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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts) Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:38 PM Oct 2012

DAMN! Andrew Sullivan on ABC: Romney wins VA & FL? South's Electoral Map will = Confederate States [View all]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/andrew-sullivan-to-abc-if-romney-wins-florida-and-va-its-the-confederacy/

During this Sunday’s edition of ABC’s This Week, Daily Beast writer Andrew Sullivan claimed that if Republican nominee Mitt Romney wins back Florida and Virginia in the upcoming 2012 presidential election, especially due to the white vote, then the South’s electoral map will look exactly like the pro-slavery United States Confederacy during the Civil War.

This observation came in response to host George Stephanopoulos noting that the latest polls show that six out of ten white Americans intend to vote for Romney.

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DAMN! Andrew Sullivan on ABC: Romney wins VA & FL? South's Electoral Map will = Confederate States [View all] trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP

I saw a bumper sticker Savannahmann Oct 2012 #1

where did you see that one? trailmonkee Oct 2012 #2

Outside of Savannah Ga. Savannahmann Oct 2012 #5

definitely relevent... trailmonkee Oct 2012 #13

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #3

No mention of the mid-western states that will vote in the Romney column? Fawke Em Oct 2012 #4

there are no victims here... I think he was just pointing out a reality trailmonkee Oct 2012 #7

So why has there not been a slew of posts Fawke Em Oct 2012 #14

or missouri or indiana arely staircase Oct 2012 #15

Sullivan John2 Oct 2012 #6

I don't think he mentioned since Nate Silver has NC at 82.5 Romney trailmonkee Oct 2012 #8

That John2 Oct 2012 #11

This has been true since 2000. I think his term "Cold Civil War" is spot on, though. reformist2 Oct 2012 #9

not this crap again hfojvt Oct 2012 #10

+ 1 million Fawke Em Oct 2012 #16

Yes, I think that's the general consensus. Anything can happen, though. nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #12

How many white Americans voted for w over Kerry? And w over Gore? yardwork Oct 2012 #17