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StClone

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1. Thanks, growing up in Iowa it is with deep sadness to say goodbye

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 04:44 AM

Apr 2021

To a once very enlightened, and livable, rural life. Either you are plowed under or buying up the little land for sale to get bigger. It not a growing place but one of despair, decay, and animal confinement.

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Why Iowa Has Become Such a Heartbreaker for Democrats [View all] pstokely Apr 2021 OP

Thanks, growing up in Iowa it is with deep sadness to say goodbye StClone Apr 2021 #1

I also grieve for the loss of Missouri to the rightwing madness. ananda Apr 2021 #32

PH.D. Friend is from Versailles, my Aunt lived in Kahoka. StClone Apr 2021 #35

I know. But it still really hurts. ananda May 2021 #36

The Gen Xers who grew up in these small towns across America left for college and didn't come back Buckeyeblue Apr 2021 #2

"why poor white people vote Republican" speak easy Apr 2021 #3

The poor dears Aviation Pro Apr 2021 #4

A poignant observation. harumph Apr 2021 #19

This is the same stuff the MSM says USAFRetired_Liberal Apr 2021 #7

You got it Flight! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Apr 2021 #11

+1, right ?! Cause what does the kGQP stand for but a symbol of how it "was" ... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #15

It is racism for sure. But it's more than that Buckeyeblue Apr 2021 #23

IA is a very racist state...southern IL as well. Thank god IL has Chicago PortTack Apr 2021 #25

The story of American Farmers and their offspring go off the big cities for economic msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #26

Yes, a more parliamentary system. roamer65 Apr 2021 #29

I think so. But boy howdy, we're probably a very long ways to go to get there. msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #30

No probably. roamer65 Apr 2021 #34

I agree with you Buckeyeblue Apr 2021 #33

Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. joetheman Apr 2021 #5

My thought is that we have a duty to represent the people of every state to our best. Hortensis Apr 2021 #6

Buttigieg won the caucuses by the same count that was used dsc Apr 2021 #12

+1, uponit7771 Apr 2021 #16

Those "unresolved" caucus issues -- huge understatement. Hortensis Apr 2021 #21

The way I see it, Iowa is, historically, a pretty red state Eid Ma Clack Shaw Apr 2021 #8

These stories always describe the decline in quality of life, but Loubee Apr 2021 #9

+1, because to ask the question would be to present the people left in these towns as flat ... uponit7771 Apr 2021 #17

Absolutely. We're radical liberals destroying Hortensis Apr 2021 #24

It's not Dems that sent small-town manufacturing to China. maxsolomon Apr 2021 #31

There's no reason to reward Iowa with the first say in the Democratic presidential campaign. dem4decades Apr 2021 #10

What's the problem that changed midwestern state's penchant to vote Democratic? jaxexpat Apr 2021 #13

A pretty good summation of the family farm. MontanaFarmer Apr 2021 #18

No Iowa must continue to be fought for rockfordfile Apr 2021 #14

I agree. Not to pour too many resources into a sure loss, crickets Apr 2021 #27

Obama won Iowa in 2008 Gore narrowly won it in 2000 Peppertoo Apr 2021 #20

Iowa, back when Obama won it in 2008 BumRushDaShow Apr 2021 #22

I can see it in rural Michigan. roamer65 Apr 2021 #28

Iowa is not even close to being a microcosm of the USA. Democrats should have ... Brother Mythos May 2021 #37

'Cause the Repugs cheat? peppertree May 2021 #38

"Brain Drain" is a very real thing in the U.S.A. hunter May 2021 #39