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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:35 AM Original message |
Democrats Covet the West, but Can't Keep Losing the South |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. As the population shifts, so do the dynamics.... |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Many of the people are coming from the south |
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Wright Patman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's the people with lots of kids |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Don't know about Texas....that is its own little world |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. A population time bomb is ticking in Texas |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. My next door neighbor is hispanic and had a Bush sign in his yard in 2004 |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Hispanic voters remain overwhelmingly democratic |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
64. I don't get the "amount of kids" connection? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Populism |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. One of my big peeves about this blog is all the south bashing |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah... |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. South bashing is a popular pastime |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I take people as they come |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I've lived in or visited every region in the country (except the upper . |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. yeah, them gays don't need to get married |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I guess all the blue states |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. But if we end up with a permanent Republican government, |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. And what else will we lose |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. Only when slavery was A OK ... |
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jfw9999 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 07:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. South bashing and the bible belt |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It would have been a lot easier |
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jfw9999 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. our support |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Agree. The populist message needs to be revived |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I've opened my eyes and my ears. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. I live here, too, and I don't see it. |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I'm just guessing that you are a white male? |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. I suggest that it is you talking to the wrong folks. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Bigotry of the South? |
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ElectroPrincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Yeah, but the bigotry of "The South" is a very disturbing kind ... |
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BronxBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Um.... |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think abandoning the south is a really bad idea |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I was "Charter Carter" |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. I agree we do not have to win all the south |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. If its a choice between principles and expediency, I'd rather |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I hate it too, but..... |
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jfw9999 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. time to chuck the compromise program |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
50. well, times do change |
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jfw9999 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Where's the beef? |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Well, why don't you just give up? |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. I hate these calculations |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. We do not have 1 national election, we have 50 state elections |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I wish people would take a more proactive approach than |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. I live in the south and I'm from the south |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. a better idea for Dems is to win the Southwest |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Southern states that are winnable |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. FL is not in the SW |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. If you are speaking geographically, that is true |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. Brownstein's a CNNer.... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. We need to post Isaiah 32: 5-8 along every highway in the south |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well that makes about as much sense as the rest of the bible (nt) |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Never learned to read or what is your problem? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I read the bible. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Maybe you just need to comprehend what you read. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. It's what's often called BLATHER |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes very good representation of Blather |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
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jfw9999 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. typos " Howard not harold Dean" sorry |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. What does it mean you ask? |
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mrgorth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. And I am not willing to give up on |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I think civil unions are more then doable |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
57. It's the old kid's story "Stone Soup"... |
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Eliot Spitzer 2006 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. You're a little over the top, don't you think? |
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