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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:13 PM Original message |
Red States in midwest, edumacate my elitist east coast azz |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Same reasone they win everywhere else. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I figured it had to be social issues |
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blueinindiana (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. RACISM |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And then with fewer minorities in the area it is easier to think that |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm in AR, and all I hear about is abortion abortion abortion |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Thanks, those are some good points |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Taking the easy way out" -- exactly right |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I'm always confused by the "prayer in schools" issue. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm a little older, and there was prayer in my public school |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Maybe it's a Southern thing? |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It probably is regional. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Me neither, I thought that could only take place in Catholic schools |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. We had prayer in my school |
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ginnyinWI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Abortion and Homosexuality |
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TXDemGal (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. I figure this year it will be because |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Most of the midwest voted blue the last few elections |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The fiscal conservatism |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. Oh, yeah... all us Southerners just hate people. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Check out a map, please |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Uh, you of all people shouldn't be talking about "Repuke economic views" |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You must have me mixed up with somebody else |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. No easy access internet in rural areas |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
20. Please lock anything that deals with separating us into parts of a country |
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GirlieQ (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. But we aren't homogenous. |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's fine, but is it really productive to start the conversation by |
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GirlieQ (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's just as unproductive as all of the other petty name-calling here. |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Again, though, look how he asked it |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I like learning about different parts of the country |
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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. Bible Belt. Uneducated people+ religion=rabid repukes. n/t |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm in NE... |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. EDUCATION!!!!!! They lack education the reason Virginia and North Carolina are changing is because |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Actually, states like Nebraska and Iowa and the Dakotas are pretty well-educated, so |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. If you're going to complain about a lack of education, try to sound educated. |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. People would like to tell you racism and anti-intellectualism, but it's simpler than that. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. opposition to aspects of modern liberalism |
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faithfulcitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. God, guns, gays. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-13-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because the people out there own a lot of land |
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