Yep. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #11
We have a saying here. Land rich, & money poor. southerncrone Jun 2014 #12
You are probably right. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #14
lordee, lordee Duppers Jul 2014 #22
Well, it was a beautiful place. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #23
Yay! That's great to hear. Duppers Jul 2014 #24
Yeah. It ain't easy bein' blue here. southerncrone Jun 2014 #8
I am not sure that moving there is an option for me Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #10
Oh my. She is in for a supreme culture shock. southerncrone Jun 2014 #13
I tried to warn her. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #15
I'm in a 'burb' of Chattanooga... tnlefty Jun 2014 #16
I'm from a 'burb of Chattanooga. southerncrone Jun 2014 #17
I always thought that Chattanooga was a nice city. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #18
Thank you! tnlefty Jul 2014 #19
I wish I would have seen more Dems, Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #20
depends... Chimeradog Aug 2014 #25
It was a pretty area to visit Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #28
i agree:) Chimeradog Aug 2014 #31
That doesn't surprise me. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #32
Thank u:) Chimeradog Oct 2014 #35
I do like Tennessee get the red out Aug 2014 #26
You are a dreamer, Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #29
NO! Don't go to Rogersville democrat in Tallahassee Aug 2014 #27
LOL, I went to Rogersville. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #30
Just got back from driving through there myself...I love Tennessee BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #33
I didn't get to experience any music there, Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #34
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